Basketball: indoor action images

75% very good, 25% poor. The 10 x optical zoom is sufficient; the zoom control takes practice. The zoom has the annoying quality of too rapidly moving to either extreme or too slowly adjusting to intermediate ranges. The lens and image stabilization feature are sufficiently fast to stop the action in most indoor lighting at ISO 400, with maximum aperture in the aperture priority mode. Auto focus struggles unpredictably at times. At best, the delay takes two seconds; at worst, focus takes 30 seconds or more. Shutter delays occasionally last several seconds. If the first frame of a series of images lacks focus, all of the subsequent images also lack focus. With a 1 G memory card and some practice with the controls, you can compensate for the camera's problems. Suggestions: 1) Wait for the focus, 2) anticipate the action event by several seconds, 3) delete the extra images as you first review the download on your computer, 4) carry two sets of charged NiMH 2300, mAh batteries.