canon sd500 or olympus stylus 500

[shanny1007]

Please help, I love to take pictures of my 2 year old! I currently have a canon powershot s40 and want to upgrade im looking at the canon sd500 or olympus stylus 500 I like the big 2.5 lcd of the olympus but im wondering if anyone knows which one has the best picture quality olympus or canon? please help me i cant decide i keep reading reviews of both and they are similar. any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks Alot
Shanny

[kevinf]

i would pick canon simply becasue of the brand name and its reputation. but i might be a bit biased. but i have one and i am very happy

[redjr]

shanny1007,

I have both Olympus and Canon point and shoot cameras. The Olympus C-5050, and Canon SD500. Since the Canon is the newer of the cameras, I haven't had a lot of time to spend with it and take lots of pictures.

What I can say about the Canon over the Olympus is that the shutter-lag is not near as bad as the 5050. I have been disappointed with both the shutter-lag and auto-exposure settings of the 5050. I can take the very same picture twice - one right after the other - and get completely different results? I haven't been able to figure it out! The shutter-lag is dismal too.

On the other hand, the Canon takes perfectly exposed pictures and has virtually no shutter-lag. In addition, I have a 1gig San Disk Extreme II sd card in it and can take a series of shots very quickly. IMHO, it's far and away the better camera, but it lacks some manual control that the C-5050 does have. The SD500 is very small, very well-built, stylish and can easily fit in a pocket!

redjr...