Olympus C70 ZOOM

Olympus offered free software upgrade (Old version of 2003) to accomodate larger XD cards. Camera max at 500MB as standard. Impressed with Olympus.

This camera is amazing, its done me so well for the 3 years i've had it, the images it produces are crisp and nice although if you want crystal clear i recommend you use the flash on it otherwise if you have a unsteady hand then you'll end up with blurred images. Some of the photos i've taken when i've shown family, friends and visitors them they're been stunned at the quality and asked me do i use a DSLR when i show them its this compact camera they're just shocked that such amazing images have came from this little thing. Although i wouldn't use little now because the cameras of today are a couple of centimetres thick. This camera is good whether your getting back into photography or starting out, its got high mega pixels (7.1MP). It also has a Macro function which is amazing, don't bother with a £500 camera when you could have something which does the same job. This camera has done me so well and even though its nearly at the end of its life its hanging in there being held together with tape. So its very versatile, me being clumsy and dropping it over 10 times its pretty solid with its metal body and plastic parts.I highly recommend this camera (Although as far as i know its only available second hand)