I have had this camera since late summer 2006 and it truly amazing. Several of my friends and family have gone on and bought one after playing around with mine. It has been forced to endure me bouncing around at dark, smokey gigs and it has not failed me. My favourite feature is the motion picture (it refocuses, and you can zoom in and out while filming - which is so smooth). The zoom is (or defintiely was when I bought this camera) the best out there in a camera this small (ok, so this isn't the smallest digital camera out there by a long shot, but it is tiny for what it is capable of). I recommend you go and have a play just to see how good the zoom is....it will blow you away. This camera also has some other nifty features such as the anit-shock, which compared to my previous camera, makes my gig photos a lot clearer. The lens is made to Leica spec (so very good), it has millions of setting (looking forward to trying out the winter weather one in Switzerland), and good battery life.
Don't expect to fit this camera in the pocket of your skinny jeans....apart from that, I can't fault this camera.