A:Answer This camera takes amazing pictures.I take flower pictures all the time...Always very clear and I "only had the8.o mega and 10 years "later", it STILL works great! Thinking of upgranding to this one(20 mega) So easy to use, so easy to upload photos onto my (I Mac desktop) also 10 years old.The pictures from "this camera", are so much Clearer than the BEST photos taken from your cell phone.you can use zoom...or not...Again, pictures turn out very crisp...I even have one of those VERY expensive cameras (Nikon) and tend to use this as its "easier to carry(in my purse) The movie (video) takes get videos, and zooms in even closer. Love this camera!And again, mine it hitting 10 years old, never a problem....And I only have the 8.0 megapixals