tameside

Opinion: You have to remember that the cost of this camera is £300, as to some extent that dictates soem of the things I would of liked to see as well as the feature set offered, namely ae and af lock and also if that had been offered in video too, then this camera would be 5 stars for me. As it is I dock half a point for these missing features and conclude that video is not the prime rason for the camera but something I like to take as well for fun reasons, you aint going to make overly exciting/creative movies with this cam because its completly auto in movie mode.
Anyway as to the camera, shooting primarily in raw, which can be slow as the camera has a limited buffer, the results are generally outstanding for a p&s, yes there is ca (it covers 26-624mm!) but overal the colour/sharpness and detail for a micro sensor are sensational. If anything when compared with dslr output I am noticing over-shaprness, certainly it making my a350 look soft and generally that is a sharp aps sensor.

Overal I love the camera for flexibility, a few pics at 26mm one second then a full zoom 624 wildlife shot the next. In door I get mixed results soemtimes raw at iso800 is relatively noise free, which is amazing, other times its poor. I am loving experimenting with this camera and will be doing so for a while I'm sure,

Very Highly reccommended.