I use an Olympus C-5050 Zoom.
You know, my dad just visited and we oohed and aahed over his new sleek, and LITTLE Olympus that he bought(I don't remember the model). I thought is was great that the battery life had improved so much. I tossed around the idea of getting one. I like my camera fine, but the battery life sucks and the camera itself is much larger than the new ones on the market. Well, we got a CD of the photos he took while he was out here and they were pretty bad! Sort of grainy and always just a smidge out of focus.
Maybe someone who has your model can give you some pointers...