Just turned mine on to check about that issue someone had barjohn. Have to wait for it to go to sleep now.
No mine does not work as you describe, it is INSTANT ON right back to the "let's take a picture " LCD screen. Perhaps Jono is correct about being on the menu screen and it pops up the menu if that's where it was os it went to sleep.
OK, so I had mine on "Menu" when it went to sleep and it came back on to the menu on wake up, so that person did not really understand how to use it, not that I am an expert or anything.
Stop reading crap and go to your nearest dealer to try it out for yourself.