Olympus C-2040 Zoom Review

Good Points
Picture quality; fast lens; USB; battery life; macro;

Bad Points
flash; supplied software; time to auto-focus.

General Comments
I bought this Olympus digital camera eight months ago and I have been extremely happy with both its ease of use and the picture quality. I bought NiMH batteries with the camera and I usually get >50 shots per charge - even when using the LCD backscreen. There are just a few things that I would nit-pick about.

1. The flash fires twice in very quick succession for each shot. As a consequence, you get a lot of people with closed eyes when using flash. Using the red-eye reduction mode does not resolve this 'feature'.

2. The supplied software is next to useless - but at least the USB connection works well.