New Olympus D-450 Digital Zoom Camera

"Olympus America Inc. announced an addition to its line of digital cameras, the D-450 Zoom. Housed in a champagne gold metallic compact point & shoot body, the Olympus D-450 Zoom offers a 1.3 megapixel resolution CCD and 3X optical zoom lens at an outstanding $499 value. New significant features include: faster shot-to-shot performance; 2 frames per second burst mode; improved ISO ratings; a new LCD display with easy viewing even in bright light and from any angle; and improved flash range with slow synchronization flash." [The 450 sounds a lot like the 400 and it is $100 less. It is $200 more than the 340R which doesn't have the optical zoom in addition to the digital zoom. Olympus also released a $1500 2.5 megapixel camera.--Bill]