Unsuitable for urgent nature Macro recordings

The camera was purchased as a replacement for an older Panasonic Lumix, which made quite good images, especially in the macro range, due to positive reviews.
The partly euphoric reports about the image quality I can not empathize far, however. However, the images produced are worse only in good light better than the old Lumix, in less favorable lighting conditions.
Among the many program options me unfortunately a special macro program for my favorite nature shots, with the result that the camera in auto mode and a very short object distance rarely detects the macro mode and dials, instead focused often wrong and over the missing half of my nature-ups fails badly or unusable. If the camera but then nevertheless times chooses the macro mode, which sometimes requires multiple part pressing the shutter button to focus, the images the object, for example, be top, provided an insect that time has taken until the Sony ready and properly was set.
So really be good macro shots rather fortunately case than the rule.
The other programs I do not need practice.
Positive I find the fabled zoom, which requires 30-fold, regardless of the good stabilization, although a tripod or at least a stable camera support and a quiet trigger finger.
The video random key is to be welcomed in principle, however, as other reviewers noted correctly placed ergonomically unfavorable, namely where should normally come to rest the thumb. Have therefore repeatedly unintentionally triggered at the beginning of the camera use the recording function and still has me even after six months force her to drop the thumb on the designated pad. The camera can thus not particularly well and hold subjectively also less secure, with the result that they are fixed, ie must touch it with more thumb pressure as the hand that actually want. This leads at least for me to more rapid fatigue of the hand and thumb, a consequence of the limited space at the back of the camera for the numerous controls. In automatic mode, it appears as lead the camera when it comes to focusing, a mind of its own, with the result that they ultimately never know how good or bad are the images. Anyway, I produce with the Sony lot more committee than before with the Lumix. But she has a fast continuous shooting function. Until a series of images processed, the processor, however, takes time ...