The camera has a very good picture quality, but you should with the ISO number is not higher than 200-400 only in "emergency" - go, because the noise is then greatly increases and even in print 9x13 visible! One can in P mode (Program AE) an ISO limit set (with me at 200), so you will always have very good results, the longer exposure time in low light conditions is it not so tragic, as the camera has an excellent image stabilizer and thus shutter speeds of 1/4 sec from Freehand are still possible! However, the ISO limit is not included in iA (= "inteligente Automatic") and the various Scenenmodi effective, so I think these modes only for limited use. Otherwise, I can only say that the camera is a good compromise between DSLR and compact camera, lots of manual controls similar to a DSLR, so you have everything under control themselves; Although it no longer fits in your pocket, but is still relatively light and handy; 18x opt.Zoom (27 - 486mm) I think is perfectly adequate, Video properties well, an average Videocam replace (Top: making videos in the space-saving AVCHD format, while most other cams have only Motion JPEG!), Battery life with original battery (700mAh) well, with my second battery (1300mAh) even excellent. Conclusion: stage trigger the camera at any time but buy it only for the image noise at higher ISO and the lack of flash shoe, I would go back!
