Stay clear......

of this camera. My Brother bought this camera, because it is a Sony. When he started using it he was not impressed by the picture quality. The pictures where blurry,and not as vibrant as he thought they should be. This camera is also noisy at 400-ISO and at higher ISO it becomes very noisy. Then after about one month of use it became unpredictable whether it would power up or not. My Brother know is just waiting for it to die and cut his loses, because Sony support has been terrible(Sony doesn't stand behind this product). He will buy a Olympus soon so that when this camera quits he will not be stuck without a camera.
I have owned a Olympus camera for 2 years know with no complaints or problems, so he knows that they are a very good brand.