I have had this camera for over a year and although it has a somewhat complex menu, the control it gives you over your pictures is wonderful. I now really appreciate all the thought that went into the design of the menus.
Mechanically it is great after a year with no problems. I use it with rechargable batteries and keep it set for 2 megapixel pictures and great great battery life and it allows me to take 80 pictures on a memory card.
I often use this with external lights and after a day of messing around with settings (the manual doesn't help much) found I needed to buy a special flash cabel to connect to my studio lights. The cable allows me to override the internal flash and take very good pictures of kids. I had to go to a professional photo store in Palo Alto to get the cable (could not find it on the Web) for about $30.
I rarely use my 35 mm cameras anymore and use this one almost exclusively. I would certainly buy this camera again.