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Review: Olympus Stylus Zoom 770 SW

The expression on the face of that puffer fish? Awesome. Our crayon and napkin illustration for the folks back home? Less so. Good thing for the Stylus 770 SW. This waterproof compact shooter survived both a stomp from a size 13 boot (connected to a 212-pound tester) and a night in the freezer without any […]
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Rating:

6/10

WIRED
Military and industrial certified for dust, shock, and liquid immersion. Truly pocket-sized. Bright 2.5 LCD screen is great outside. On-screen depth information for underwater shooting. Four different modes for shooting underwater.
TIRED
No manual exposure controls. Only crushproof up to 220lbs-no running this cam over with your car. Lengthy shutter lag when shooting in Normal mode. Video capture tricky to initialize. Only supports xD media.
  • Camera Resolution: 7.1 megapixels
  • Optical Zoom: 3x
  • Digital Zoom: 5x

The expression on the face of that puffer fish? Awesome. Our crayon and napkin illustration for the folks back home? Less so. Good thing for the Stylus 770 SW. This waterproof compact shooter survived both a stomp from a size 13 boot (connected to a 212-pound tester) and a night in the freezer without any effect on image capturing ability. Problem is, the Stylus 770's image capturing abilities are limited: A 3x optical zoom, clunky menu, and dull optics yield grainy, noisy pics.