Olympus Stylus Tough 8010

Attention adventure-seekers: this is the go-anywhere, do-anything digital camera you’ve been waiting for. It snaps stunning photos -- plus records HD videos -- wherever you are. Hurtling down a rough trail. Plunging underwater. Balancing on your snowboard. The Olympus Stylus Tough 8010 is engineered in the direction of thrive in any conditions.

Olympus Stylus Tough 8010: Consumer’s Review

I have owned many Olympus cameras in the past but this Olympus Stylus Tough 8010 really is my first camera I have purchased from their "tough" line. As advertised this thing looks and feels very sturdy. The seals on it appear to be they will hold out any sort of moisture and dust and the lens has its own protective shroud and cover to protect it from scratches or damage. The lens also does not extend or retract so dust, sand, and dirt cant jam it up (which is a problem I've had before). It also has a minimum of buttons to break or stick and it has an incredibly soild body construction. So on a toughness scale of 1-10 the Stylus tough 8010 gets an 11. This camera really is in a class of its own on in terms of durablity, and it's the only camera I have seen my colleagues take with them into combat zones.

On the other hand it looks like Olympus tried to cram all the wrong things into this rugged digital camera. The first thing you will notice while operating this camera is how slow it can be between pictures, even with a class 6 SD card in it, its write speed seems painfully slow. Don't get me wrong I'm very happy Olympus finally got ride of the XD card however it doesnt seem like they've fixed their write speed problems. Image quality also isnt that great but thats not a major hit given the small lens they are running with.

One point you find about the Olympus Stylus Tough 8010 digital camera that shouldn't be there's all kinds of picture editing or "Beauty" features within the digital camera. This application does an okay job although take way to long to proccess. In my opinion Olympus should leave photo editing to photo editing software on a computer and instead focus on making this camera capture better pictures with less lag time between shots.

Over all this camera is great if you plan on going to a very rough part of the world, as well as swimming with it. On the contrary if you are just an average person seeking a camera to take good quality pictures this is not for you. Instead buy a less expensive camera with a better lens and get a good camera case to shield it from everyday life.

Olympus Stylus Tough 8010: Updated

I had to send this digital camera in for guarantee repair because it stopped reading my SD card, I too complained concerning the long delay between shots. Olympus repair gets 5 stars. They replaced the cameras circuit panel plus updated the digital camera with the latest firm ware next had it sent via two day UPS shipping within the same date they received it.

The camera is faster now; it went from a 3 second delay to about a 2 second delay between shots and it's more responsive when scrolling through the menu. I will take a 33% boost in speed, it's still not great but then again this is the "rugged camera" so you have to chose your battles.

Title Post: Olympus Stylus Tough 8010
Rating: 100% based on 2069 ratings. 5 user reviews.
Author: the Wicaksonos Family

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