I bought this camera recently, and find it really easy to use and with great results. It didn't take long to be up and running (without reading a lengthy manual) to access the more advanced features. One small gripe is taking photos at night, without a flash. The camera is a little too smart and tries to lock on to the brightest light in the image, resulting in dark photos (with some interesting results). I know I could read the manual to figure out how to fix this, so it gets 5 stars from me.