I already owned an Olympus Stylus 1200 and the Olympus E-510 digital SLR, but this has become my "go-to" camera for its ease of use and quick access to features.  I purchased this camera at a Wal-mart while on vacation last year, because I had forgotten my other cameras.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that the low price (just over $100) still brought me many advanced features like red eye reduction, shooting features guide, setting for subjects in motion (not seen in lower grade non-SLR compact cameras), ten different scene settings, separate night, portrait, landscape settings, shake reduction,...