My favorite feature of this camera is the manual control modes that aren't available on most other brands of cameras below the SLR price range. I've been able to take a lot of pictures that look better than what the automatic metering gives by setting some options manually.

It doesn't perform very well in low-light situations however. The flash is powerful enough when you can use it, but the high-sensitivity modes are too noisy to get good shots in dark places. I actually shoot at ISO 50 most of the time to keep the noise down.