Olympus E-410

The LCD screen here, at its resolution of 215,000 pixels, just doesn't have the clarity or the punch to compete with what you get to see from its optical counterpart. Though the live preview function was usable, it wasn't good enough to replace the optical viewfinder for me anytime soon. Now, only if the screen had a tilt functionality, I would have forgiven it all its sins.

Another thing that bothered me about the E-410 was, if you customize any settings in the scene mode or auto mode, the settings would go back to default once you turn off the camera. This was especially annoying as important features like flash settings and manual focus mode would go back to their defaults if I ever switched off the camera when taking a break between shots.

Speaking of focus, I'm not entirely sure whether this problem exists with all the Olympus lenses, but the basic 18-55mm zoom lens we got with the camera was a b*tch to focus with. The focus ring had to be turned for a lifetime before I could get it right. The best option here was to do a basic autofocus and then probably fine-tune it with manual.

With that said, the autofocus worked very well in getting an accurate focus especially in optimal lighting. If the situation was a bit too dark, it would fire a series of flashes before getting the focus right, but the results would be great, unless you're shooting in pitch darkness.