I must have gotten a defective product from Panasonic but I would never believe Panasonic Quality was so poor on cameras.After 9 months of owning it (and less than 20 times of use, approx 600 shots) the camera started to become non responsive to teh on-off switch. I sent it to Panasonic for repair under warranty and it came back working well. It stayed in a drawr for another 6 months, then I used it for another 50 shots and the problem is back again, the camera is death. Unfortunately warranty expired so I have a nice paper stand for my desk.