I found the setups to be way too confusing and cumbersome. Also, if you change the batteries (this camera eats batteries big-time, so I went with rechargeable NiMH AAs) it loses all of the settings, so you have to start over if you are trying to do anything out of the ordinary.

For starters, it would not transfer to my laptop directly. Plan B was to use my SDcard reader, which worked fine. But the color balance was too far off, so I ended up with Plan C, my lower-resolution Canon, which is adequate, but has a screen that is way too small for my old, tired eyes. At least I have a monopod, which helps a lot for indoor portrait work.

So it looks like the camera might be marginally useful, but only after I do a lot more experimentation and memorize a complex setup. Would be nice if I could “lock in” the setup that I end up using, but that does not appear possible.

I guess I’m willing to put up with this camera, since I got it for $79, but I think that I will eventually get a higher-end camera. Although that seems a bit of excessive unnecessariness for something I use for exactly one purpose twice a month.