I've had this camera for a little over a year and love it.  I've taken a ton of pics and love the quality.

12X Zoom - The zoom is great on this camera.  It's one of the reasons I bought it.

6 Megapixels - Sure, nowadays you can get much higher megapixel count for around the same price but unless you are planning on blowing up huge posters, 6 megapixels is all you'll ever need.  The quality is fantastic.

Settings - This camera pretty much has all the settings you'll need.  From Sports / Landscape / Portrait / Twilight / Night / etc...... you can also go manual and set your aperature, shutter...