I purchased this for travel, my DSLR’s and lenses are getting a bit more than I want to carry around on many of my trips.
The lens and exposure system are brilliant and the manual controls a snap. The camera is very well built and the menus easy to learn.
I particularly like the filters, especially the dramatic one in the arts menu. I have also found the digital zoom to be very fine; certainly as good as an Olympus tele-converter I own. The one area where one needs to practice is focusing in very low light, where one can often forego the flash. That is a matter of practice.
Pros
-Good build quality
-Great image quality
Cons
-Bulky
All in all I am very satisfied so far.