Olympus C-2

Opinion: I chose the C2 as it has enough features and manual overides for me to be in conrol and is really slim and compact and not too expensive. As my first digital it is a great toy to use but comparing it to my old Olympus XA 35mm compact 10x8 prints are much inferior, so I will only use it for small prints, email etc. The lens sharpness appears to be lower than the ccd resolution (and C.A. at the corners). Good points: quick to use, quick to look at last pic taken, slim, good viewfinder, quick usb download to pc. Has a great 'feel' and I recommend it providing you dont want sharp prints larger than 7x5.

Opinion: Im impressed bout the exellent image qualitiy.Camera is easy to use and pretty good for snapshots on party ect.
Just open the Cam, click and you got an perfekt shot.
The batterie life is more than enough, 2 batteries NmH live long enough for 400 Pics with flash.(i got a 128MB smart media with a total of 700 pics)

Opinion: Bought as a second camera for pocket-carrying anywhere. With this in mind, fulfills expectations, however lacks any form of manual control. Build quality prety good, as is image quality. Exposure in most instances seems spot on - checking levels in Photoshop reveals no need to adjust. Quick to power up.

Opinion: Very good fixed focal length camera. It is small, light, easy to use, and gives good results. Good exposure options (compensation and spot mode). Some very useful features (hold settings, panorama, sequence). Good build quality (albeit in plastic). Allows you to keep settings from one session to another (ie turn off flash, get rid of the beep etc). Only two batteries required at a time, so one set can be in the charger while the others are in the camera. Software is basic but works well. I was very impressed with automatic stitching of panoramas, and with ease of USB drag-and-drop. The camera is let down by the duff batteries supplied - either a lithium battery (as the c1) or a set of rechargables would allay fears that there was a fault with the camera, while a version of the software without the serial bits would make it look far less out of date.