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Olympus Mju 1030SW Digital Camera - Midnight Black (10.1MP, 3.6x Digital Zoom) 2.7" LCD | 
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| Manufacturer: Olympus
Category: CE
Buy New: £217.95
New (16) Used (2) from £173.73
Rating:  28 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 36.6 x 24
MPN: Mju 1030SW
Model: Mju 1030SW
EAN: 4545350014513
ASIN: B0012ESMHG
Release Date: March 26, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | CCD - 10.7-megapixel 1/2.33" Live CCD sensor (including 10.1 effective) RGB filter | | • | Optical Zoom - 3.6x -- Digital Zoom - 5x / 18x combined with optical zoom | | • | Internal menus - 38 languages (Japanese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek, Slovakian, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Korean, Simple Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Arabic, Bulgarian, Romanian, Persian, Indonesian, Hebrew, Malay and Vietnamese) | | • | Aperture and Shutter Speed - Maximum aperture: 3.5 - 5.1 Shutter speed: 1/2 - 1/1000 s / < 4 s (night scene) | | • | Flash (built-in) - Built-in flash Flash modes: auto, red-eye reduction, fill in, off Flash range (at ISO 800): 3.8 m (wide angle), 2.6 m (telephoto) |
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Product Description
Adventure is yours for the taking with the 1030 SW from Olympus! This camera is waterproof, shockproof, freezeproof and crushproof, and goes everywhere you do! Its designed for use in even the most extreme conditions, because its waterproof to 10 metres and supports loads of up to 100 kg. It withstands falls of up to 2 metres, and resists temperatures as low as -10 C! The 1030 SW is also equipped with a 10.1-megapixel sensor and a 3.6x wide-angle optical zoom, meaning your photos will turn out perfectly each and every time. Its digital image stabiliser compensates for blur, while its BrightCapture technology improves the conditions for low light shooting. The 2.7 Hyper Crystal II LCD screen on the 1030 SW means you can monitor your creations in full sunlight and at awkward angles. The 1030 SWs other features include a host of scene modes and a face detection function, which are perfect for those of you taking your first steps in the world of digital photography.
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 Olympus 1030SW - WOW March 21, 2008
J. M. Parry
48 out of 48 found this review helpful
WOW!
This camera completely exceeded my expectations. I have previously used Sony T series cameras (T3,T9,T200). Lost one, and the others broke, and kept having fault messages after six months of use. But the pictures I took were fantastic, and I thought they would be hard to beat, so when I saw this camera - drop proof, water proof and crush proof, well this had to be for me! I am a little clumsy at times and into outdoor pursuits, not a good mixture for delicate electronics!
I managed to pick one up else where (obviously a tad more expensive than here on Amazon) because I desperatly wanted to take one on holiday. The fact it is water proof is great, you can use it around the pool, for snorkeling on the beach, and as it is waterproof to 10 metres (I took it with us when my missus had her first try dive).
The camera itself is a good size to fit in your pocket, not bulky at all. When I first took it out of the box it really did feel solid and has a solid look to it as well.
The photos have come out really well. I am a total amateur when it come to photography, my ethos is snap away and hopefully there will be some werth keeping. There are 24 scene modes, auto and high ISO to choose from which seems a bit overwhelming, but worry not, the is a guide function which sets the camera up for you, just choose the options you want and it then puts the camera in the correct mode for the effect you want to achieve, or the conditions etc.
An excellent feature I liked was the panoramic feature, its brilliant! Basically you select the option in the menu, take the first picture then move the camera to the left or right (the camera automatically sensors which way you have gone), then a diamond appears on the screen and you move the diamond into the box it it automatically takes the next picture, do this again so you have total of three pictures and wait a couple of seconds and it joins them together to make a great panoramic picture, really impressive, and great if your into nice views. However you need the Olympus 'M' series XD memory card to use this funtion (and as I lernt the hard way you also need to format the card from new to use this function which is done in the settings), but they are only a few quid more than other brands.
In summary I have been really impressed with this camera.
Great rugged camera April 27, 2008
M Full (UK)
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
Bought the camera a couple of weeks ago as a replacement for a previous rugged olympus camera that was stolen from my wife during a trip to London. Very impressed with the upgrade. All seems good so far, although I haven't tested it in the water yet. Higher resolution, bigger screen, better controls than the one I had and now with the ability to use micro SD cards. I bought a 6GB san disk card for less than the XD and it allows me to standardise on the SD standard for all my cameras, which is great. Thing I love most about the camera is the fact that (other than diving) you just can take it anywhere without worrying about rain or a few knocks. The previous one I used whilst kayaking all the time and it used to just sit in the front of my bouyancy aid taking the knocks and the swims. The only negative thing I would have to say is the annoying fact that olympus insists on disabiling some of the camera function (panorama only I think) unless you use the official olympus XD card as a way of making a few more quid out of people, but you can take the photos on the camera and stitch them on they computer instead so no big loss. Overall a great camera that you don't have to think twice about taking with you.
Great little camera April 21, 2008
A. Buxton (U.K)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
Just received this camera today (monday morning, having ordered it on Friday night!) and so far I love it!
I used to have a sony cybershot 3.2mp and decided that it was time to update. I wanted something small and robust as I have 3 small children and a dog and we are out and about all the time, so this seems to fit the bill perfectly.
I am an absolute amateur and haven't got a clue about photography, but I know what i like and am so far thrilled with the photos I have taken. They are millions of times better than my old sony. I notice that this camera takes them very quickly as opposed to the sony where there was a delay between pressing the button and the photo being taken resulting in lots of photos of the tops of my childrens heads or their feet as they disappeared from the shot! This is so much better in this respect - much more of a chance of getting a good photo!
The camera is neat and small, but feels nice and solid. The zoom is virtually silent and it has lots of very easy to use and understand settings.
I'm sure there are experts who will disagree, but if you want a small robust camera that is easy to use and takes great photos then I don't think you can go wrong with this!
 Nice Camera but ................... June 22, 2008
Donna (United Kingdom)
16 out of 21 found this review helpful
I bought this camera as a tough point and shoot to take with me when walking out in the country, and on holiday.
I like the style, quality feel and features, and the water proofing and shock proof build I felt made it ideal for my purposes, plus I've always loved Olympus cameras (this is my third).
However the major drawback showed itself last weekend, out walking on a nice bright day the LCD screen was extremely hard to use, the image could not compete with the bright sunshine. This wouldn't have been a drawback, except that as with many similar compact cameras, it doesn't have a veiw finder.
This problem for me means that on nice bright days it's difficult to frame and take photographs, and I was very disappointed with the images produced. If it had a view finder I would have given this 5 stars.
I've ended up replacing it with a Canon Powershot, which is larger and not as tough (I'll have to be careful with it) but has a view finder.
Photo Freedom May 8, 2008
Kris (Edinburgh, UK)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is the best compact camera I have ever owned. When I bought it I thought I would be making a compromise on image quality, features, size or something for the tough camera. But it is amazing! lots of photo options (light metering mode, white balance, focus, drive, etc). I am really happy with the quality of the 10 mega pixel images. And it has 3.6 optical zoom! Because the zoom is internal it is very fast too. much faster than my old olympus C5060WZ, Sony Cybershot, Cannon IXUS 910TI. I haven't deliberitly dropped or crushed it yet but I do regularly dunk it in the nearest river or lock and see what the pictures are like it works really well. I will be taking it trecking and diving in a few weeks so I will be able to give it the ultimate test.
I only have three we minor niggles with it:
- The full auto setting keeps turning on flash (the semi-manual mode is fine so I mostly use it)
- I can't change the zoom while videoing (Same with my C5060WS...very odd)
- It doesn't have a view finder, so even though it does have a fantastic screen that works fine most of the time, it is not as bright as the sun so sometimes I don't have any idea what the framing is like (I think this is the same problem with most compacts though).
Because it won't break, I bring it everywhere and take millions of photes, even dark pictures in the pub turn out well. You know you want one :)
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