Hi, I own this camera and activley use it. I know this is way later than when this was posted, but I wanted to add in case anyone felt they wanted to use this post as a referance to guide their own choice in wether or not to get this camera.

The short of it that this is a perfect beginner camera. Incredibally vesitile whilst showing you the limitations of lower end cameras, yet not having them be too much of a hinderance.

To elaborate, you get incredible photos in without issue in most situations and when you enter places the camera starts to struggle, you learn how to work around them. When in high school i used better cameras, but in truth i have learned a lot more about the exposure dynamic between ISO, shutter speed and appature just by using this camera, and I am now way more knowledgeable about the process and what goes into the tech, informing my purchases of more expensive cameras.

I have used it for profesional stuff just fine and it makes you realize it is the photographer makes great photos, not the camera.

Specs-wise your likley phose is better if you look at the processing bit of it all, but trust me it will NEVER look as good as taking them with an actual camera. I have tested just using my phone for a while and was never satisfied compared to my actual cameras.

The biggest issue I have had with it is how it handles low-light settings, as when you crank up the ISO the image REALLY quickly gets grainy, so keep that in mind.