Point and shoot says it all

I bought this camera specifically for an overseas holiday - for me a once in a lifetime event as my better half will not fly. I was looking for quality in a camera and it had to fit in my pocket (no camera necklace for me). I bought the camera the day before my trip, packed it, but forgot to pack the user guides. Since this was my first digital camera, I had no idea what most of the icons meant when exploring the buttons, so I left in auto mode and hoped for the best. The results were truly splendid.

Focusing system is excellent, exposure was spot-on in all but a couple of extreme cases. I have read through the manuals by now , but for everyday snaps, I still revert to auto mode.

Biggest irritant is the camera's propensity to reset to auto-flash mode when taking photos indoors. Not very discrete. Would be nice for the camera to retain most recent settings at start up.