I have been using this camera for about 2 years. Camera is of 16.1 megapixles. The camera battery backup is also good. It has rechargable battery which is good thing. Image quality is best when I use Easy mode feature of camera and If I use the Advanced feature The image quality is not so great so I would suggest you to use camera on easy mode.
I got a 4gb Mini sd card with this camera. You can also expand the storage. A bad thing I noticed that while taking videos when I zoom the lens while recording a video the shutter sound also gets recorded.
So If sony gives an software update to this Camera it would be the best camera at this Range