The Sony HX9VB is a top digital camera. Very good workmanship and very many applications. Since I "beginners"'m still, I have to familiarize themselves with the various options me yet. I have to make right now a lot of fun photos. The camera has to be declared an internal camera with all the important points. Super are the panoramic photographs. Unfavorable is tremendous. This is mounted on the top left. I tend to the camera on the top left and bottom right to keep. When the flash is then automatically extended course my index finger is exactly in this corner (top left). If you have to unlearn in time. The camera I can personally recommend it. Very good. It is a pity that the extended manual that is supplied on CD, not available as a pdf file for printing only. I like where I can scroll paper and not always have to boot up the PC to read something. Also on the website of Sony this guide is nich runterladbar as pdf in German. Although the link is there, but it does nothing.