Olympus CAMEDIA D 510 Zoom 2.1 Megapixel

I read some of the reviews on the Olympus D-510. I have a few things that will help other owners.
First, on the menu, go to Set, scroll over to hold and turn it on. Now your settings will be retained even if you turn off the camera. It even holds most of the time during battery changes.

Get some new NiMH rechargeable batteries. If you get 8 you will always have a spare. Sometimes I think I have taken 75 or more photos on one battery charge, probably more.
When I got the camera my 128mb card and photo taking was very slow. Later I ended up with a 32mb card and pictures would write almost instantly! I plugged the camera with the slow card into my computer (make sure your batteries are full) I opened My Computer and formatted the cameras card just like you would a normal hard drive or floppy. Results- must faster picture processing. You may also try to defrag the drive, but formating should clean the gunk off. I only had to do this once, but I occassionaly do it again. I don't know if it was necessary. Make sure you have alreaded saved the photos to the computer.
Finally, there is an option in the menu to hold the picture on the screen while it is saving it to the card. Under Set, turn on the record view. This option only appears when the camera is open and on.
I too have loved this camera. After 5 years of hiking, kayaking, fishing, rock climbing, beating, bashing and dropping my flash quit working. I taped it shut and the camera started working again, but only of course in good light. Shortly after that, it fell off the back of my motorcycle and was run over by a car. That finished it off.
A friend of mine also has one and likes it better than his newer camera. On his the door on/off switch is wearing out. You have to physicall hold the door open or the camera turns off. Mine was not as bad as his, but it was headed that way.
I replaced mine with one from an ebay auction for $50 including shipping. This tough camera retains value considering the fancy stuff out there today for around only $100. I hope this helps my fellow D-510 fans!