Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Yes, I am another owner and unfortunately, I learned the ugly truth of this camera during my wedding (old camera died 2 days before). I would give this 5 stars or higher, but Olympus got extremely lazy on this one. Read on... In simple, point-n-shoot mode (camera icon on the wheel). It shoots 8 megapixel shots are absolutely the most fantastic pictures I've ever seen. Blown up to 8x10 and cropped, they look like they've come right off 35mm film. The colors are rich and vibrant. Simply amazing. However... In the 24 pre-programed "Scene" modes (e.g. Indoor, nightime, etc). this thing becomes a different beast altogether. Simply put, it shoots everything at 3 megapixel... max... and a really awful 3 megapixel at that. I checked with Olympus on this (twice) because I couldn't believe it. But they confessed that it shoots at 3 megapixel with heavy filters - which results in lots of "jaggies" and pictures that look WORSE than those shot on my 2 megapixel camera with no filtering. You're probably saying to yourself, "It can't be all that bad." Believe me, it is. They look like absolute junk when printed out on 4x6 paper... like something I shot with a cell phone or a child's toy. I cannot overestimate just how bad they look. Bottom line, if you are looking for a point and shoot camera, it is great. But don't count on ever using the 24 scene modes.