Hi friends, the picture quality of this camera is so superb. and it has a best easy to handle feature. it is also a low price camera. it has a high speed. this camera battery has a long life service. the FZ18 has approximately 27MB of into memory and can accept SD, SDHC, MM C media. images can be recorded as JPEGS only at two compression levels. you can connect to your computer via a 2.0 connection. the camera is powered a 710MAh lithium-ion battery pack I would expect to see about 350 shots.