The best film compact I have used. For me, it edges past the excellent Olympus mju:-II on looks and ergonomics, and so far, results too. It is pocketable and lightweight, the retracting lens - an unusually wide 28mm - is sharp and contrasty, the metering spot on. It does have its quirks: as Ray Pempengco has said, the viewfinder is easily "lost" when brought to the eye, nor is it especially quiet. It has a silly slider to activate "panorama" mode, which just masks the top and bottom of your frame; luckily this is hard to do by mistake. Very useful however are the controls - just one button press to de-activate flash, and also to lock infinity focus. Focus is virtually instantaneous and you can lock exposure, but otherwise it's all automatic. Thanks to micromoogman, whose photostream first alerted me to this gem.