Sony is a wonderful brand name! My husband is an amateur sorta professional photographer and he has a two Canons. Real high end ones. I have a Nikon CoolPix which isn't anywhere near as good as I expected and a Kodak EasyShare which is better than expected. I bought the CoolPix because it looked so cool and fun but the quality is blahh. I would go with what you feel is best. I'm not a photographer but I really think it matters more when you're talking high end cameras rather than the lower end ones. Like I said, Sony makes quality stuff! Maybe you can buy it and return it of you don't like it.They probably have a return policy, right?