When I was looking for a replacement for my first, ancient, digital camera I went to Consumer Reports and found one of their Best Buys- I have never gone wrong with that approach. This camera is indeed worth the money, easy to use, fine pictures, great video clips, easy to change resolution, battery life is good, the camera is compact. I've taken hundreds and hundreds of pictures. But the one problem is that with enlargements the sharpness loss is very apparent, and was disappointing for me- I thought surely a 9 megapixel would do better. My next camera WILL do better.