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I did much research before buying a portable digital camera. I looked at the Canon sd450 and several others in the same style and size. I had many criterias and most cameras fell short of it except the Sony dscw50. My criterias were : 1. pocket portable (comparable to the canon) 2. a viewfinder (to take pictures on very sunny days) 3. large lcd screen (so I can view pictures taken with good detail.) 4. very good battery life (battery last nice and long, plus it has an icon to indicate battery life). 5. 3x optical zoom 6. very good macro .74" (It's great for shots very up close in very good detail. Much better than most cameras. I can take pictures of fine text in books, you can even take pictures of dust.) 7. High ISO (For those night scenes and indoor shots without flash. So far I am very happy. Indoor shots are fantastic.I don't use the ISO function because it is grainy, but this camera can take really good indoor photos in regular mode with an iso setting of 200.) 8. Adjustable flash - works very good indoors and outdoors. You can adjust the intensity. Flash is adjustable so it's not too overwhelming, or set to really light up a room, which is great for such a small camera.) 9. Intuitive layout - I like the layout of the controls and menus. You are usually one to three steps to adjust settings. It's easy to switch between viewfinder mode and lcd mode. This camera excelled in almost every category compared to the other portable cameras. I haven't use the video function much so I can't comment on that. It's good for people who just need a point and shoot camera, but have enough manual controls to satisfy someone more advanced. I highly recommend this camera.