Setting the card and battery in, turn on, language, date and time: Speaking of service. Even you can take pictures. (Well, only battery properly load). Fortunately, no touch screen - this usually lead to the undergrowth of submenus. Instead, wheel and buttons whose functions are immediately visible and accessible. I have for the first time a Sony camera but the service was intuitively. Invaluable useful, for example, is the wheel to adjust towards overexposure / underexposure. So you can quickly respond to situations, the best automatic (usually) overwhelm: shooting at dusk, for example.
In principle one can make a lot of manual settings - but what this camera is intended? Well primarily snapshot situations, whether on vacation, for city trips, family celebrations, children and animal photography, occasional sports photography, etc. I can not imagine that the setting Individualist such recordings as quickly copes as the excellent automatic. Ok, there are a few exceptions, portraiture, for example, or landscape. Here one even has a function for influencing the depth of field.
Underestimate the advantages of gold-rimmed, superior Automatik` not (easily on wheels adjustable): Here in low light a series of shots is quickly made, which are then combined mathematically. With astonishing efficiency: Maximum telephoto shots, after all, a magnification factor of eight, so even hand-held turn out well, at dusk. Some automatic functions, however, are stupid for me, for example, the function that automatically triggers with a smile. (Poor children today: you should not smile when they are happy, but if they are being photographed ...) But nonsensical functions can be shut down. In addition, there is a freely programmable button.
User manual? After the first trials are mandatory reading only 35 pages long but is so full of useful information. Some who have responded to questions wrong here, should have read the instruction manual before ... A longer version is available online, there's even a version in the camera.
Well for quality. With this apparatus, you will succeed as excellent wedding snapshots, it already delivers excellent zoom function. But for the finely detailed recording group with 100 people has ran the pro. And of course the quality requirements of international photo exhibitions or glossy magazines are not met. Forget the pixel Auszählerei on the screen - it really does not matter darau but the real result on expression. For enlargements up at least A4 quality is quite sufficient, given reasonably good lighting conditions is much more in it. That's enough, almost always. Giant prints are not cheap ...
It is impossible in optics, a zoom lens completely free to design of all distortions, which is why I was quite skeptical at an extreme 30x Zoom: Wrongly, because the distortions are apparently spirited away electronically. If you want better telephoto shots, then you will need to obtain an equipment for several thousand Euros. Five digits, I mean.
What do you need it? An SD card - and here is the supercritical nonsense continues. I have the luxury of, class allows 10` map (requires Sony Class 4 or higher), which for some to langsam` appears. By half a millisecond, perhaps? The Class 10 card costs about 15 euros for 32GB - so are some 4,700 pictures, or 240 minutes of video possible. Presented an eternity since I delete junk shots promptly. A bag you also need: Here is an almost matching belt pouch have found 300 Berlin from Cullmann, the perfect solution. Mini Tripod? Can you have, you do not have if you have a steady hand. External flash? But in Flash I hate, in almost all situations. Of course, a mini flash is installed for emergencies.
Conclusion: So, I have an excellent photo system on a belt and am prepared for all everyday situations. For little more than 200 euros, including accessories. Furthermore I am amazed: Can you really expect more? There are a few similar cameras in the market but they cost significantly more. And are apparently at least not better.
