Reviewers Liked
- Lots of control and auto options
- Excellent image quality
- Variable angle LCD usable viewfinder
- Quite a bit smaller than large-sensor mirrorless or SLR with similar lens
- Lens is fairly sharp (except corners at wide angle)
- Hits a good sweet spot for zoom range
- Bright at wide angle
- JPEG mode automatically corrects for distortion
- Solid build quality
- Versatile lens
- Good ISO performance
- Accessory hot shoe
- Large sensor produces excellent images
- Solid construction
- Very little noise, even at higher ISOs
- Superb image clarity
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Bulky for a compact camera
- Maximum aperture falls quickly with zoom
- Autofocus and burst performance much slower than most compact system cameras
- Many fixed-lens compacts
- Optical viewfinder is not very useful
- Bulky exterior
- Sluggish autofocus
- Limited focus range
- No manual control in video mode
- Viewfinder is close to worthless
- Battery life isn’t great
- Difficult to justify the $800 price
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