Olympus Stylus 800 Digital
If you want to take great, high resolution photos of your holiday excursions but fear that the dust, grime and spray from the rugged terrain or water will damage your camera, then the Olympus stylus 800 digital is the answer to your prayers. Combining high resolution and great features with a rugged exterior, it offers you complete peace of mind when you go on that hiking trip or sailing vacation, leaving you to have all the fun while ensuring the moments stay captured forever.
The Olympus stylus 800 digital comes in an all metal body which makes it slightly larger than the average camera that you’ll see around nowadays. However, that is the tradeoff for the impressive all weather resistance that this camera offers. There is no optical viewfinder and when the camera is started, the lens cover unlocks and slides out and the telescopic lens pops out.
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On the back side of the camera, you have a large 2.5” LCD which suffers from negligible shutter lag. The entire camera operation is very smooth with startup time being only around 2 seconds. The camera has Olympus’ famed Bright Capture Technology which allows for impressive low light shots. We found the performance of the camera to be surprisingly good under low light conditions with very high sensitivities in some shooting modes.
Coming to the all important lens, the camera sports a 35-114mm (35 mm equivalent) lens with 3x optical zoom. The maximum resolution is 8 million pixels meaning you’ll be able to take some impressive high quality shots with this camera. The built in flash comes with Auto, manual and the useful Red-eye reduction modes.
When it comes to taking pictures, there are options galore. In total you’ll find 19 scene modes along with a video mode which can record video at VGA resolutions with sound. The scene modes are comprehensive and will be helpful for most average users. Presence of autofocus with contrast detection is an added bonus. What’s more, the Olympus stylus 800 digital also sports a blur reduction mechanism so that you get crisper and more blur-free images, even in low light conditions.
Connectivity and memory are definite strengths of the stylus 800. It features expandable memory in the form of an xD card along with 21MB internal memory, meaning you will hardly have to worry about running out of space on your camera. A 16MB card is included with a package. In terms of connectivity, the camera offers USB to PC as well as PictBridge to any compatible printer. In addition, an A/V out directly to devices such as a Television means that sharing your moments with friends and family will never be a problem.
Last but not the least; the Camera comes with a rechargeable Li-Ion battery which is a definite boon on long trips. A CD ROM containing all required software is included as well. The package, in short contains everything that one might need.
Rugged design and impressive low light shots definitely define the Olympus stylus 800 digital making it a good bet if you want an easy to use camera that won’t die on you soon.