I have the camera for about a year. I am passionate "amateur photographer" and could not exploit the potential of the camera. It is a pleasure to deal with it, especially the manual lens. The photos are viewed subjectively, high quality. The camera fits comfortably in your hand, is contrary to "full-fledged" SLR like to take everywhere. The only drawbacks are the battery life (have me several cheap and good replacement batteries "Patonia" bought) and the likes to self-adjust control knob on the front of the camera.