Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Review by digitalcamerareview
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Loading ...In fairness to the Stylus 1030 SW, this is a camera that’s as much about where it can go as what it’s capable of doing when it gets there. That said, it’s hard to sell consumers on a camera in this price range without decent image quality, and if the idea of “consistently inconsistent” makes sense, it’s a fair description of the 1030’s image quality proclivities.
digitalcamerareview Reviewed the Olympus Stylus 1030 SW and gave out”The Olympus Stylus 1030 SW definitely has the rugged qualities needed to fulfill its mission. If you need a waterproof, shockproof, coldproof, and crush-proof camera, it absolutely fits the bill and it even looks good doing it. Operationally, the camera works well and operates quickly, but could have better battery life and an easier user interface.If you don’t need the rugged features, however, then this camera is not a great choice. Image quality is less pleasing than just about any other available compact digital camera over $300, making it hard to justify the high cost if you don’t need the ruggedness the 1030 SW offers.”
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Olympus Stylus 1030 sw, is it a good camera?
i own the 770 sw and love it so i was thinkin about upgrading for the wideangle and the 10.1 mp. has anyone purchased it? what are your personal feelings on it. i have read company reviews but that doesnt really compare. ive also read all the specs about the camera. what do you think about it if you have used it?
some said the 1030 sw does not have IS. if by “IS” you mean image stabilization, the 1030 sw does have it
As for the image stabilization, I guess that depends on your definition of it.
The fact is, neither the 770 SW, nor the 1030 SW, have MECHANICAL image stabilization, either lens-shift or CCD-shift. The specifications page for both cameras in the Olympus website clearly state that what these cameras use is “Digital” image stabilization… which is just another marketing euphemism for the old “ISO boost” trick… something than you can do anyway by manually increasing the ISO level, in just about any camera, with or without “digital” image stabilization. And, of course, this ISO increase comes at the cost of further degraded picture quality, whereas actual mechanical stabilization, either lens-shift or CCD-shift, doesn’t compromise the image quality at all.
That said, the 1030 SW comes with several interesting improvements: wide angle, slightly larger LCD screen, slightly longer optical zoom (without compromising the lens’ luminosity), face detection technology, dynamic range optimization (of the typical post-process kind, though, and not an actual improvement of the sensor’s inherent dynamic range)…
… so, yes, it’s something of an improvement over the older 770 SW model.
Whether those improvements are worth the price for you, only you can tell.
Is olympus digital camera mju 1030 SW and stylus 1030 SW are same thing?
If I remember correctly - stylus is American version and mju is a European version of this line of Olympus cameras. So if they are not the same, they should be very close. Perhaps mju comes with PAL and metric system as default settings, while stylus uses NTSC and English system…. You may be able to switch those either way though, but check the manual first!
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