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| Brand: Olympus
Category: Photography
List Price: $349.99
Buy New: $299.94
You Save: $50.05 (14%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  136 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 3.6
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
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Present for the wife May 20, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
My wife has the habit of sitting on cameras and cell phones or putting them through the washer. I bought this camera for that reason. She loves the camera. It does great macros of her flowers and great all around shots. It is the first electronic item that she has found easy to operate. For what I bought it for is gets 5 stars.
Olympus Stylus 1030SW 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3.6x Optical Wide Angle Zoom (Green) August 13, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bought this product before our trip to Jamaica, mon. Tried it out in the pool before leaving and it worked great. Took it on our trip and got great pictures, with one caveat. Make sure you're using the right setting. If the colors don't look right on the screen, you're probably taking above water pictures using the underwater setting.
In clear water, underwater pictures are outstanding. In murky water, your underwater pictures are murky.
I wish it had a 10X optical zoom.
 1030 SW leaked in less than 5 ft of fresh water! September 7, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought an Olympus 1030 SW in May, and first used it 6/28/08, with 75 photos taken on it total. I last used it 8/28/08 when snorkeling in Lake Tahoe (fresh water, depth of 5 ft). On 9/5/08 when I tried to use it again, it started, beeped 4 times, then shut down. Charger says the battery is fully charged, and the "View" mode works (where the camera also indicates a fully-charged battery), but cannot otherwise take photos or videos. Was shocked to see that Olympus warrantee excludes damage caused by water, shock, or "abuse" to a supposedly waterproof, shockproof and crushproof camera. After the horror stories I see posted on the Internet regarding Olympus "No Service" and charging people to fix their defective/leaking cameras, I'm considering contesting the credit card charge I bought it with.
Be warned! You may get lucky and get a "Good" Olympus 1030 SW, but their quality control appears to be letting some defective, non-waterproof units get into the retail stores. I would NOT trust this camera on a "Once-in-a-lifetime" trip !
great little camera with all I needed May 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having just returned from a trip to Costa Rica and being disappointed with my older Kodak digital I started looking for a new camera. The problems with the Kodak, which served me well for a number of years, were: didn't zoom enough, LCD screen was awful (I always used the viewfinder), horizon that was always off, battery life was good, but to recharge you had to lug the dock with you. Another problem was the on/off lever, which, inside my day bag, kept getting turned on by mistake and wasting battery.
I looked at the Olympus because my favourite old film SLR was an Olympus manual. This camera has a 3.6 optical zoom along with a digital zoom that takes it to 18-23X depending on your settings. The menu is much easier to go through and I like the "idiot proof" sample pics on the menu to tell you exactly what each setting will mean. There's even sample pics through the viewfinder of the different light settings. The on/off button is a much better design than the old Kodak. The flash on/off is very easy. I also like snorkeling and thought that having a camera that could serve both above and underwater would mean having to lug one less camera along with me on trips. I also liked the fact that the recharger was much, much smaller than the Kodak. I was pleased to discover that it will also take underwater movies. The LCD screen is large and very easily viewed in all conditions. My first pictures taken with the camera were very pleasing. I tried a bunch of lighting conditions and the camera did well in all. The only drawback that I can see is that when you push the camera up to 18-23X the pictures get a bit grainy, but that happens with all other cameras that I've used and is to be somewhat expected. The menu has such useful settings as: "through glass", indoor, night, candle, etc.
For those who like to do top notch HD zooms, this is not the camera for you and why would you be looking at this anyway. For those who like a camera that will go anywhere with you and do most of the stuff a much larger camera does, this is a great buy
Over 300 pictures with it and I'm very pleased May 9, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've had the camera for about 3 weeks. I'm very pleased. I own four other camera's and the 1030sw is fast becoming my favorite. The buttons make sense where they have them and the camera as a whole was definitely user friendly.
Lot's of extra goodies in the software to manipulate settings. And I'm just as pleased with the closeups too.
I will be taking it to work in my lunch box for the sole purpose of getting pictures of train derailments and if you view the photo gallery I put half a dozen pic's there that will speak for themselves.
Yes the camera is spendy but if you want tough, and easy to pull out of a shirt pocket and use (quickly) this is it.
5 stars for this waterproof, crushproof, IRONMAN TANK OF A CAMERA!!
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