Excellent – this camera is perfect for that long planned trip or just the budding photographer or artist. i use it myself for taking photos for my paintings. it fits perfectly in my art case and is great when i go painting so all i do is take reference photos and load them on my computer...photoshop them a bit and then i paint from a clear beautiful picture...it is so handy to have on you! you never know when the perfect canon moment will pop up and this camera should be in your pocket to carry about....yes it is so easy to do that! i love the sleek design and feel of this stylish camera...is feature were amazing...so much is packed into a small camera. it can be very hard to get around with and there is no case with it....