I bought with the vision of replacing a DSLR with interchangeable lenses for an all-in-one solution. Unfortunately, I ended up returning because some key features were impenetrable to me. Especially: 1) Relatively long time from switching on/waking up to readiness. I mainly photograph traffic and often wait on the spot for a specific moment. With a DSLR, it' s no problem to have the zoom ready and the camera on or stand by and ready almost immediately. Here, after switching on, the lens is extended to the default zoom and this takes a few seconds. In the same way, when put to sleep, the lens moves to the default mm after waking up. In other words, you need to zoom again to the desired shot. This delay can mean a loss of engagement. it can be partially solved by extending the time to sleep, but then the battery quickly disappears again. 2) Slow zoom - partially follows on from point 1. The ring zoom is slow even at maximum speed and the " transition" is very slow. It is faster to zoom with the buttons next to the trigger, but again the user has to take his fingers off the trigger. As written in point 1, after falling asleep the zoom returns to the initial position and it is necessary to let it go out again. 3) Slower response when setting the time or perhaps the ISO dial. The value is displayed on the status display with a delay. It' s not critical, but I wouldn' t expect this for a device with a given price tag. 4) Battery life is poor. Just keep the device in standby mode for a while and the percentages literally disappear before your eyes. A person used to hundreds of exposures from a DSLR and days to weeks of battery life depending on use will be disappointed. This is generally the pain point of all EVF cameras. 5) I was surprised that it is really hard to see in the viewfinder on a sunny day. One has to try a lot to " stuff" the eye to the socket, but even then it was quite weak to the point of being almost unusable. Simply, the best display will always be the display and not the optics like with SLRs. 6) The organization and navigation of the menu seems clumsily handled to me, but it' s probably a brand habit. However, with Nikon, it seems logical to me to dive into the sub-menu by moving to the right and to scroll up and down. Here, the menu scrolls up and down within the page and sideways to other pages or in the header between the main menus. Where, in addition, it is not completely visible what is currently selected. But this is probably mainly about habit. 7) The price - it seems quite ambitious to me, willy-nilly. Moreover, many years after the launch. The optics are probably of good quality in the given class, and even at max zoom they yield usable shots, but 50k is quite a big leap from the similar Panasonic FZxxx, which is similarly focused and according to tests, does not produce much worse results. Is SONY really worth more than 2x as much? All in all, the camera certainly does not take bad pictures, in my case it is more about aspects of handling and the way of use than the quality of the output. But what is not a problem for one is crucial for another. To sum it up in one sentence, the biggest minus for me is the lag and responses in use (startup to ready and zoom), which are critical for me. The zoom range left a positive impression on me, which is addictive and you really have everything in one without having to pull 2, 3, 4 glasses.
