It's a very nice camera, it has a professional and sturdy feel to it, with a metal body inside instead of just plastic. It also looks professional, and people always think that you know what you are doing. The shutter makes a loud, impressive noise to underscore that quality. If you're looking for more respect from your subjects, you got it.

The build-in focus assist lamp is blinding which can cause uncomfortable squinting expressions for several seconds. I guess that could be a bonus for xpt... but hopefully he will be using an external flash unit.