_Man_ I do agree its by far the slowest of the digital camera's I've owned and much slower then the A60 I had before...for me though most of my shots are ones like these so its not much of an issue:) http://www.htguide.com/forum/attachm...ntid=933&stc=1...
The autofocus isn't great but if you press the shutter half way it will lock focus pretty quickly so its really not as big an issue as you might think. But as Pat's experience point out if quick point and shoot photo's are your main objective the S1 isn't likely the camera for you.