Instruction: Given the user's review, identify the user's sentiment from the listed options. Answer using one of the options.

Input:
Recently I borrowed the S40 from my local photo dealer with a firm intention of buying it unless something really unexpected turned up. With all the great reviews everywhere, my expectations were high when I started exploring the thing. And the S40 surely is a nice camera: beautiful finish, good controls (apart from the multi-controller which is too small and unstable), impressive sharpness and colours and a lot of manual-control possibilities. And once you get familiar with the menus it is easy - but not very fast - to operate the camera.
But I returned the S40 because:
1) The lens suffers from huge barrel distortion. The camera is simply uncapable of reproducing a straight line outside the centre of the picture. Most zoom lenses - even on SLR's - suffer to some extent from this disease, but this is about the worst I've ever encountered. The problem is present at all focal lenghts within the S40's range, but worst in wideangle mode. Buildings and plane surfaces bulge out in an almost psychedelic way which is very unnatural and unpleasing - to my eye, at least. It is a mystery to me why this phenomena is so seldomly mentioned in reviews. Once you are aware of it, you will notice immidiately. Maybe the lens on the Canon G2 performs better in this respect (I haven't tried it yet). But then you might as well bring your old SLR, since the G2 is too bulky for your pocket anyway.
2) The coverage of the optical viewfinder is ridiculously small. You get at least 25% more in the final picture than you see in the viewfinder. Since the LCD-screen is useless in bright light (and will drain your battery faster than necessary) this means that a lot of cropping will be needed. In reality you will often waste a megapixel or more before you hold the final result in your hands. If you are into careful edge-to-edge picture composing you should consider other alternatives than the S40. But, sadly, most viewfinders I have seen on digital cameras are even worse than this.
Why don't any manufacturers produce a compact digital camera like the S40, but with a decent viewfinder, an option for external flash and a fast high-quality lens with a fixed focal length equal to the classic 35 mm (in other words: a mini Leica)? I would buy it on the spot. 25 years ago the market was flooded with small, inexpensive compact 35 mm cameras like this. I own one of the kind (the classic Ricoh 500G), and it still takes extremely beautiful pix. With the possibily of auto-exposure, fully manual controls and without trigger delay, fisheye-infected perspective or ridiculous vignetting. I want a digital version. Someone give it to me, please!
In my opinion the S40 is a great (but slightly expensive) pocket companion for snapshots and everyday non-critical use. But if you are looking for a serious alternative to a good SLR or viewfinder camera, this is not it. I, at least, will save my money for tomorrow, when a digital SLR-body comes within my financial reach. Sadly, I dare no longer hope for a compact digital camera with a decent lens.

Options:
A: very positive
B: positive
C: neutral
D: negative
E: very negative
Answer: C: neutral