I liked just every thing about this camera, only little thing I noticed is the standard lens which makes a funny noise that feels like something is loose in the lens.

This is a great replacement for my older DSLR cameras. It is very light and easy to use. It takes excellent quality pictures and is easy to transfer those pictures to your computer or phone. I especially like that every button is customizable. If you don’t like the way it comes from the factory you can change all the buttons to the functions and features you use most. It may feel like menus are a bit overwhelming, but there are many YouTube videos that explain everything in a quick and easy tutorial. This is by far the best camera I have owned. It’s auto-focus is lightning fast enabling you to shoot everything is sharp focus without waiting for the camera. Sony has done a great job packing everything you need for Pictures and Video into one small, but powerful package. It packs away into a pocket, but can be out and ready to shoot in a moments notice. I would recommend this camera to anyone. Love this camera.

So……..I have owned a few Sony cameras. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F717 which was pretty cool back in 2002, DSC T100, and a DCR TRV17 Video camera. And I never learned how to use any of them to their full potential any more than I did with prior film cameras. In other words…..I ain’t no pro. Far from it. But neither am I a beginner.I like the camera. But trying to find a simple answer to a question like……..what settings do I use for macro……is a bit of work. And what I have photographed so far does not even come close to the close up quality I had with my T100. Hopefully we will get there eventually, since at 64 I need to figure this out sooner better than never 🙂 Most likely I will need to buy a separate Macro lens unfortunately.The camera, to me, feels very solid. The memory card is not the easiest to remove, but not overly difficult. It would have been nice to have built in Image Stabilization so I could buy those non OME lenses that do not offer the same. And I wish the Sony lenses were a bit cheaper……but it is what it is.The Focus Camera deal with a 2 lens offering, along with Amazon offering 18 month free financing, was a very nice package deal. Kind of blew away Best Buy. Yes, I read some of the added goodies are not high quality. Don’t care because they seem to work. Like the USB card reader.Now I thought the price was a bit high overall. In general, not the Focus Camera price. Still……I would have to bet camera sales have dropped now that phones take such good photos. So you will be paying for quality. And I did want a new model to take advantage of any software and hardware upgrades.The nicest thing…….my other Sonys are now up for sale. This camera will do it all…..photo, video, 4K. For a hacker like me……it’s really more than I need so I imagine we will have some fun with this new toy!

Probably the best available value for a kit at this point in time. The problems with the kit: * The USB reader is worthless. It is incredibly slow. Most computers have competent sd card readers so maybe not that important to you. * Not sure why there are two sd card wallets. * I would rather have a wrist cord for the camera instead of the strap included.The rest is very usable. Even the lens included is a good starter lens. They are unlikely to be what you want in the end but they are useful to figure out which expensive lenses you really need because they allow you to practice at every zoom distance 18 – 200 mm and provide optical stabilization to help out the amature photographer.Certainly if you know exactly what you want you can skip the $300-$400 extra you pay for the kit and apply it to the things you really want. If you are a new photography this kit is probably the best choice. I ended up adding another lens, a shoulder strap, two different wrist straps, a permanent power cord, lens cases, tripod, backpack, lens filters, camera case, etc.