On a plus side the HD video really is great and the mic is brilliant, and geenrally, if there is a blue sky and lots of detail and light, you can get an interesting still pic that people tend to like, but if there is a haze, your shooting in the direction of the sun, or with the sun on one side, and particualy if the sky has that white even, but bright cloud cover, the cam just doesnt produce good pics, no matter what you try to do with the settings, and the other thing is the lens isnt good enough quality.

Do not be put off this cam if your just in need of a camera for holiday pics that you intend to show to your family, as Im sure they’ll think they are great (or at least some of them will be)! But just dont get this if you have the idea that your going to get really good pictures out of it on a photography enthusiast level, because you’re probably almost certainly not.