Olympus Stylus 720SW 7.1MP Ultra Slim Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)

Product Description

The Stylus 720 SW Digital Camera is a versatile, compact digital camera designed with the signature Stylus style and performance. From hiking, surfing and skiing to parties and Little League games, the solid, shock-absorbing design combines with waterproof sealants to deliver clear, vibrant pictures of whatever, whenever, wherever. Get rich detail and vibrant colors with the 7.1 megapixel CCD & 3x optical + 5x digital zooms. Built-in image editing lets you fix red-eye, crop, resize, adjust brightness and saturation, convert to black-and-white or sepia, add frames and more. The exclusive TruePic TURBO Image Processor gives you true-to-life colors with quicker startup and shutter release times, so you can shoot and share faster. Connect the camera to your personal computer via a simple USB cable for fast, easy file transfers and downloads with Auto-Connect USB. Print pictures directly from the camera when connected to any PictBridge-enabled printer. Includes OLYMPUS Master software that lets you view pictures, organize them, edit them, print them, share them and more. QuickTime movie with sound, from 160x120 to 640x480 12 second auto self-timer Built-in flash with Auto (for low light and back lit conditions), Red-Eye Reduction, Fill-In Modes Panorama creation tools - stitchable up to 10 frames Setting memorization Playback effects - Black & White, Sepia, Resize, Rotation, Red-Eye Fix, Brightness, Saturation and more 32MB internal memory xD-Picture Card Removable Media Card xD-Picture Card (up to 1GB) Exposure Compensation +/-2 EV steps in 1/3 EV steps Direct printing through PictBridge and DPOF connections Compatible with PT-033 Underwater Housing for shooting at depths beyond 10 feet Auto-connect USB 2.0 port Other connectors - USB connecter, Audio/Video output, DC input Li-Ion rechargeable battery System Requirements - Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 Professional, XP; Mac OS 9

Customer Reviews:

Every Day Camera.......2007-12-15

I've lived with this camera now for nearly two years. It is the camera I carry everywhere because of it's indestructibility. If you're looking for something you can carry everywhere, you need to look at these all-weather Olympus cameras.

I bought this camera specifically because my Olympus 5060 was destroyed after my girl's soccer team dumped water on me after a game. After that, I wanted a camera that wouldn't be damaged as I'm fairly active with kids and the outdoors.

It's also fun in the pool - which you absolutely can't say about other digital cameras. My kids have taken a bunch of goofy pictures of themselves in the pool, and I wasn't that worried about damage.

The biggest problem with the camera is battery life, probably drained because there is no viewfinder, but only the LCD. You can turn off post-picture taking viewing and save some life.
Buy a second battery and keep it with you.

Me-proof...almost........2007-12-13

I bought an Olympus 720sw around this time last year. Reason for purchase: I'm very active and hyper and absolutely require extremely rugged equipment. I loved this camera - almost to an obsession. I've never had a piece of electronic wizardry last so long in my possession. That is, until I bent the front case when I landed on it falling down a cliff. It was a small dent, but enough (I think) to lift the housing off the tiny tiny o-ring seal. After that it suffered water intrusion a few times. Incredibly, after taking it apart, cleaning the internals and allowing it to dry for about 12 hours, it would start working perfectly again. This went on until a fateful Hawaiian snorkeling adventure - the saltwater corroded the contacts killing my little friend. I've asked my wife for the 790sw as a Christmas gift. It seems the software, controls, and video have been improved. Plus, it looks like the gaskets are larger and wrap around portions of the case. Maybe the 790sw will truly be "Me-Proof." We'll see...

Pros:
Takes good pictures for a point-and-shoot
Waterproof - tested it many times to beyond 10 feet
Shockproof - tested it many times to beyond 5 feet
Amazes your friends and bystanders when you pull it out and take pictures with it in the water
Go-anywhere-fit-in-your-pocket size and design

Cons:
Video not so good
Battery life sucks
Battery meter frustrating - full green until about ten pictures left then goes to red - very little warning
Doesn't save last picture mode at power-down - goes back to Auto
Changing picture modes requires several steps - hard to get quick pictures
Shutter lag time - however I found if you hold the shutter button down (like focusing it) until right before you need the picture, then depress it completely the lag time is almost non-existent.

Great Camera for travel .......2007-11-18

We have a Nikon Digital SLR camera, but still use the Olympus for all sorts of activities from biking and hiking to family gatherings. For what it is, takes great photos. Limited flash and zoom.

works great, nice and sturdy.......2007-10-25

We used this camera in the field in wet humid conditions. It worked great for landscape photos and up close photos. It works just fine when wet.

Love it!.......2007-10-11

I love, love, love this camera. I did a lot of research after my 1st digital a Canon suddenly died after only 3 years. The two big draws of this camera are that it's waterproof and shockproof. I have a 3 year old and taking pictures is an everyday thing. The 7.0 MP is great. the pictures have great detail. It is very small, great to stick in a pocket, although I have taken a picture of my finger on more than one occassion. I bought the 1GB memory card to go with it and an extra battery. the battery does run out quickly so 2 is a must. The 1 GB card is great, I can put a ton of pictures on there or 40 minutes of video

The only thing I dont like about it is the software to download the pictures. To get them saved on my hard drive or a CD I have to download them to the program, then transfer to the hard drive, then burn to cd. It takes a little while to get it completed. However I also bought the USB card reader Olympus 202049 USB 200 Media Reader/writer, so I can just pull out the card stick it in the USB and download to any computer, software or not. because the images are large files downloading isn't exactly a quick process, but again the quality makes it worth it.

I would definetly recomend it to others, especially for the price!

Average customer rating:
Kowa BD32-8 High Performance 8x32mm Binoculars (Green)

Manufacturer: Kowa Optimed, Inc.
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Sport binoculars with an 8x magnification, provide an apparent field of view of 60 degrees and 430 feet at 1,000 yards

Lenses and prisms are manufactured with multilayered coating, ensuring a bright and clear visual range

Roof prism has phase correction C3 coating and a highly reflective aluminum coating to ensure sharp images and accurate color reproduction

Housing is waterproof and filled with dry nitrogen gas to prevent the lens from fogging for use in the rain and other harsh weather conditions

Weighs 19.75 ounces, measures 4.8 x 2 x 4.9 inches (W x H x D), and is backed by a manufacturer's lifetime product warranty

ASIN: B000J40YL2

Amazon.com Product Description

The Kowa BD32-8 High Performance 8x32 millimeter Binoculars (Green) are sporting optics of the highest quality. These high-performance binoculars are built with a rugged construction, and a full set of features, making them perfect for anybody looking for portable magnification, be it for purely recreational uses, or more serious outdoor exploration.

All the lenses and prisms in the BD32-8 binoculars are manufactured with multi-layered coating, ensuring a bright and clear visual range, while the roof prism has phase correction coating and a highly reflective aluminum coating to ensure sharp images and accurate color reproduction. Through the use of a Bak4 prism these Kowa binoculars are able to give you bright, clear images all the way to the edge of the objective lens. Kowa's BD32-8 roof prism uses the schmidt-Pechan prism, where one surface of the Pechan prism does not provide total reflection, so they have applied a highly reflective multi-coating of dielectrics, called a C3 coating. This allows for a much higher reflectivity than with coatings of silver or optically-enhanced aluminum, offering a reflectance of 99-percent or higher across the entire visible spectrum of 400 to 700 millimeters. Not only does this increase the brightness and sharpness of the images, but ensures an accurate color reproduction is also achieved. Furthermore, the roof surface of the Schmidt prism is phase coated (phase correction coated) to prevent the loss of contrast and image resolution.

The stylish green housing of the Kowa BD32-8 is waterproof and filled with dry nitrogen gas to prevent the lens from fogging, which allows these binoculars to be used in the rain and other harsh weather conditions. At the same time, these binoculars feature easy-to-use, twist-up eyecups with a large 15-millimeter eye-relief suitable for both eyeglass wearers and non-eyeglass wearers. With easy focusing and a smooth turning focus wheel, and a minimum focusing distance of only 4.5 feet, these binoculars can be used for many purposes. The use of an inner focusing mechanism has made it possible for the BD32-8 binoculars to retain a light, compact design, weighing only 19.75 ounces and measuring only 4.8 x 2 x 4.9 inches (W x H x D). These binoculars sport an 8x magnification, provide an apparent field of view of 60 degrees and 430 feet at 1,000 yards, and are backed by an astounding manufacturer's lifetime of the product warranty.

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