A solid DSLR alternative, for someone.

This camera has a very special position on the market. For someone, it is the dream machine, while for some others, it does not worth its price. I, owning this camera for more than 3 months, belong to the first group. This is what I was looking for and if you are of similar need, it is your choice and you won't regret.It has one of the top picture quality and feature richness in non-DSLR category. It has the user interface and feel that is even better than many entry level DSLR. For example, its manual zoom feels perfect resistance and performs just about as accurate as you would expect and it saves the power to drive an auto-zoom. Its finely engieered optics plus the super CCD sensor generates the most noise-free picture you can get from any point and shoot camera.With all that feature, you don't have to pay and carry all those lens like you would with DSLR to get all the zoom range and other features.