Olympus Stylus 1030SW 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3.6x Optical Wide Angle Zoom (Silver)

Olympus Stylus 1030SW 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3.6x Optical Wide Angle Zoom (Silver) | Great camera!

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	Olympus Stylus 1030SW 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3.6x Optical Wide Angle Zoom (Silver) Olympus Olympus, 2008 average customer review:based on 123 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Stylus 1030SW is designed for active people who want a tough camera that can keep up with their on-the-go lifestyles. The Shockproof & Crushproof casing is a durable metal body that has an innovative shock-absorbing construction with a floating circuit board that can protect the Stylus 1030SW from drops up to 6.6 feet and withstand 220 lbs of pressure. If you ever wanted to take pictures of aquatic life now you can, the Stylus 1030SW has Waterproof seals and gaskets that keeps water out so you can take pictures as deep as 33 feet underwater. When you're skiing or snowboarding you will enjoy the Freezeproof and Digital Image Stabilization features that allows you to take perfect photos of fast moving subjects in cold climates up to -10c/14f. With the 10.1 MP setting you can capture high quality images and then easily view it on the 2.7" HyperCrystal II LCD display at extra-wide viewing angles even in direct sunlight.

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Great Camera, Great price

I am very happy with this camera. As an avid amateur photographer I hate being without a camera at all times. My Olympus Evolt 510 is great but too bulky to carry all the time. The 1030SW fills the bill as a snapshot camera. Water (and weatherproof) I never have to worry about it getting wet in the constant rain in SE Alaska were I live. Its small enough to slip in a pocket and takes very good pictures as well as good video. Shutter lag is minimal which has been a problem with other digital snapshot cameras. the body is small and very slippery, but the addition of a silicon skin makes it easy to hold. The photos are very sharp and the relatively large screen helps to frame shots well. I always shoot pictures at the highest resolution and the 2GB xD card holds well over 100 shots so I am not limited with the number of photos I can take. I look forward to obtaining a housing, and using this little gem while diving.

My 2 minor problems with the camera are the easy of including fingers over the lens in shots, especially when shooting quick action shots, and the lack of raw mode. I have become spoiled with my DSLR, shooting in raw mode and the ease of manipulating the files. I suppose one can't have everything for under $450.00.

Nitejazz

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Great camera!

This is a great camera for underwater and travel. It is very easy to use, it takes good pictures and it truly is waterproof, drop-proof, crush-proof and so much more!
The only issue I had with it was drying the lens off after taking it out of the water when I wanted to take an above water picture. Otherwise, I love it! It certainly serves its purpose.

I love having a compact, on the go, rugged, waterproof camera that can take movies, and print posters.

This is my 3rd digital camera and the best one yet. I love it! I have had it for 3 months and already dropped it over 6 feet, left it out in the rain and hot sun, banged it around hiking and climbing, shot under water photos, taken spur of the moment action photos, day and night, cloudy and sunny, interior room photos, landscapes, close ups, macro, portrait, panorama, made movies, and made web page pictures, photos of art collection, as well as photographs to hang in an art show.

It is so easy to use, compact, durable, rugged, waterproof and makes great pictures that can be blown up to poster size. The macro settings are very good, and the wide angle is a plus. The underwater settings are great for use day and night. The LCD is big and bright and easy to use without glasses, the buttons and menus are laid out and designed in a manner that is intuitive making it very user friendly.

Most of my photography is of paranormal phenomena and at night. My pictures are very detailed not too much noise or grain. I have printed up large 13" x 19" photos that are exquisite in detail and color. I haven't even explored all of the features yet. One is the built in LCD light, shadow adjustment, shoot and select, and there are many more hidden goodies.

When researching cameras, I thought that not having manual control was going to be a compromise. Wanting a wide angle lens was a priority for me, big and bright LCD, another was ease of operation for spur of the moment photos. Having many SLR cameras, carting around extra lenses, batteries, flash, and etc., and making sure to have the right setting was time consuming, cumbersome and burdensome, and felt like work. Put it in your purse, pocket, bathing suit, so easy to carry, turn it on, dial in a scene mode and shoot! It is so fun and in the moment! Take as many pictures as you want. You can make movies to your hearts content. There is a lot of versatility and room for creativity with this point and shoot. Having a camera always with me and ready to quickly capture those odd moments is such a delight and I have some amazing photos of lights, orbs, bugs and things that go bump in the night.

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Olympus Stylus 1030sw

I love this camera! I purchased it right before a Curacao vacation and didn't have too much time to figure it out beforehand. I found that it was easy to figure out with a little help from the book. At first I was afraid to taake it underwater but then I took the plunge! The pictures came out wonderful. We were snorkeling and the colors of the fish came out true. You need to watch were you place your fingers beause it's easy to put over the lens. I would recommend this item!

It comes with a MicroSD adapter

I just got my camera today and have only used the 7.1 version. From that experience I didn't want to repeat what everyone else has already said, I just wanted to share my story so far.

The back story:
I purchased the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5. It was a nice little point and shoot camera, but after carrying it around in my pocket one day, lint got behind the lens. Having had a couple point and shoot cameras in my time, I didn't even realize this was possible, it's never happened before. I've only had it a few months and short of completely disassembling the camera, there's nothing I can do about it. The pictures are so bad now it's not worth taking any. Frustrating!

Flash forward to a couple weeks ago:
I took the kids to an indoor water park and didn't even bother bringing the lint damaged camera. After a couple hours of fun, I noticed the park had digital waterproof cameras for rent so I tried it. It was the Olympus 7.1 megapixel camera. It was great, I could take it down the slides, take underwater shots of the kids in the pool and carry it around without having to worry about anything. The shots were good, not outstanding, but good considering what I was putting it though.

So that got me to thinking, I didn't really need a waterproof camera, but if I had one, I wouldn't have to worry about LINT!

So as to not get burned again, I went out and did a little looking around. There really wasn't much else out there. So I got this 10 megapixel version in hopes of a slightly better picture, after all, 7.1 was good, 10 must be great! Right? Anyway, when I went to order, this is when I got schooled on memory cards. From what I found, Olympus and Fuji only use XD cards, which are slower and more expensive. Not to mention, the biggest card I could find was 2 gigs. I'm sure that will be fine for the most part...and if not, I could get another... but I already had gigs of SD and MicroSD cards, so I wasn't real happy I couldn't use those.

So my camera shows up today, I open the box and right on top is an Olympus XD adapter for MicoSD cards! Fantastic. I didn't recall seeing anything about an adapter anywhere I read, so I just wanted to pass this along.

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