Olympus TG-820

Like pretty much all the point and shots that I have tried, this camera suffers from having too big of megapixel for the sensors size it has.

and pretty much anything above 100 ISO or maybe 200 ISO is too noisy in my opinion and even 100 ISO has the JPEG edge artifacts.

If anyone expects to get amazing low light photos from a point-and-shoot, you are a moron!!! For that kinds of quality you need to fork over a few thousand for a great lens and high end DSLR full frame!!! Anyone that complains about poor low light photos has no idea what they are talking about!

ISO 800 is where noise becomes more visible, even at smaller image sizes.

Internally, the TG-820 gets a 5x optical zoom, which offers a 35mm focal range equivalent of between 28-140mm and uses a folded lens design to keep it housed entirely within the camera body.

Zoom in and out about average.-Details can be muddy if you are in a shade area in both pictures and video.-Skin tone in pictures come out too soft for my tast... I guess this can be a plus if you like beauty shots with softer tone.

Only 5x optical, and you can tell that it struggles to keep up with zooming as far as quality goes.

The macro feature is extremely good and has 2 different settings.

Not zoomed in the images look fine, but zoomed in the effect is that the whole image looks harsh, and it creates what appears to be artifacts around edges (like eyes and mouths).

I was a bit concerned about the zoom after reading some comments, stating, that it was poor quality.

General operation is fairly straightforward – even while wearing thick gloves – thanks to the addition of Tap Control.

I would think they would be able to keep it slim.