The F30 is indeed a great little camera. I bought mine when they first hit the stores in Australia and it quickly became a favourite. There were quirks to the metering that I had to learn, but overall the images were almost the equal of my Canon 30D in some situations. I really must do a head to head with the X10 and the F30 when I have some time; I expect the F30 to do very well in that comparison.