This is a 5.0MP , 3X Opt Zoom 5X Dig Zoom Digital camera . I compared with the Canon / Sony equivalents. I found this is a Good one to recommend for starters as well as elders who wants to own a nice little digicam with a host of good features.
On the picture quality side , the performance is stunning especially in the day when I compared with cannon and Olympus. But on the night performance there is not much to write home about. It has a good video resolution of 640X480 and offers decent frames (24fps ??) but on video mode it literally eats up the memory and output is in quick time format..
I bought this in Dec 05 and it is working fine even after one fall . ( I think all these Digicams are designed to fall from our grip!!)
Definitely a Good buy and I wish this cam had a 10X optical zoom !!