when I bought the digicam I did not had all the choices I wanted. I would have killed for a slr. In USA I could have bought a regular-good slr for what I'm paying for this camera.
Also I bought it because my ex-boss wanted a "big megapixels" camera to print posters. Now I'm stuck with this camera because I paid it with my credit card and the company where I was working went bust.
about the noisy pics, yes, it's true, but I use 5M to take more pics.
and.... Darkel, it's the fastest speed available with long shutter (sorry, don't have the words to describe it in english) because it doesn't have the option to capture at 1/32, 1/2 seconds. So when I want to take a pic TT style (eg the orange lambo murci photo that won some Photo of the Month), a lot of light come trough and my pic comes very very bright. I'll try to take some pics to show
also it does not have an "action mode" (for us regular users), neither the option of 1/1000s, etc speeds
it's a crappy camera for the serious amateur
