I bought one of these 3 days ago and have been very pleased with it. I like the way it puts a box on the screen to indicate which area it will use for auto focus, giving you a chance to quickly re-compose. Combined with the IS, these features produce a much higher ratio of keepers than any point and shoot I have used before. No manual mode but plenty of specialized scene modes and accurate exposure and colour balance in a wide range of lighting conditions. It also has a lot of nice touches like a fade between pictures in playback and a camera orientation sensor that also works in playback mode. The menu system also has an OS X look and feel with dashboard-like transparency. A bit gimmicky but adds to the overall feeling of quality. Only misses are the creaky plastic SD/battery door under your thumb and the price. Remember that the IS is not the same as high iso/fast shutter. In low light it will help with shake but subject motion will still be blurred. If you want high iso capability wait for the Fuji F30 (and deal with it’s purple fringing).
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I bought one of these 3 days ago and have been very pleased with it. I like the way it puts a box on the screen to indicate which area it will use for auto focus, giving you a chance to quickly re-compose. Combined with the IS, these features produce a much higher ratio of keepers than any point and shoot I have used before. No manual mode but plenty of specialized scene modes and accurate exposure and colour balance in a wide range of lighting conditions.
It also has a lot of nice touches like a fade between pictures in playback and a camera orientation sensor that also works in playback mode. The menu system also has an OS X look and feel with dashboard-like transparency. A bit gimmicky but adds to the overall feeling of quality. Only misses are the creaky plastic SD/battery door under your thumb and the price.
Remember that the IS is not the same as high iso/fast shutter. In low light it will help with shake but subject motion will still be blurred. If you want high iso capability wait for the Fuji F30 (and deal with it’s purple fringing).
Jon