I want to start out by saying I started with the olympus 770 SW which is also a great camera.... I have had my Olympus tough 8000 now for several weeks and taken a million pictures with it so far it seems...the quality of picture is nice, the only downfall is I which they would make the zoom a little more powerful on these models.  especially for underwater pictures.  I also bought the underwater housing unit with this but I will do a seperate review for that.  The camera is a little larger than the 7 megapixels and heavier but at 12 megapixels you can't go wrong.  I think the price is a little...