Full manual controls, so that you can adjust shutter speed, aperture and manual zoom. A great 10X optical zoom lens that’s perfect for sports/nature photography, a big, bright electronic viewfinder, and the ability to focus down to a half an inch make the 4-megapixel Olympus C-770 Ultra Zoom a camera that enthusiasts can deploy for serious work. Its ability to save photos in TIFF format, its hotshoe for mounting an external flash, and its robust MPEG-4 moviemaking capabilities add to its appeal for the dedicated shooter. Yet you don’t have to be an experienced photographer to take advantage of this versatile camera. A dozen automatic shooting modes; sophisticated exposure, flash, and white-balance automation; and simple controls make this Olympus a camera that a neophyte can grow with. Its chief shortcomings are its lack of a raw photo mode and its nonassisted autofocus, which dawdles under low-contrast lighting conditions. If you can live with QuickTime movies instead of MPEG-4 and can spend on a tripod if you are a serious zoomer, then this is a great camera. The movies can be converted into any format with simple software that is downloadable, like the ImTOO Mpeg encoder, and then the possibilities are limitless. It is considered the best camera in its range and is much cheaper than the other cameras in the same range. Try it out, you’ll love it. Check out some sample photographs that I have taken on https://geocities.com/santosh_namby/index.html ;
PS: It is two and a half years since I bought this camera. IT is still doing great.