This is a 10 megapixel camera with a 37-260mm (film equivalent) lens. The attractive case is rugged and overall face area is slightly larger than a credit card. It fits into a pocket. There is no optical viewfinder and the LCD screen, while of excellent resolution, is useless in bright sunlight.
There is optical image stabilisation and also ISO boost in Auto mode – so-called “dual image stabilisation”. There are very few manual controls, and what there are are confusing. There is face recognition and three types of automatic and assisted panorama functions. The in-camera panorama creation works by taking three automatic shots which are merged in camera with varying degrees of accuracy.
DPexpert: [ OLYMPUS m1020 compact camera ]