Great travel camera

Love my Sony H5. Wanted a nice travel camera for a two week trip to Europe - Provence and Ireland. This was my shift to digital and originally intended going to a dSLR. Glad I didn't. Ease of use meant I got results from the H5 that are as good or better than I would have gotten from a lower end dSLR. What really sold me was the huge 3" display. Really like the way the program dial comes up in the display with an explanation of the setting. This is a must for anybody who needs reading glasses. I wanted a camera with a 'viewfinder' with a diopter because most of the LCD screens I have used got washed out in daylight - not a problem with the H5 - now I rarely use the viewfinder.
The camera is very comfortable to hold. I use a wrist strap instead of a neck strap and stow it in a neat beltloop bag from Lowepro instead of the Sony bag.
Battery life is good for two AAs. I agree with previous writer that the battery meter is not very accurate. However, the rechargeable AA Cybershot batteries that come with it really do pack more punch than other brands and give more accurate meter readings. Worth getting Cybershots for your spares.
Picture quality is superb. Before the trip I tried it out on a family portrait shoot taken by an enthusiast relative. He used his new Sony Alpha and a Canon SLR while I set my H5 on a tripod with the timer. My shots came out the best. Most of photos in the south of France were taken in flat, late afternoon, overcast October lighting and all came out excellent. Got great oohs and wows for my slide show, although I have since tweaked them in Photoshop to punch them up a bit.
IS system works great. Got great handheld pictures of floodlit castles in Carrcassone.

My only grumbles are: no raw format, wish I could attach a filter directly to the lens body instead of the long barrel adapter, focus assist light is a bit intrusive (but very effective), no auto rotate, could do with more program modes especially a fill flash mode and a panorama assist.