It was indeed! I told my mam on Christmas Day when I went out to test it... The static photos I took in Go North East's Deptford depot were brilliant, I was really impressed. The dynamic photos I took of moving cars weren't great though.
I had a bus day with it on Boxing Day and I wasn't greatly impressed.
Today I decided to go out again to try it - it was just unbearable. I'd upload them to my Flickr but my very early work (August 2012) is better than the ones I took today; as everyone should know, they aren't even to a mediocre standard - they're appalling. :L

She was glad I was straight-up with her about it though. She said she knew for its primary purpose, it may not have been ideal, so she was happy to try and get a refund and replace it with a more suitable one. (Phew)!