Plea against too much "intuition"

What I want to say after 14 days of intensive use: Nikon Coolpix P610 is the managed one hit. I refrain from enumerating the technical details and program modes. The others have already done here. And who buys a camera in this price range, will gather all the information in advance, which should be known in the buying decision.
I photograph with compact cameras to my complete satisfaction, z. B.Use the Nikon Coolpix S9500 and the Olympus TG-3 years. In fine weather, but often especially the landscapes to be blind test with an uncertain outcome: The daylight outshines the display and makes the subject invisible. So I press the shutter just at random. Reason to look for a camera with an additional viewfinder. The GPS feature for me is absolute must.
The electronic viewfinder of the P610 with 921,000 pixels solves the problem very useful, especially not switch between display and viewfinder and has to be connected here. The automatically be concerned that the seekers approaching eye.
All other features of the camera are good and very good and as perfect as it can be a bridge camera. Technology, electronics and programming have to compromise; Perfection can not be as expected. The 60x superzoom about sounds good. But it'll have to get together many very lucky exemplary circumstances to achieve 'excellent results at the full lens with or without a tripod.
Meetings repeatedly emphasize how 'intuitive' that can be operated P610. That's true. But knowledge is better than intuition when using such a versatile camera. Example: The fact that the camera has a program "Time Lapse", you quickly discover. Intuitively, I could have used the program "Interval recording" can not be found; It hides under "continuous shooting". I therefore advocate the HP driving Nikon and download and print the 236-page reference manual. The trick, two manual pages to print on a sheet of DINA, I halve the amount of paper needed.
It's worth it: There are plenty of information and tips on handling options that require frequent backwards and forwards. And complex applications are best learned by repeatedly reading. By the way: This applies to any acquisition more expensive camera.
I'm sure some disappointment is due to the fact that the user too much on his intuition (or on the many years of experience) has left. I had printed out the manual even before the acquisition of the camera and by working in essential parts.
Conclusion: I do not regret the purchase date for a second. No, the p610 is not a 'jack of all trades.' But probably an excellent camera for anyone who wants to have the additional benefits compared to compact cameras such as the Coolpix S9500 or S9700 that. The electronic viewfinder, for example.