Advantages: Waterproof. The lens has a cover. 640 x 480px video mode. Disadvantages: The camera does not float.
The OlympusMju Tough-6010 looks deal for water sport practitioners, those who tend to get wet or just live under water. The picture quality is generally very good.
I've owned several Olympus cameras. The picture sharpness has always been great because of good quality optics.
The technical reviews state that there is a high speed mode that takes 5 shots per second with a resolution of tree megapixels the normal ?continuous mode? is stated to be too slow for taking multiple pictures of fast moving objects such as aircraft or downhill skiers.
The video quality is described as ?average? in most shooting conditions and not so good in changing conditions. Packing a lot of pixels in to a small area can result In noisy pictures. Usually the effect is only noticeable in very low light conditions. ...
Advantages: small and light, metal body giving a sophisticated look and feel, easy to operate, weather proof Disadvantages: the memory card is different from my previous Olympus digital camera, image quality at dimly lit environment is somewhat questionable, software supplied not up to standard
--INTRO ON THE MJU--
This camera is the latest from Olympus' "stylish" line of cameras and not surprisingly it's called [Mju:] 410. The previous models were the Mju300 and Mju400.
In this review, I'm not going to dwell too much into the technical side, as I'm no expert myself. You can always get the full low-down of the spec from Olympus' official website at:
http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/digimg/intro.cfm?id=%B5%5Bmju%3A%5D%20410%20Digital
In the UK, the camera is launched around February 2004, and so far, a few website have been selling them at a price from £240 and above, although Amazon is selling the for £190.43, which I find it unbelievable if you search for Mju 410 in www.Amazon.co.uk. If this is really true, this camera will be the hottest property in the 4.0 mega-pixels range. My friend helped my to buy the camera ...