Olympus SZ-30MR - Sony HX5 - Canon S2 - comparing resized image quality

As I mentioned in my HX9V blog, the best way to be happy with the 16 MP sensor is to resize drastically.
In this comparison all pictures are resized to 5 MP, saved with 75% compression and then lossless cropped.

Canon S2 click for original size lossless crop
the left side of my S2IS always had problems with softness no matter how I twist the camera or the subject

Olympus SZ-30MR click for original size lossless crop

Sony HX5 click for original size lossless crop

The cardboard box is solid blue. The differences you see are reflections and the way the camera tries to interpret them.