It took great pictures while it lasted. Then the battery would not hold a charge, so I bought a new one; but the same scenario. Guess I have to call Fuji repair center and see what I can do. The camera is 8 months old and quit holding the charge after 6 months. I'm always inserting the battery just before taking pictures which is a pain in the neck because I have to reset the date and time each time and never know how fast the camera is going to quit on me again.Also I cannot use it with a tripod; they should have pointed that out, some features one just takes for granted in this time and age.I also do not like that you cannot zoom in/out with the video feature and when you playback you always have to slide the shutter close and open again before taking more pictures - very annoying and time consuming if you want to take snapshots.I do too have white circles on the picture when using the flash. Boy, I sure wasted my money on this camera.