This camera is about the size of DSLR. It has a integrated Leica 12X zoom lens. Fast F2.8 to F3.7 35mm-420mm auto lens. The lens has a 55mm filter filter thread. Included is a quality B+W uv filter to protect the lens. It has many shooting modes, records VGA video,macro, 4X digital zoom, fold out preview screen, lens hood, electronic view finder pop-up flash and a hot shoe for a external flash. Far too many features to list. Captures Tiff, JPEG and Raw. The camera operates as it should. It has one small issue that there is a small crack in the preview screen which does not effect anything. The camera comes with a 2GB memory card, battery, charger and camera bag. If you have any questions please e-mail me.