A truly professional camera allowing users to set up shutter speed and aperture manually, this camera can beat any other camera in its +20% price range hands on. A super macro mode allows you to take pictures as close as a couple of centimetres and a 10x optical zoom makes sure that your target is never too far from you. It also features a sports mode that allows you to take pictures without motion blur and three algorithms of light adjustments makes sure that you can adjust the lighting depending on the surroundings. Also it allows taking pictures in TIFF format and even the default format of JPEG also creates very small photographs (Less than half in size to same sized pictures from a sony cam). In addition to these, some features also exist that usually arent mentioned on the reviews. A remote control that allows you to take self photographs at ease and not run to your position to beat the timer (although it features a timer too). It also has a viewfinder that has a dioptre control to allow users with hypermetropia to view their targets without glasses. It also features an external 5 pin flash connectivity that can be programmed to fire depending on the shooting conditions. It also allows lenses to be added to the existing ones so in case you need a wide view lens, that can be mounted on top of the existing lens. The flip side is that these lenses will be available only from olympus. It takes video in Quicktime format which makes them very small and hence allows longer videos to be stored in memory. The only drawbacks that this camera suffers from are its weight and construction. Although you cannot complain about weight in a camera that has 11 lenses but the extra weight along with the protruding zoom lenses makes sure that you will drop this camera only once. So in case you are interested in photography and dont have butter fingers, I would suggest that this is the best piece of equipment you can buy for this price.