If you are used to looking through a viewfinder and composing a shot, beware of this camera, it has none! You must look at the LCD to frame your photo and outdoors in bright light its just about impossible to see what your picture will be. There is no optical zoom so zooms are very grainy. And forget about the photo software that comes with the camera because it is not nearly as good as many that are free on the web. I really regret buying this camera.