I bought this camera because I broke my DSLR recently and I didn't wanted to spend big money for camera. I bought it for around 18000Yen,This little camera impressed me with its features and quality of pictures. I am not saying that it gives better pictures than DSLR but it is easy to operate and even my 5 year old is taking pretty good snaps with it. I think that matters a lots because with DSLR only me or my wife was able to take good snaps, but sometimes we wanted to have our pictures clicked. And most of the time we had bad pictures with DSLR. In my view it is a very good camera for any family.
Pros:
1) Enough modes for any kind of picture.
2) Good picture quality and 16x9 mode(I love to see full picture on big display without blackbars).
3) Impressive HD video quality(720p 30fps) in good light conditions, even not bad in low light also.
4) Decent battery life, big enough LCD screen.
5) Light weight and good value for money.
6) 28mm Wide angle, and decent 4x zoom for compact camera.
Cons:
1) Very light, so sometime it slips easily from hands.
2) Video is uncompressed so it is big in size, you need to compress it on PC(I don't mind doing it).