Quote Originally Posted by barb_48
Hi Ken,
Not sure on the P850 yet, but I have been looking at the new Olympus model. I like it, it's small and light, only disadvantage is, no image stabilizer. Wonder if Grandpaw checked them out, you guys seem to know alot more about cameras than I.
Good Luck with your new cameras. (Olympus SP500)
Thanks
I don't have experience with a lot of different cameras but I did take a look at this since you mentioned it. The Olympus does seem to have a stronger than normal flash but does not have the ability for any additional flash to be added. The price is less on the Olympus camera though. One nice little feature that may be handy to have especially if you have kids or like to take pictures indoors is that the Kodak automatically raises the flash when needed for a quick snapshot were as if you forget to manually raise the flash on the Olympus you might miss a shot. This would be most important on the grab your camera for a quick shot type of photo. This would not be a deal breaker but I did want to mention this difference.