I bought this camera in front of a US holiday. Arguments for this were the very large focal length range from about 18 to 600 mm (calculated on small picture). The image quality should be good, which in practical operation (about 4,000 images) also proved to be largely correct. In low light the image quality decreases rapidly, but this is to get over in a camera in this price segment. What much more influenced the positive impression, is the focus in the macro range. The automatic works, unfortunately, hardly, if are in several distances in recording close objects. This very many shots were blurry. Ever is a Zoom In not the strength of the camera (no zoom function as available) you have macro shots get very close to the object, other cameras (z. B. Bridge models from Canon) significantly better. So in sum, unfortunately only 3 stars.