Compact Body Compact body of Olympus 8000 makes it much easier to carry it with you all day.
182g This camera is so light that you can comfortably carry it around all day.
Body Thickness 22mm With a thickness of only22mm,Olympus 8000 is small as it could get.
Environmental Sealings For a camera that you carry everywhere with you, being weather proofed is a big advantage. You will have one less thing to worry about.
3.6X Optical Zoom Having a camera with higher zoom ratio would be more practical.
Small 1/2.33" (6.08 x 4.56 mm) sensor Olympus 8000's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensor.
No RAW shooting capability RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.