I have used this product for nearly 3 years now, and hadn’t ever repaired it, it is a tough device and the pictures taken by this camera are quite Sharpe and the user interface is user friendly, but the con is the time it takes to focus, the focusing is quite a headache and also the feature of steady hand is not very handy, and most of the time the images are blurry if you are not concentrating. But if you are in a family function or something it is must buy but for professionally it can be more likely a backup camera.