No in camera shutter is actually good here. Look at the flash sync speed- all the way up to 1/2000th with the built in flash, 1/250th with external one. I am not saying there are other cons but I don't get why lens shutter is supposed to be so bad.No in-camera shutter, the viewfinder (which I thought for $250 was a real EVF) turns out to be a rangefinder pointing optical finder and the camera apparently has a second-rate Sony sensor, vastly outclassed by Canon and Panasonic P&S sensors.
For $800!!!
- Raist