I have a Sony P9 as well and I LOVE it. My father, a camera nut who seems to get a new one every week, has given me a Nikon Coolpix 5700 and an Olympus E-20. He keeps telling me to put away 'that toy' and use a real camera. Guess which one I use 99% of the time. The SONY!

The quality is great, the ability to shoot short movies (with sound) is a lot more useful than it seems at first, and the memory sticks are VERY durable and easy to use. Get two of the 128MB sticks, you'll love having so much space for pictures. My only complaint is that the batteries don't last nearly long enough. I carry three with me and it can be a pain keeping them charged but I often go through them all.