I have the camera since January 2005 & have used it extensively in the last one and a half years.So I know the good and bad of it.Very user friendly and image quality is brilliant.I faced problems while tryin to take pictures from a greater distance.The zoom isn’t sufficient enough for long distance photography.There was also the problem of the clicking button , it needs to be pressed pretty hard and for about 2-3 seconds for the picture to be taken.The auto focus also takes a long time to set in and is even more whilst taking pictures with maximum zoom.Camera is a little bulky compared to other available models.The good thing is that you can use normal pencil batteries if your camera batteries die out.Also the rotating screen is very useful.. keeping the screen faced inwards when the camera isn’t in use prevents it from scratches etc.