Digital Home Thoughts: Olympus Mju Stylus 720SW

"Announced on the 26th of January 06, the Olympus Mju 720SW "Shock and Waterproof" (aka Stylus 720SW) is a new 7 megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom lens, a 2.5" screen and an ultra compact metal body that is waterproof and shockproof! As far as I'm aware, this is the only shockproof digital camera ever released! The 3x optical zoom lens is equiv. 38-114mm on a 35mm camera. The Olympus Mju 720SW is available from around £235, this makes it good value for money for an ultra compact waterproof, and shockproof 7 megapixel digital camera. The camera is enclosed in a sturdy metal body and is available in three colours: dusky pink (shown here), Steel silver and Polar blue - the colour is only visible on the front of the camera, the rest of the body is silver. The camera records videos at 15fps and with a resolution of 640x480. The camera is very compact and thin - the body measures: 91 x 58.7 x 19.8 mm (without protruding parts), and weighs approx. 149g"



This is such a cool review, I love the look of the camera. And had it not been for the price point, I'd be seriously tempted. I haven't used an Olympus digital camera in almost 7 years now and my first experience with it wasn't very good. I guess this is why I have been such a loyal Canon customer -- every camera of theirs I played with was great. Anyways, one of the things that initially attracted me to this camera was the fact that it is waterproof but it turns out it is waterproof only up to 3 metres of water. So much for buying it for taking pictures while snorkeling/scuba diving.