Reviewers Liked
- Very good, accurate photos, Tweaks galore, Good zoom range, Top-notch LCD screen
- Good lowlight shooting, Solid 7X lens, Optical viewfinder, Lots of simple control dials, Comfortable in the hand, Hot shoe and lens adapter support, Reasonably good 720p video, Horizon level
- A nice set of shooting-focused features; optical viewfinder and built-in neutral density filter; very good photo quality for its class; comfortable, relatively streamlined shooting design
- Very good image and video quality, Well built with ample controls, Fast JPEG shooting
- Superior image quality with very sharp photos, Optical viewfinder, Excellent macro mode, Incamera editing and enhancement tools, 7.1X optical zoom (28mm to 200mm), Buttons provide fast access to manual settings
- Generous zoom range for class, Optical image stabilization, Comfy, compact design that feels good in your hand, 3-inch, 921,000-dot LCD, Optical viewfinder, Very fast autofocus lag, RAW support, 720p HD videos with stereo sound, Stereo mic jack, Optica
- Excellent detail at low ISOs, Good performance for a compact at high ISOs, Useful zoom range, Good lens quality, Great build quality, Good control layout
- Design, Image quality, Ample LCD screen
- Solid build quality; longer zoom range than competing models; good picture quality; easy access to controls; plenty of features to satisfy advanced photographers
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Relatively expensive, Very slow response (1.3 fps), Sub-par movie performance
- Occasionally difficult menu system, No swivelling LCD, Needed to do more to stand out, No builtin, wired commander mode, Dodgy camera strap
- Relatively slow raw shooting
- Lens freezes requiring restart, Sluggish camera responsiveness, Less than useful “Fn” button
- Control complexity may intimidate casual users, Disappointing video quality, Maximum aperture of F2.8, A bit bulky
- Unoriginal design; too closely resembles Canon's latest G-series cameras, Slow cycle times and burst rate, Extremely slow buffer clearing, Camera is unresponsive while writing to card, Unacceptable slow shot-to-shot times when shooting RAW, Slightly o
- Autofocus can be hit and miss, Metering struggles in high contrast scenarios, Control dial on the rear can be fiddly, Issue with how live view displays images when using Dlighting
- Incredibly sluggish Raw capture and processing, Slow AF
- Slow RAW recording speed; use of proprietary RAW format
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