With this camera you're gonna get as good or better picture quality than some of the higher models in the line (until you reach full-frame of course). The higher models offer things for pros like weather resistance and more durable dropability but that's it.

Movie mode gets a bad rap. Of course this is not the camera to pull out at the soccer game to get some shots of Billy. It's meant for planned shots using SLR lenses for creating things that are impossible with a P&S. If you're a soccer mom stick with a traditional point and shoot.