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Ok, so I'm convinced. Mine arrived this morning (ordered 17.30 last night from Wex, arrived 08.35 this morning £4.99 delivery). so once battery was charged out I went to test it against my Canon G10, no contest, X10 wins on almost every front. Need to get used to the viewfinder further across to left which made me take sloping pictures at first but once used to it I was away. Video will re-focuss and zoom during recording plus take stills without stopping. High ISO is great, better I think than my Olympus E410, not as good as the Nikon D"x or D3 but it is a compact after all. The only thing I will miss from my G10 is the extra lens length at long end but I will not be suicidal. I have to agree it is a class of its own, easy to use excellent quality pictures and build.

I have recently tried this lens as an alternative to my 24-86 f2.8-4. I have sent it back. The lens is very sharp and the VR is excellent, however, no sharper than my 24-85. Barrel and pincushion distortions are the same on both lenses but vignetting is much more severe in the 24-120 particularly when fitted with a filter and a Cokin mounted polariser. Also I thought that the lens was biased towards red which was easy enough to correct in Photoshop but I don't have to correct my 24-85. Overall if I was looking for a walkabout zoom and didn't have my 24-85 to compare I would probably have kept it, however, it was not good enough to keep both and the macro on the 24-85 swung it.

Sorry old chap but the camera in the hoodie is a D2x

Hi Bob, thanks for your visits to my portfolio and for all the votes, you may be interested in my blog on here https://www.ephotozine.com/user/topsyrm-149719/blog . Your shots are very interesting and good but don't appear to accept votes which is a shame as I would vote on many of them. Great Portfolio.

That's a lovely portfolio you have there Isabel nice style.

Hi Patricia, some nice shots in your PF.

Some nice shots in your PF well captured.

Some great shots here cabbie

Great portfolio, inspiring.

Nice portfolio

Great portfolio Andy.

Some nice work there Phil.

Nice shots there Bob.

Hi thanks for the comment on High Dartmoor, seeing your portfoili, I take it as high praise indeed.