zing.......I didn't think the bonomassa pictures were that bad......again for the price of the TZ-5 I thought they were pretty good...again 60 to 80 feet away, shooting a dimly lit stage, from the darkness in the audience, at full zoom, I thought the camera performed darn good....Yeah it isn't a DSLR.... but for the 230 bucks I paid newegg...I got a bargin....... and it fits nicely in my gear bag.....