| | |  | 4 to 4.9 Megapixels | Home » » » » Olympus Stylus Tough 3000 12 MP Digital Camera with 3.6x Wide Angle Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD (Red) | | | | | | | Description: | | OLYMPUS 227630 12.0 Megapixel STYLUS TOUGH-3000 Digital Camera (Red) | | | Features: | |
• 12-megapixel resolution for high-quality, poster-size prints
• 3.6x wide-angle dual image stabilized zoom
• Waterproof (10 ft); Shockproof (5 ft); Freezeproof (14 degrees F)
• One-touch button captures HD video in 720p
• Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.8 inches | | Product Width:
| 0.9 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.6 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.35 pounds | | Package Length:
| 6.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 9 reviews |
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 So bummed.Aug 31, 2010
I have never been so bummed buy a purchase. This camera has to be plugged into a computer to charge and the battery doesn't last long at all. I bought an extra and charged it and they both died one the first day of my vacation. When it turns on (takes a while) it is in a program mode so you have to change it unless you have it set to exactly what you want. Every single time. The picture quality is awful. I just went through the High Sierras and do not have one good picture. I am not slow when it comes to cameras or technology and this is so frustrating. What a waste of money. I will only be using this when there is a chance of getting very wet. I will need to buy a new camera for any other pictures.
Not what I expect from OlympusAug 27, 2010
I bought this for vacation in an emergency when my other Olympus got a scratch on the lens and I needed a replacement fast. I didn't have much time to do research, but let me save you the time...
*No lens cover. What camera doesn't have a protective lens cover???
*Battery life IS TERRIBLE. I had to bring along the old camera with the lens scratch because I didn't have enough batteries to take many pictures.
*I like that it's waterproof and shatterproof, but so isn't the Stylus Tough I had- and it was made much better.
I wouldn't purchase again and wish I could have returned it. Unfortunately, it was through a 3rd party seller with a 7-day policy, and we were not back by then.
 slow to fucus but tons of funJul 28, 2010
As a professional photographer I wanted a little waterproof camera to document my family's adventures without always having to drag out my big camera. I liked the idea of this camera. Admittedly, I am spoiled by using my pro equipment all the time. I find this camera slow to focus and not great for the action shots. The LED screen is hard to see in the sun so you really don't know what you have until you get home and load them up. The worst thing is that it soaks up the battery faster than anything I have ever seen. Don't leave home without it fully, I mean FULLY charged.
Now with all that said, the pictures that do come out in focus are great and it does do a really good job with the actual underwater stuff and I love the fact that you can take video underwater, so much fun!
Will I use this as a replacement for all my family pictures, absolutely not. But it is a fun toy to have in my bag.
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 Most fun you can have with a cameraJul 17, 2010
It'll sound repetitive, but if you're buying a camera to take on trip (we bought it for Hawaii) this one is great, but keep the following in mind:
- Underwater it's simply great (little slow, but great). The kids will love it in the pool or ocean. Much better than the disposables.
- You never have to worry about rain, sand, or shock damaging the camera.
- Battery life is awful. Buy a backup for a few dollars from Amazon.
- Land pictures are OK.
- HD video is good, but no zoom.
If you're looking for a versatile and fun camera, this is it. It'll turn a few heads when you jump in the water with it snorkeling -- may also scare the user the first time, but the kids loved making faces and posing underwater.
I Love It!Jul 17, 2010
[...] I am an avid lover of my Olympus Stylus 3000. This compact, and powerful little stylish bubble camera has been the answer to everything that I could possibly ask for.
When Digital Camera's first came out onto the market my very first camera I received was a little digital Olympus from my dad as a gift..
I bet it was something like 5mega pixels or something - but and I loved it too. I carried the little thing everywhere telling my story in self portraying photographs.
..Then somewhere along the lines I decided to take a photography course and upgraded to a Minolta DIMAGE A.2. The BEST on the market at that time (this was in 2004). It was 10 mega pixel SLR and I spent $1100 on that camera.... I hated it. I still dont really know how to use it. Not to mention that Minolta has now become extinct - so I couldnt even buy parts if I wanted to. For YEARS I had this Minolta this BiG honkin' piece of machinery.... That I simply hated carrying around...
Now its 2010, and it was time for an upgrade. Really I was looking for a new still camera that I could compact with me everywhere I went, but there was a catch. I wanted video capacity and HD preferably... Something Cute, and not to expensive...
Then TaDa! This little stylus perked up its little face on Amazon.com. Now the first thing that attracted me to this little Olympus was his price...he was comparably priced at approximately $200, and of course because I once had a Olympus before that I very much loved, we instantly had a connection. Then he continued to tell me about himself...
"I'm waterproof" he said seductively. "You can carry me around with you, anywhere, and we will have an amazing time...you'll never have to worry about me because not only am I susceptible to water, up to 3 meters... but I'm also Shockproof" he said cockily to me. "I'm a Stylus Tough, and I'm one of a kind."
How could I not fall in love with such a wonderful little camera?
But before I could commit to him; I need to feel him, hold him in my hands and KNOW for sure that he was the one for me. So I looked around looking for my prince charming camera. I met many other camera's in the process... but none of them were stacking up to the stylus that I read about on Amazon.com
Then Finally I found him! He came in 4 different colors to choose from, but I knew that I wanted him in Red. The clerk as he was showing him to me, was as charismatic as the camera, and I knew that we were a perfect fit. Today was the day that I getting my new little Olympus Stylus 3000!
He was perfect to hold in my hand, and I liked that his lens was not retractable. To me, that was a feature that was less likely to cause me to send him away to the warranty hospital. His buttons on the back are rubberized and soft. Everything about this camera is fun and noninvasive. He has many "magic" features, and a wide arrange of capture settings such as `cuisine' and `pets'. My favorite setting is the pinhole, and popart in the magicbox. But you can also stencil and create coloring pages!
The only downfall that I have about this little camera is uploading the video. The video feed is only compatible in Quicktime (MP4) and I have to convert all my videos in order to alter them in moviemaking which compromises the quality - quite a bit. And when you are recording video you cannot zoom. you can zoom before you start recording and it will work, but once the red little button has been pushed that's it! no changes missy! and unfortunately the features don't work in video either... so no popart videos :(
Besides that, I highly recommend this Powerful little 12mp, Stylus Camera!
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