Anyone around us would be able to say that we've been using Olympus since a long time ago...Yeu Sheng has the one her sister gave her and my Mju 750 is the only digital camera I've ever used as well.

Quality was OK as long as there was sufficient lighting...which there never was if we were at gatherings indoors. So...photos would often turn out like this:
"Oh, that blurriness is easily fixed...just use a flash!"
And thus everyone turns into anaemics...pallor. Color balance just wasn't good enough and taking photos in dim lighting was shockingly difficult. You either need to be a tripod taking photos of statues or use the flash, which washed all the colors out.

First Target...
Olympus Mju 9000

This is the original replacement me and Yeu Sheng were looking at.
But, there were problems with the Mju 9000. What attracted us first was the 10x optical zoom...advertised as "The Mju 9000 is the world's smallest and slimmest digital camera with 10x optical wide zoom, so now you can take this pocket sized camera with you, anywhere, anytime, to capture those special holiday moments." Unfortuantely...still had similar problems with the Mju 750 we were using. Not too good in terms of photo quality and dim lighting still caused many problems. Painful decision to look at other brands...since we had so many XD cards already (only used by Olympus) but they left us no choice.

Second Target...
Sony Cybershot DSC-W290

Couple of good things about this camera. We spent a lot of time with 阿公 on our NZ trip and we loved his Cybershot...colors just looked so much better on his camera. Not to mention his battery seemed to last forever as well. So, when we decided to give up on Olympus, Sony came to mind. Price was a little cheaper than the Mju 9000 so we were more than happy to consider it. However, problems started cropping up once we asked more about the package. The Sony are notorious for using MS Pro Duo, a brand of their own and thus very very expensive, even more than the XD. Thus, after adding all the accessories, the price actually was about the same as the Mju 9000. But still...out of the two, we still liked the Sony better...looked more attractive at least =P We were sacrificing the 10x optical zoom (Sony only had 5x) but we thought it wasn't much use without a tripod anyway.

Went to city yesterday so that Yeu Sheng can have a look at the Sony Cybershot DSC-W290...came out of the shop with this:

The FinePix F200EXR (FujiFilm). Who would have guessed? When we were talking to the sales, we just casually asked "What other camera would you suggest?". "What do you want out of the camera? Good quality photos? Or a camera that can be brought out to show friends like a trophy?" came the reply. Well, of course, not wanting to sound like idiots, we gave answer number 1. Sales brought out the FinePix...we had a look at it...not a great first impression. To be honest, it's not the most trendy camera we have seen. Not to mention, the camera itself is a little more expensive than the other two we've been looking at. 心想：你有沒有老點我ga？ But then we turned it on...and the photos it took...my god, they were impressive. The sales even took us downstairs and gave us a dimly lit room to compare the two cameras and we couldn't believe that the FinePix was so much better. When we got home, we started messing about. The lighting at home never really agreed with the Mju 750...all the photos we ever took would be washed with yellow.

Never heard of FujiFilm as a good brand of cameras...never! In fact, when we asked my dad "Hey, guess which brand of camera we ended up buying", he answered, "Olympus, Sony, Canon, Ricoh, Nikon, Panasonic..." (basically every other brand except FujiFilm!!T_T) Then when we pulled out the actual camera, all he said was "Doesn't Fuji just make film?" And yet, it's given us photos like this:

And this:

And this!

Just to assure everyone, we have NOT gone crazy...just testing the camera la...