10.1 mega pixel camera which first o all is very good thing when it coes to quality of the picture and videos the best thing is that we can take images of different sizes and record videos of different resolution which is the very need of aspiring photographer the shutter speed this camera has a very good it is powered by a lithium ion battery so the battery life is pretty good panasonic offers this very good camera for a very good price so its the best cmera to buy for beginners.