It is a great camera. i used my brother in laws over thanksgiving weekend, and i loved it. I stopped in at a camera shop monday to talk to a real professional about it, because i am wanting to get one for the wife for christmas. He recomended the next step up, a true SLR camera for want we are wanting to do. We have kids participating in sports, and we do a lot of action shots. He said the P 90 is great for that, but it automatically adjusts the pixels lower as it tries to keep up with the continual action shots. A true digital SLR camera will give you high quality or high pixel pictures everytime, at 3 shots per second. Downside is it costs another $200 on up. I find them priced $499 up to a couple thousand. I am not sure what i am going to go after. I have a couple bids on EBAY, that will end this weekend. I guess i will wait and see what happens.