I purchased this camera for the ease of working the controls. My wife has the same model and I loved taking pictures with hers. I like the powerful wide angle/zoom lens and the movie recording feature. A lot of features combined in one camera.

This is the third Olympus that I have owned, and I have nothing but praise for the camera and the company. I just gave my D-450 zoom to my daughter and it is as functional now as the day I bought it new. My new SZ-12 is a most amkazing camera, in that it has so many features in such a small frame. We are gypsies, and have taken over 10,000 photos of our great xcountry adventures.

my desiding factor was the 24X zoom, I travel a lot with work and like the small simple to use features, or go into it's menu to change the settings for the more demanding shots. Over all I am very pleased with it.

I am extremley happy with this camera. I am not a photographer yet, every photo I've shot looks amazing!

I wanted a new digital with plenty of resolution and this one has it. I have not finished learning all the settings but so far it has been fun exploring them. It is also just as easy to set it on automatic exposure then just point and shoot all you want it does a great job of reading the light.
It has a powerful zoom as well as macro
The battery could last a little longer and it would be better but overall I really like this camera
I have owned many cameras since 1979 and this ranks as a good one for my style of shooting pic's.

There is only one way I would improve this product.
I would like a Remote Cable Release for my SZ 12 camera. I take a lot of bird pictures. But I will to the best I can with what I have.

Love it, great product, great pictures. Easy to carry around, record and takes pictures that are awesome.

Although I haven't had this camera very long, I'm very pleased with it so far. It seems to have a lot of features. The built-in guide is great for quickly accessing information about the camera and how to use it.

Love this product awesome... Will always recommend Olympus products

I am impressed. Although I am still learning the camera, I am enjoying the "Magic Filters." Auto is wonderful although I prefer to choose the scenery...pictures are clear and colorful. The image stabilization is a huge help to me as I have mild tremors...have yet to take a blurry picture. Highly recommend the SZ-12...I'm confident you won't be dissapointed.