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| Brand: Olympus
Category: Photography
List Price: $349.99
Buy New: $294.95
You Save: $55.04 (16%)
New (57)
Rating:  114 reviews
Sales Rank: 184
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 3
Digital Zoom: 5
Connectivity: AV
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 18.2
Minimum Focal Length: 5
Maximum Resolution: 10.1
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 0.8 x 2.4
MPN: B0011E87QI
Model: B0011E87QI
UPC: 050332162914
EAN: 0050332162914
ASIN: B0011E87QI
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 114
Good All Around September 30, 2008
A. Machado (NJ, USA)
I bought this camera primarily for its waterproof, dustproof, and almost indestructible make. Let's make it clear that I am no professional photographer, but I do see some problems with this camera which would easily make me replace it for something else.
The 10 megapixels made it an ever better deal since you can enjoy your pictures up on a big screen, but here is the biggest problem with this stylus. The images don't look quite as nice as you would expect from a 10 megapixel camera. Some appear really grainy, others too dark or washed, and others have chromatic aberrations. I have minimized all of these by tweaking some of the setting in the camera, and have found that the auto setting is only good up to a certain point. Also, higher isos reveal very grainy and washed-out pictures - setting it at 200 and 400 have given me near perfect shots. Sometimes I don't feel comfortable switching it around according to the lighting, so I just go with the preset modes - and there are a whole lot of them which also give very good images.
While the picture quality was really upsetting at first, once I went snorkeling my doubts about the Stylus 1030 SW completely dispersed. This camera goes where no other can go, and the pictures and movies underwater made for some good time.
I definitely recommend it if you're looking for something fun, durable and with good picture quality. However, if you're looking for great picture quality then you're better off going with other models or even an expensive SLR.
* This stylus also has the Olympus Panorama function which takes picture in a phenomenal panoramic view. One of the other reasons why I bought it, and it was definitely worth it.
1030sw - great product! September 30, 2008
J. Anzur (anderson, sc, usa)
I love the camera! The versatility is amazing. It has many "quick expert mode" settings, that make it very easy to use. My only wish is that the shutter button and the lens, are a little closer to the center of the camera. It would make it much easier to use with one or two hands.
 Yes, it's waterproof, but very marginal picture quality September 23, 2008
S. L. Watts (dripping springs texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well, I wanted this to be the camera that could do it all. I have an old Canon S40 with a UW housing that takes excellent quality pictures - great optics for a point and shoot - but the old Canon is a bit heavy for my shirt pocket and very bulky with the UW housing. Unfortunately, this Olympus 10mp camera takes poorer quality pictures than my old 4mp Canon S40, with or without the UW housing on. Bright sunny day pics turn out acceptably on the Olympus, but any other lighting conditions result in dull, washed out looking, somewhat grainy pictures. Sent it back.
Great camara. . . but could be better September 20, 2008
Francisco Martinz Martos (Mad, Spain)
Everything about the camara is as described , but the quality of photos done in dark conditions is not as good as other similar camaras (eg canon, panasonic..) which lack the water and shock proof features. . .
But overall very happy with it and would recommend it... may be in the near future Canon or Panasonic will go for those features and then.. will see.
Olympus Stylus 1030SW 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3.6x Optical Wide Angle (Silver) September 19, 2008
R. Oliver (Jacksonville, FL United States)
I recently bought this camera. So far I have noted that its pictures have a great deal of noise and are rather grainy. It is as sturdy as it is touted to be. I have not used underwater yet. It's picture preview is good, and the screen is bright and sharp. Takes poor flash pictures in the dark. Weak overall.
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