Olympus Stylus 740 7.1MP Digital Camera with Digital Image Stabilized 5x Optical Zoom (Silver)

I have purchased 3 of the 740's mainly for the 5x optical and wish they did not discontinue this model. It does everything I need in a ultracompact digital camera. Great camera and great service from Amazon with putting me in touch with reputable sellers. Thanks John Anderson

I usually follow Consumer Report in everything I buy but decided to go off the beaten track this one time as I thought their choices were out-dated. I should have gone with their reviews. Maybe I don't know how to use this but I have never taken so many blurry pictures in my life. I have considered getting my old film camera out and using that again instead. I tried to take several pictures of my son goign down a little hill on his sled but none turned out, all blurry and/or too dark. I was very disappointed as we were visiting grandma and we don't get snow where we live so this was a one-time opporuntiy. I like being able to carry it in my purase at all times to take last minute shots but what good is it if they don't turn out. I'm constantly correcting them in Photo Shop and there is only so far you can go before they start looking grainy. Anyway had I not waited a year to really try it out I would have returned it and checked with Consumer Report to see what would be a good buy. I still may just give this to my 4-yr old son and get a better camera for me. We didn't get nearly as many good shots on our Disney vacation as I would have like. Like one other reviewer said it takes too long for the photo to take and you miss alot when you're taking pictures of children.

I have had my Olympus 740 for about a year. I mostly take photos of my now 18 month old. I usually get photos of where he just was because it takes so long to take the picture! Also, if I take pictures in the school gym, like for the school concerts, they ALL come out blurry. I thought that perhaps I just needed a professional camera, but then tried my sister-in-law's point and shoot fuji camera (can't recall the model) and it was WAY faster! And the photos she e-mails me are a lot sharper and have better color. My olympus has a lot of "features." I do like the candle light option, and I like the one when you hold the trigger down and it takes a bunch of pictures one after the other. But it usually takes about 8 seconds between shots. Thats too long if your subject is moving, or if you want to capture a cute or funny moment. If you want great photographs, look elsewhere.

Takes great outdoor pictures. Indoor pictures are not the same. I took more blurry indoor pictures from this camera than all my cameras combined. Recommend to leave the flash on at all times to minimize this problem. Using the image stabilizer indoor tend to produce pictures that are too dark to be any good. Using the zoom indoor for long distance shots tend to produce blurry pictures as well unless the camera is placed on a tripod. I would not buy this camera for the zooming or image stabilizing feature.

DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA!! I am not a digital camera novice so when I read the negative reviews, I assumed they just didn't know what they were doing. Well, I was wrong, this camera is horrible! It takes great shots outside but you can't tell that when you take them b/c of the lack of a viewfinder, it is all but impossible to see the picture you are taking. That's just a minor inconvience though. The major problem is that all of the pictures of my daughter's first 4 months of life are so grainy as to be unusable. This camera is the worst I have ever used indoors. No matter what setting you use, it is terrible! Unless you only plan on using it outdoors in the shade, do not buy this camera! I will never be able to regain those pictures, I hope you make the smart choice & don't have to go thru the same thing.