It's a Porsche designed camera and they put a legit zoom lens in it designed by Schneider-Kreuznach 38-140mm. It was $360 in 1994 dollars when it came out. In my opinion, some useful modes not frequently found in other film point and shoots: continuous shooting, multiple exposures on one frame (as many as you want), interval shooting (up to 60 min), bulb, exposure comp (this one is big because most others I've had to focus on something at a similar distance that has more or less light to achieve this), single and multi-beam AF, snap shooting mode is great for street photography (1.3-5m in focus @ 38mm), manual focus by +/- distance selection, self-timer, two-shot self-timer, 2 sec shutter delay release for low light if you're caught with the wrong film speed, a remote control is available for it, lock infinity focus, and some others. It's a fairly long list...but those are the ones that would be useful to me anyway. Definitely a neat camera. My only gripe with it is the viewfinder is pretty small. My favorite feature is the smiles you get with it around your neck