I bought this camera after carefully analyzing various other brands. Finally after having this camera I never found any occasion to regret. This is awesome. I searched for many options but the features I was searching were only in this camera. I wished to have Prosumer( With large optical Zoom) and this was the only camera I got perfect. Its picture quality is perfect compared to others.
Some of its features which attracted me are –
18x Optical Zoom
Full Manual Settings like SLRs(for very good picture according to your requirements)
Intelligent shooting mode
Zooming during Video shooting
HD movie capture
RAW format for Snaps
High resolution LCD
Optical Viewfinder
Unlimited number of photo shooting in brust mode
Manual Focusing
Disadvantages
Not good night Video Shooting
You cannot pause Video shooting, it has to be continuous or to be stopped for avoiding any unwanted scene.
However I compared it with professional cameras as I wished to have professional features. It is having very good features compared to other compact cameras and very good for professionals too( Even setting ranges are very low as compared to Professional SLRs).
Most important is this that it shoots HD quality Video( even low quality video is great to played up to 29” TV).
So if you want a great camera for both Photo and Video( Works perfectly as Handycam & Digital Cam) and your budget allows you to spend above 22 Thousand rupees, this is the Best in the segment. Go for it.