I am really amazed that so many pretty positive reviews are here. I bought the camera in the Sony Store in Berlin as a special offer, but was totally disappointed when I got the pictures then watched on a PC monitor. Almost all images have a really significant Painterly .. somehow seems the software to correct the images incorrectly. There is also no firmware update from Sony that would change that. The camera has great features otherwise louder ... the videos are good, the operation and the scene modes makes me happy ... and so when the watercolor effect would did not get the camera from me about four star. But what do you with a camera that makes worse photos than a good phone? Who does not see this effect, the photos looks likely to only on the screen of the camera or as prints in 10x15 ... This camera is unfortunately completely useless by the bug !! Nor is there any workaround to so runterstellen megapixels, manual adjustments or so .. the watercolor effect is always there and only under optimum conditions it is only slightly ausgeprägt..aber already in more distant, higher zoom levels or mediocre lighting conditions he makes the images unusable. I could not believe it really long so Sony sold a scrap ... but is so .. there are to many reviews on the net with photos ... Do you just not the reviews here claiming the photos were super in reality .. . in broad daylight at a distance up to 10m, the images are ok ... moreover, it is scary ... total bad buy ...