I hardly grasp it, the photos of Sony are clearly successful. Very color fast and realistic, no image noise at ISO 400, minimal, hardly annoying noise at ISO 800, very good depth of field and the back edge, excellent lightning and a super-functioning optical zoom, if a a 5 times zoom is sufficient, otherwise it will be something blurred.
Considering how small this camera, I can only give a very strong buy recommendation. I'm afraid my dear Leica has a better successor found. When time is scarce and as Always-In-Camera a great product.