Perfect camera if you are just learning about photography with its manual setting but automatic settings also takes amazing pictures. With 12x optical zoom so you can also take faraway pictures, great for landscape shots taking picture of nature and animals. Uses 4x AA batteries. Type Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 12x Optical/4x Digital/48x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer (IS) System Image Capture Device Type 8.0 Megapixel, 1/2.5 inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD) Total Pixels Approx. 8.3 Megapixels Effective Pixels Approx. 8.0 Megapixels Lens Focal Length 6.0-72.0mm f/2.7-3.5 (35mm film equivalent: 36-432mm) Digital Zoom 4x Focusing Range Normal: 1.6 ft./50cm-infinity (WIDE), 3.0 ft./90cm-infinity (TELE) Macro: 3.9 in.-1.6 ft./10-50cm (W) Super Macro: 0-3.9 in./0-10cm (W) Autofocus System TTL Autofocus Viewfinders Optical Viewfinder 0.33-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD electronic viewfinder LCD Monitor 2.5-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD screen, Vari-angle type with wide viewing angle LCD Pixels Approx. 207,000 pixels LCD Coverage 100% Aperture and Shutter Maximum Aperture f/2.7 (W) - f/3.5 (T) Shutter Speed 15-1/3200 sec. (settable in Tv and M) Exposure Control Sensitivity Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600 (Standard Output Sensitivity. Recommended Exposure Index) Light Metering Method Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot** * Control to incorporate facial brightness in Face Detection AF ** Metering frame is fixed to the center Exposure Control Method Program AE, Shutter Speed-Priority AE, Aperture-Priority AE, Manual; AE Lock available Exposure Compensation +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments White Balance White Balance Control Auto, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash), Custom Flash Built-in Flash Auto, Auto w/ Red-eye Reduction, Flash On, Flash On w/Red-eye Reduction, Flash...