[ June 4th, 2010 ]

Olympus Tough 8010You should want the Olympus Tough 8010 if you like a good rough camera  that does everything; underwater photos, scratch proof, dust proof, freeze proof, drop proof.  Buy this all around rough compact camera at Amazon UK for a £299.95 price tag.

This 14 mega pixel camera has an impressive 2GB internal memory and an SD card slot as well. It also has tap control which helps make an easier scrolling.

Underwater fans will appreciate knowing where they are going with LED illumination. They can also get a feel for where they are with Mju Tough-8010’s manometer. Of course, a variety of trusted Olympus features from Magic Filters and Beauty Mode to i-Auto, AF Tracking and Dual Image Stabilisation are also on board to make sure you don’t miss that perfect shot.

Product Features and Technical Details

Product Features

  • Shooting in toughest situations, waterproof to 10 m, shockproof to 2 m, crushproof to 100 kg and freezeproof to -10 °C
  • High precision 5 x wide optical zoom to capture great scenes through to exciting close-ups even in extreme conditions
  • TAP Control Menu for great convenience even when wearing gloves
  • Manometer for easy air and water pressure checking
  • LED Illuminator to lighten up underwater or macro scenes

Technical Details
Model:μ TOUGH-8010
Image Sensor:Effective pixels:14 Megapixels
Filter array:Primary colour filter (RGB)
Full resolution:12.7 Megapixels
Type:1/2.33 inch CCD sensor

Lens:Optical zoom:5 x Wide
Aspherical glass elements:2
Focal length:5.0 – 18.2 mm
Focal length (equiv. 35 mm)
28-102 mm
Structure:10 lenses / 8 groups
Maximum aperture:3.5 – 5.1

Digital Zoom:Enlargement factor:5 x / 27.5 x combined with optical zoom

LCD:Resolution:230, 000 dots
Monitor size: 6.9 cm / 2.7 inch
LCD type: HyperCrystal III LCD
Frame assistance: Yes
Brightness adjustment: + / – 2 levels
Focusing System:Method: TTL iESP auto focus with contrast detection
Standard mode: 0.5 m – ∞ (wide) / 0.5 m – ∞ (tele)
Macro mode: 0.1 m – ∞ (wide) / 0.3 m – ∞ (tele)
Super Macro mode: Closest focusing distance 2 cm

Light Metering:Histogram in shooting mode:Yes

Exposure System:Shutter speed: 1/4 – 1/2000s / < 4 s (Night scene)
Exposure compensation: + / – 2 EV / 1/3 steps
Enhancement function: Mechanical Image Stabliser, Shadow Adjustment Technology, Advanced Face Detection Technology

Sensitivity:Auto: AUTO / High AUTO Automatically selected
Manual: ISO 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600

Sequence Shooting: Sequential shooting mode (high speed): 5 fps / 11 frames (in 3MP mode)
Sequential shooting mode: 1 fps / 21 frames

Scene Modes:Number of scene modes: 19

White Balance:AUTO WB system: Yes
Preset values: Overcast, Sunlight, Tungsten, Fluorescent 1, Fluorescent 2, Fluorescent 3

Internal Flash:Working range (wide): 0.1 – 4.0 m (ISO 800)
Working range (tele): 0.3 – 2.7 m (ISO 800)

Memory:Removable media: SD / SDHC
Internal memory: 2 GB

Image Processing:Pixel mapping: Yes
Noise reduction: Yes
TruePic III: yes
Distortion compensation: Yes
Shading compensation:Yes

Function Processing:Panorama:Yes

Image Editing:Black & White: Yes
Sepia: Yes
Resize: Yes
Trimming: Yes
Attach a calendar: Yes
Correction of saturation: Yes
Beauty Fix: Yes
Red-eye reduction:Yes
Shadow Adjustment: Yes

View Images:Index: 4 x 3 / 6 x 5 frames
Zoom: 1.1 – 10 x
Auto rotation: Yes
Image protect mode: Yes
Histogram in playback mode:Yes
Fast forward: Yes
Reverse playback: Yes

Still Image Recording:DCF: Yes
EXIF: 2.21
PIM: III
DPS: PictBridge
DPOF: Yes

Movie Recording System:Image Stabilisation Mode: Digital Image Stabilisation
Recording format: MPEG-4
Movie quality: 720P – Recording time: 29 min, VGA – Recording time: no limit, QVGA – Recording time: no limit (NB. maximum file size 4 GB)

Image Size:14 M: 4288 x 3216
8 M: 3264 x 2448
5M: 2560 x 1920
3 M: 2048 x 1536
2 M: 1600 x 1200
1 M: 1280 x 960
VGA: 640 x 480
16:9: 4288 x 2416, 1920 x 1080

Other Features:Shock resistant: Shock-proof from heights of up to 2 m*
Waterproof: Waterproof up to a water pressure equivalent to 10m depth**
Crushproof: Crushproof up to 100 kg***
Freezeproof: Freezeproof up to -10°C***
TAP Control: Yes
Perfect Shot Preview: Yes
Self timer: Yes, 2 / 12 s
In-Camera Panorama: Yes
Menu Guide: Yes
In-Camera Manual: yes
Photo Surfing: Yes
LED Illuminator: Yes
Manometer: Yes
Equivalent to MIL Standard (Olympus test conditions)
** According to IEC standard publication 529 IPX8
*** According to Olympus test conditions

Interface:HDMI™: Yes, Mini connector (type C)
DC input: yes (CB-MA3 required)
Combined A/V & USB output: Yes
USB 2.0 High Speed: Yes

Menu:Menu languages in camera: 39 (Japanese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese (BR + PT), German, Italian, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek, Slovak, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Korean, Simple Chinese, Traditional Chinese,Thai, Arabic, Bulgarian, Romanian, Persian, Indonesian, Hebrew, Malay, Vietnamese)

Power Supply:Battery: Li-50B Lithium Ion rechargeable
Internal charging: Yes
Size:Dimensions (W x H x D): 98.3 x 63.6 x 23.9 mm
Weight: 215 g (including battery and memory card)

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