I have taken 2,000+ photos with 1. As for specifics you noted:
**AF is OK, except when shooting something small or low-contrast at a distance (birds in sky, moon in full eclipse). I now switch to manual focus.
**EVF has a booster for low-light situations, but it's really only good enough for aiming the shot. (BTW, noise reduction works pretty well.)
**Purple fringing, I guess, some, but only in certain cases.
**Zoom sluggish - it does hesitate a little, but I've gotten used to the timing, and the only time I've missed shots because of the zoom is when I zoomed the wrong way by accident.
**Slow shutter speeds only in manual - true.
Plus's in my book - 10x optical zoom, 380 mm lens equivalent
- fits nice in the hand, not too heavy
- hot shoe for external flash
- ISO 50 rating gives nice quality pics
- panoramic and split-screen shots possible
Minus's - highest f-stop is f/8
- AF can hold you back, unless you've got the button half-pressed
- split-screen only works on certain settings
- panorama only works with Olympus xD cards (i.e. not Fuji's)
- I'm not sure I like the xD card yet, as downloads seem slow
- mode wheel on top right of camera, where I sometimes accidentally move it from my desired setting
- filters and accessory lenses need an adapter, which results in vignetting at wide angles
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