
Excellent for the Money
Review created: 09/04/09(updated 10/01/09)

For a camera that often costs less than $100 to buy new, it is quite a fully featured camera, offering a range of manual controls and great image quality.
Likes
-Low Price
-5X zoom lens including a 32mm equivalent wideangle, and image stabilization
-Lots of manual controls, including ISO up to 1600, PASM modes, white balance set, contrast/saturation/noise reduction/sharpening adjustments, etc.
-(subjective) very nice looking camera- feels and handles like a much more expensive point and shoot
-Image quality is very good at up to ISO 400
Dislikes
-Menu can be fiddly to wade through; not as intuitive as menu systems from Canon
-Autofocus in dim light can be pretty slow
-Image quality at ISO 800 and above can be pretty grainy. This is a fault almost all point and shoots share
Overall, I cannot think of many cameras that offer so much for such a low price. If you are a photographer who craves manual controls and great image quality, but don't have much in the way of cash, this is the camera to get.
Review ID: 10000000013371302

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