-Terrible battery life-Irritating autoflash, when selected it will flash at all times - even in strong lighting and therefore reducing the battery life further- slow shutter speed, seems to be a disconnect between pressing the button and the device understanding you want a photo to be taken-long delay between ability to take shots

VERY SLOOW shutter speed

Most painful is the exasperatingly slow shutter speed

As mentioned by other reviewers, the picture quality is acceptable for close ups but the zoom is basically useless; and the painfully slow shutter speed means that you end up with a load of photos you don't want because they've all been taken about 10 seconds too late

Also, pictures I took with my GF's *cheaper* Canon P&S looked fine