Thanks for the reply

The Olympus C-5000 looks a lot bigger than than the MJU 400

"Paul W. Ross" <pross@dejazzd.com> wrote in message
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> I just purchased a Olympus C-5000 a couple of weeks ago. I would
> probably classify myself as "advanced amateur," having done
> photography (film) for 50+ years on all sorts of stuff. The C-5000 has
> a lens cap, but allows you to do fully automated, or over ride with
> whatever degree of manual control you wish, so you can run it like a
> "real" camera. I haven't tried it in low light conditions, but there
> is a "noise reduction" mode -- increased shutter speed -- that might
> address the issue -- I bet it "averages" the value of a pixel.
>
> I got mine from B&H photo in NYC. I do need an extra memory card, and
> a spare battery, as I'm taking a trip to Europe shortly.