Olympus Stylus 1030SW 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3.6x Optical Wide Angle Zoom (Black) by Olympus
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Digital camera reviews of Olympus Stylus 1030SW 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3.6x Optical Wide Angle Zoom (Black)
Digital camera Review: Don't waste your $
Summary: 1 Stars
Bought this camera in April of 2008, we live in Ohio and have only taken underwater once or twice on vacation. By September of 2009 all of the paint has peeled off of the front of the camera and the piece around the lens came off. I contacted Olympus and they refuse to repair since the warranty period is only one year. I do not recommend this product because of it's high price and poor quality.Digital camera Review: Durable point-and-shoot for the outdoors
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this camera to replace my old powershot SD700, which broke when it was dropped onto a carpeted floor from a height of maybe 4 feet. Overall, I'm happy with the Olympus, but it falls short of my SD700 in a few areas.
Pros:
- The Olympus is smaller than I expected. It fits easily into my pocket and is not cumbersome to carry around on backpacking trips, for example.
- This thing is durable. You can feel the "sturdiness." I added a screen protector from bestskinsever, and now I feel like it's indestructible. I never worry about it.
- It does a great job with macros (close-ups). It even has a special macro mode that uses a small, built-in LED to light your subject. Very nice feature.
- It has an impressive zoom; better than the 3X of my old SD700.
- It has an impressively high-res CCD: 10.1MP; again, better than my old SD700.
Cons:
- My old SD700 still took better pictures. I can't think of a way to quantify this qualitative observation, but I think it's true. I recently went on a backpacking trip and my buddy brought his camera, which happened to be an SD700. We took pictures of the same scenery, but the Fall colors looked more vibrant through his camera. Images also seem..."sharper" with the SD700, despite the megapixel advantage of the Olympus. Maybe someone who knows more about cameras could explain this.
- There are a handful of different acquisition settings on the Olympus, but navigating to them is not very intuitive and definitely not very fast.
- There's no real manual control of things like shutter speed, etc.
I use this camera for all of my outdoor activities: backpacking, snowboarding, climbing, and trips to the beach. That's what this thing was made for, and it feels good to carry it around in my pocket or toss it into my gear bag without worrying about it breaking like my other cameras. The pictures it takes are good enough for me, but are out-shined even by older, cheaper cameras of the same size. If you get this camera, you'll like it. Just keep in mind that you're paying quite a premium for durability.
Digital camera Review: Excellent - the 3rd one we've purchased!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've bought two of these for my company and one for personal use. I'm considering another for personal... it is an excellent camera with outstanding durability. On top of it all, it takes beautiful, clear, crisp pictures withOUT a delay! Only my very expensive DSLR is faster, but not by much!!
A must have for everyone who enjoys photography, but wants to have something they can take anywhere, regardless of the weather, and fit it in their pocket or purse.
Digital camera Review: Excellent features, ok photos
Summary: 4 Stars
I wanted a camera I couldn't break with my persistent clumsiness and bought this one on the recommendation of two friends. I'm very pleased with its durability and general ease of use. I'm not very techno-savvy, though, so a lot of my pictures in low light come out really fuzzy. It might just be that I have it on some of the wrong settings, but it seems to me that I got better low-light pictures from my previous camera, which I broke by dropping too many times. But I'm willing to concede that the problem might be me, not the camera.Digital camera Review: Expensive Item, but worth every penny
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm not a camera expert by any means, so this is not a very technical review. I bought this camera to take to the Caymans for vacation. It worked great for underwater and regular shots. I bought a microSD instead of the Olympus XD and it worked fine. The only advice I can tell you is make sure you swap modes once you get back out of the water or else your pictures will look weird. Also, watch your thumb when you take pics.