Sony DSC S500/Pentax Optio M20/ Fujifilm A700/Olympus FE190?

[jmcaliskey]

Hi Im trying to decide between these 3 Cameras:

Sony Cybershot DSC S500; Pentax Optio M20; Olympus FE190 & Fujifilm FinePix A700.

They are to be used for digital storytelling by mainly Older Folks, so ease of use for Complete Photo Novices and those new to technology is in order, as is great photos in automatic mode and non-fiddly controls and very simple logical menus.

I would like them to be useful, should an interest grow, they can then move out of Automatic mode and start experimenting with the manual settings.

Which should I choose?

Other worries include robustness and after care and battery life/type.



Thanks