What I like about the F20

• Incredible low light/high ISO performance .
• Some of the most accurate color I’ve seen in good and available light.
• F-button - though I wish Exposure Compensation was accessible from it.
• Very good flash, including fill-flash.
• First digital camera that I’m not afraid to keep on Auto ISO, though see below.*
• Picture Stabilization (Anti-blur) button - raises the ISO to increase shutter speed; not optical image stabilization

What I dislike about the F20

I knew about several of these dislikes before buying the camera. But I set them aside because of its great low light performance…and low price.

• Kind of a boring camera in light of features available on those made by other manufacturers
• Battery charging method - the battery is charged in the camera via an AC Power Adapter. Fortunately, you get a decent number of shots on a battery charge. When needed, you can shoot inside using the adapter instead of a battery.
• * No Auto ISO 800 like some of it’s siblings. It only has Auto ISO 400 and 1600.
• No indication of what ISO is chosen before taking a photo when the camera is set to Auto ISO.
• No viewfinder
• Ho-hum LCD may not be visable at all in bright light. An anti-glare screen protector helps a bit.
• No optical image stabilization.
• Some of the set-up menus seem misplaced.
• Image Display - can’t turn off the picture review feature.
• Camera manual has no index.
• Read and write time of xD memory card too slow
• Did I mention the battery charger?