Although I have only a friend's Olympus 2500L to compare to, and although I've never used any other digital camera before, after lots of research I bought the DC290 for my husband's artwork. I love it. Great quality. I didn't use the 16MB card it came with yet; I needed more space so I bought a 64MB card with the camera. Fantastic images with the 'High' setting. Battery eater, but aren't they all? Very easy to use, if you're new at it. I really like the Review/Magnify mode. I haven't even touched the surface regarding features. I'm searching for better photo-editing software though...I'm not impressed with the Adobe bundle, but it's free so worth a try. The viewfinder is a little oddly placed, but easy to adapt to. I definitely recommend the camera.