I bought this camera for my daughter because she liked photographed. It should be a novice camera in the lower price segment. There's a lot of offers, but a "chic studded" camera with VGA resolution, I would not. This camera, I found suitable, 5M pixel ... The optical zoom is not that great, was to be expected. The smile detection is of course great. And if you switch on the side of flower (macro) on mountains (...), then the images are sharp. Case and batteries are also at ... My daughter was happy! Oh - the sight is also appealing. Yes and the big screen, I find also good.