Peek A Boo*

Some of our customers want to do it all. They want to go on holiday with a small camera that is feather-weight, but has a massive zoom lens and an on-board flash and a touch screen and video and art programs and real-time light adjustments and an LCD electronic viewfinder and they are adamant that they will pay no more than $ 699.

We accede to their demands. With the Olympus Stylus 1 camera. All of the above and a control ring around the circumference of the lens that can be programmed to do different things. Plus a sweet little folding lens cover that automatically closes on itself like a flower when you turn the camera off.

The real seller feature for me is the finger and thumb dial you see on the upper right hand plate of the camera. It really is in the perfect position for the right hand as you operate the camera - unlike some of the compensation dials found on competitor's cameras. As you wizzle it around between finger and thumb you can see the light change in the viewfinder or in the LCD screen at the back. Woo hoo. Actual help just when you need it. No more taking a shot and chimping it several times before you get what you want. Just dial and shoot.

Note that there are several function buttons that you can use to change the camer'as mind without diving into the menu.

Note* Peek A Boo is fun with toddlers but it is a lot more fun if you do it to business men riding on the train from Mandurah...