Well, she got it - I'm going to take it out tommorow to test it with her, I'll report back
First impressions
Lens a little slow 3.2 is the fast speed on the wide angle. . .
Nice size - love the grip.
Zoom mechanism does not protrude at all - 10x zoom.
Nice lens cap (won't come off unless you want it to)
Uses 4 AA batteries
Full manual controls
Tons of scene modes
Macro as close as 1cm
Can use SD cards and XD cards (fuji is answering the complaints)
Lovely screen 230,000 pixels 2.5 inch
Nice evf - works will for me - but no diopeter control
Threaded lens for 46 mm attachments
Love the power button - no way to turn it on accidently.
Exposure bracketing
Live histogram
Focus lock is super quick.
Aperture goes up to 13.6 (never seen this far in a p&s)
Things that concern me -
Battery door design - maybe I'm just crazy - but it sure seems like it takes alot to close it. . .longevity?
The s5200 had raw - this does not - !!! :|
High ISO performance - it seems this fuji does not have the 'superccd" that the 's' and 'f' series are famous for (I'm not sure about this, but I read this in several forum posts on dpreview). . .
The couple of pics I took inside in an average lit room seemed ok. . .I'll test more tommorow. . .