Gary,
It could be. I don't know much about this camera and there's not a lot of information on the web. If it focuses fairly quickly and accurately and the files are decent, I thought I could take it when I might need a color photo and it would fit in a bag with real - make that film - cameras. I do have Canon DSLRs and lenses that I use at work, but something tiny like this would allow me to be out and about without taking two sets of cameras/lenses.