Underwater Photography Equipment: Olympus Stylus Tough-8000

Release Date:	Feb 15, 2009
Class:	Waterproof
Format:	Waterproof
MSRP (Price):	$399,99
Sensor Category:
Sensor Type:	CCD
Sensor Size:	"1/2.33"" "
Aspect Ratio:	4:3, 16:9
Crop Factor:	n/a
Megapixels:	12
Max Resolution:	3968 x 2976
ISO Range:	64-1600
Zoom Ratio:	3.60x
Digital Zoom:	Yes
Auto Focus Type:	Yes
Manual Focus:	-
Min Focus Range:
Number of White Balance Presets:	Auto, Daylight, Overcast, Tungsten, Fluorescent 1, Fluorescent 2, Fluorescent 3
Manual White Balance:	No
Underwater Mode:	No
Aperture Min:
Aperture Max:
Shutter Range:	4 - 1/1000
Storage Type:	xD
Hot Shoe:	No
Max Flash Sync:	-
Exposure Compensation Range:	+/- 2.0EV
Exposure Compensation Steps:	0.3EV steps
Metering:	Digital ESP Metering, Spot, Face Detection AE (when Face Detection AF is selected)
Aperture Priority Mode:	No
Shutter Priority Mode:	No
Manual Exposure Mode:	No
Continuous Drive:
Movie Clips:
RAW:
LCD Size:	2,7
LCD Dots:	230000
Live View:
Battery:	1 x Proprietary LI-50B Lithium Ion rechargeable
Dimensions:	3.7 x 2.4 x 0.8 in. (95 x 62 x 22 mm)
Weight:	7.1 oz(201 g)
Environmentally Sealed:
Waterproof (Feet):	33, Ft

Rating:

Mar 8, 2010 3:42 PM

Juhani Väihkönen reviewed this product:

Very good camera, only is missing is raw support, with Olympus housing, it's excellent travel camera.

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Mar 9, 2010 4:40 AM

Peter G Allinson reviewed this product:

good travel camera, wish it had RAW support, olympus housing extends it's depth use. great small in the BC pocket camera.

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Mar 10, 2010 12:04 AM

Patti Snyder reviewed this product:

Great travel & underwater camera. Takes awhile to get use to the menu's. Wish it had RAW support as the others do. Great housing

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Mar 10, 2010 1:40 AM

Jason Heller reviewed this product:

Took one of these as a pocket camera to Bali and Raja Ampat with no housing. Excellent additional camera to add to the gear bag. I went white water rafting with it and got some great videos.

Note that in video mode it defaults to the lower resolution. You need to go into general settings and set the image size from QVGA to VGA in order to get the better resolution video. Obviously not HD, but great for a travel cam.

As noted, it does not shoot RAW, nor does it manual white balance, but it does have an underwater mode.

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Mar 30, 2010 5:52 PM

John Lewis reviewed this product:

Purchased this camera as an alternate to the Olympus C-5060 in an Olympus housing just in time for a trip to Western Australia. Perfect small camera for in the jeans pocket--and since it was water-resistant to 33FSW, no problems if the elements turned rainy on me.

Bought the housing for it while in OZ, and took some spiffy, touristy U/W shots of a local dive buddy while he was hunting cray. (Tasty cray, if I may add.)

Two days later, I fell tumbling down the stone embankment at South Mole in Freemantle with the camera in it's housing inside a thigh pocket.

I broke my ankle; the 8000 and Olympus housing for it came through without a scratch, and continue to work well nearly four months after the accident--both above and below the surface.

If you want a good travel camera that can take punishment, I can highly recommend the Stylus Tough-8000 to you (be sure to get the housing as well; you won't regret it!).

Just don't go field testing it like I did. Hospitals are dull places to spend half your vacation before flying home. Of course, that gives me an excuse to go back to Australia--and you can bet the Stylus Tough-8000 will be going back with me!

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