I own this camera also and paid around $400.00 for it. To me, that's a good deal of money as I am not a professional photographer but still desire to have great family photos! I agree with most of the previous reveiewers. This camera takes okay pictures. In fact, the daytime pictures are great. It's impossible to get a good night time shot though, especially photos of fireworks, etc. That was really dissapointing. The shutter speed is also too slow. My kids are already moving to the next thing before the camera flashes! For the money, this product is not impressive. I expected much more out of Sony.