Olympus has just shipped us the new Olympus digital camera Stylus 9000.  It is one of the smallest mega-zoom cameras on the market today.  The zoom starts at 28mm and goes all the way to 280mm!  All of that in an ultra compact body.  This is the smallest Stylus yet with this kind of zoom power.  Panasonic has a couple of models out there that will give the 9000 some competition in this segment, but this camera is very impressive.  The shutter lag is very minimal and the flash recovery seems above average.

Olympus is now including a micro sd memory card adapter with this and most of their lineup, so you aren’t stuck using the proprietary XD card format that is exclusive to Olympus and Fuji.  Micro SD cards are very available and very resonable on price.

There is a new feature on this and other new Olympus models called the “Beauty Mode” that smooths out complection to give people a more pleasing look.  Sounds gimmicky I know, but I’ve tried it and it really does work.

When you are doing your digital camera comparisons, don’t miss this one!  It looks like it will be a great camera for those wanting a lot of zoom in a pocket sized digital camera.