ya its a solid camera its the successor to the a85. the image quality is really good for a point and shoot cam. it is also a really good place to start if you want to get into photography. it blows everything in its class out of the water. I am using a nikon d70 but had the a60 and it was a really nice camera. outperformed 5mp cameras at its time. if you have any more questions just email me.