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"The images taken under any light conditions have been less than moderate. One word: NOISE"
Pros: Very compact. Metal body. The digital image stabilizer can be helpful at times
Cons: Lots of noise-filled pictures taken under any lighting conditions. The DIS just boosts the ISO and shutter speed, resulting in more NOISE
Summary: If you are big on sticking with particular brands (in this case, Olympus) - I would spend the extra dollar to buy an Olympus point-and-shoot with DUAL Image Stabilization. I was looking for a decent point-and-shoot camera because I was tired of lugging my DSLR around to casual occasions or non-photoshoot related. So I first bought Olympus's FE-230 with digital image stabilization only. The digital image stabilizer on the FE-230 just boosts the ISO (even when it's not necessary) and increases the shutter speed. I would have no problem with that had it not resulted in such grainy and noisy pictures. Even with fill-flash, the images came out grainy. Lots of post-processing was required to make some of the pictures I took look acceptable. After 2 days of giving this little camera a chance, I couldn't tolerate the poor performance this camera shelled out. I would've bought Canon's new Powershot SD800IS, but the price was near that of a DSLR body! So I returned the FE-230 and spent the extra $50 for an Olympus Stylus 760 which was weatherproof, had more focus options, and had DUAL image stabilizing. What a difference, there was less noise and remarkable pictures taken. I would pass up on Olympus's FE line and go for their Stylus line which has dual image stabilization. It DOES make a difference (a lot more effective than a camera with just digital image stabilizing). Just my 2 cents worth.
