after reading some spec and reviewed of your camera, the biggest point that I like about it is that it uses a bigger CCD size, 1/1.8" instead of the smaller 1/2.7". Or .56" CCD instead of .37" CCD.
Bigger CCD means better picture quality than smaller one.
I don\'t like ultra compact camera as they are too small for my taste, and small camera usually throw of features or reduce something to make it ultra compact. Good thing is this model doesn\'t reduce the CCD size, but it did throw away the optical zoom, so you can\'t zoom in things that you want to take picture of. Digital zoom is somewhat useless as all it do is just zoom in the pixels.
2 megapixels is a decent amount of picture detail.
This is something for all digital camera users: Remember to do "manual white balance" whenever possible to take accurate color for your picture. Some camera call it custom white balance.
So, if you happen to be in a place that have something that\'s white and you are not in a rush, for instance you want to take picture of friend in the living room and the walls are white. Before taking picture of your friend, point the camera at the white wall first, go to MWB (manual white balance) and click on save, now you can take picture of your friend. But remember, don\'t be confused and thought that oh, the living room wall are white, and you MWB it, then you go outside sunny daylight. the white balance now is difference. If you use the MWB you save from your living room and you go take picture outside, then you will have inaccurate color. The color maybe too warm or too cool. Depending on the color temperature. So, the problem with MWB is for its to be accurate, you have to MWB everytime you go to a difference light source.
You go outside, aim the camera at something that is white, such as a white car, snow, wall, etc, and MWB it, before taking picture of the outdoor.
This if you really wanted accurate color on your picture, otherwise Automatic White Balance should be okay for most part as you don\'t have to MWB every place you go.
