overall great but ...

I sadly lost this camera recently. However I was already starting to think of replacing it due to a few drawbacks I feel stop this from being rated5 Stars. 1) Macro length is very poor. Getting in close to a subject is difficult, 2) the LCD screen is not so bright and scratches easily - if you do not take care from the start to always have it in a case (and I prefer to use my pocket 3) manual focus is very difficult - especially when combined with the previous two issues. 4) Very easy to press the button controlling the image quality by mistake. This means your great shots when looked at suddently turn out to have been shot with just 4 MP or less instead of 8. 5) LCD viewer is not moveable which restricts candid shots (and would also better protect from scratches)

Apart from those grips it is a great camera and I did take some excellent pictures with it. I plan to replace it with the new Canon A640.