I have been taking photos for many years. Some great, some good, some not so good (photos, not years).

For the last 5 years I have been using a Sony 3.1 MP camera, which is a great camera, but it was very bulky and I was limited in the clarity of close up photos.

After doing a lot of research on newer cameras I had narrowed down my search to Sony, Olympus and Nikon.

I went to Wal Mart to look at and hold the cameras physically. I found that all of them were relatively comperable except for price. The Nikon was significantly less.

I have often found, usually, when something is much less expensive than...