Read the manual!

Picked up this camera used for a bargain price. Having only ever used "idiot cameras" in the past I was concerned that I would have problems with this, I was wrong. Although the camera has a lot of features, all the controls are placed so well that with only a little practice operation becomes intuitive. You really do need to read the manual to make the most of it, and to avoid some of the pitfalls others have mentioned. For example, I was confused for all of 1 hour by the viewfinder turning black and white until I read in the manual and discovered that this is a deliberate function to aid visibility in low light conditions which can be easily turned off in the straightforward menu. Read the manual!