Well. . .my Optio is only the W30 and it is tiny.  Has lots of shooting modes, has a macro focus that does tiny things quite well, does a great job with water and sky shots (sort of hyper-saturates the blues), and is very, very waterproof.  The zoom does well at the lower ranges, but when it gets into the optical zoom it isn't very sharp.

Have never used it on a tripod, as I use my digital SLR for tripod shots.  I use it only for quick shots from the canoe, shooting on rainy/wet days, carrying with me to football games, art fairs, etc.  It is a good little pocket-size camera, but not as good as my digital SLR.

On the other hand, I haven't begun to really explore what it can do because I am not that interested, so perhaps it has a lot of features that I am not using fully.  For most photography I would just rather use my good lenses and my SLR.  I paid about $250 for it and I love it for its intended uses.

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