I simply have recently received this camera. I upgraded with the Stylus 810 which was a great camera. If you are a professional photographer or decide to adjust your aperature or speed setting then this is simply not to suit your needs. For anyone who is like the majority of for the those that will buy this camera I battle to beat. You possibly can make it easily inside of a shirt pocket maybe a purse. The 8 MP is a lot more than enough on many point and shoot cameras. The dual stabilization helps it to be difficult to create any picture which includes a blur. This is exactly almost required for zoom pictures and possibly the best stabilization of from any of the many cameras I had tried. It offers a detailed up setting as well as a micro close up setting. There is 4 settings with the expertise of the picture you certainly will take (pixels). Should you prefer a picture for ebay utilize the low setting with up close feature. Try some fine picture within your family pick the high setting. It has to many presets post for such thinggs as action, people, night scenes, etc. The camera is simplicity at its best. Obviously any good novice must be capturing a short while as they are. Set the remarkable flash to auto and lose focus on it if you desire to. All controls do understand and easy to work with. If it is raining do not as this camera features a weather tight case. I have tried personally the professional Nikon,s etc except for a good number of you this camera is you can ever want and more. I highly recommend this camera. Two caveats and that of which to find a 1G or 2G memory as the camera isn't going to feature a card. Also buy an additional battery this means you will invariably provide an extra charged battery available by subtracting a great deal of pictures. Also i recommed the soft carrying case expressed by Olympus. I give this camera 5 stars.