Definatly not what I expected.

Please, take some time in deciding what camera best suites you. For me, there are definatly some good sides to the H9, but the down sides definatly out-number the good ones. The 3-inch LCD screen is excellent for having a good view at the picture you've taken, the menu is very organized and easy to navigate, the 15x optical zoom is really handy if you want to get really clost to your subjects and the buttons are very easy to find. The down-sides include purple fringing around objects like trees and the corners of walls. The pictures don't look like they have take from a 8 megapixel camera, the quality is'nt there and also the night-shot option delivers very grainy pictures. I would recommend the Canon S5 IS over this one.