Olympus - agreed
Cobster said:
Olympus or Pentax, FORGET SONY!
Olympus has really nice glass...
...also correct on the zoom issue, optical is better.
Sony can have some quality lens as many can.
I have had 3 Canons, not bad but the more recent ones are very slow between shots and this is very annoying after awhile (2-5 seconds).
I also have a had Sony - very good lens but you are really paying for a name.
My colleague who is a professional photographer for kitchen magazine layouts prefers Olympus. He did tell me to stay away from Pentax however YMMV.