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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Olympus 1030SW - Finally!
I got this camera a long while ago in February when it first came out as a birthday gift to myself. The Olympus Stylus 1030SW is a 10.1 megapixel camera that is shock-proof, water-proof, crush-proof, freeze-proof… just almost any proof! This is just what I needed, something durable and mike-proof…as my things don’t seem to last with my activities such as biking, snowboarding, going to the beach and etc… just name it - and it delivers! It survived! Until...oh here it comes… the lens cover fell off and the salinity of the ocean and the sand wore off the black paint. So now I have a silver version - great! The camera still works!
Knowing how I break things, I got the 3-year warranty. phew! I sent it in and B&H and they fixed it, adding a new housing and making it look all brand new. Yehey! So happy! It hasn’t seen it’s last adventure yet.
I really like this camera. It has a 3MP hi-speed rapid multiple shot ability. You can also take really wide shots directly with its built-in panoramic mode. The image stabilization is amazing. I take a picture while shaking the camera and it still comes out great! As for video, its 30fps capture just got updated with a new firmware!!! Finally! Using an 2GB M+ xD Picture Card, I’m no longer limited to the 10 second limitation when recording. Now, I can record 18 minutes and 44 seconds straight on a 2GB card. Before this, I was only using 15fps at VGA (640x480) which was inadequate for our snowboarding videos - we want to capture every second of the action!
All-in-all, good job Olympus! Now, if only I can get a 4GB-32GB xD card…
Comments
impressive ;p
Posted by queen on Sun, November 30, 2008 at 6:23 PM