Olympus Stylus Tough-8000 12 MP Digital Camera (Silver) Review

*update* here are the pictures from the vacation! http://travel.webshots.com/album/570827897OPnAfD?vhost=travel
all taken using the olympus tough 8000.

During this vacation I would say it got dropped and knocked around from about 5 feet to the ground on many handoffs and had a few rough spots but still worked wonderfully.As you can see some of the panoroma shots came out amazing!check the ones on top of the mountain from around pictures 100+.I did realize though that using the automated panorama mode did not work too well so alot of the time it had to be done manually using the second panorama option which lets you setup where the pictures end and start.Also I would HIGHLY recomend taking the time to learn how to use the little +/- button when you are in camera mode.Auto works alot but sometimes not how you would like it so that mode lets you decide what you want.Further while I did not use it underwater persay I did jump into a steam vent and the camera still shot amazing afterwards.Had to be around 110+ and the water just condensed on the screen but nothing inside thankfully.Also in terential downpours it took some nice shots, you can see the rain drops!
*end update*

I read the first review which seemed a bit off as I saw it on other sites (maybe they're registed on a few) so I wanted to post my own.

Well I am going on a vacation of a lifetime to hawaii and I figured why not pull out all the stops and buy a top of the line waterproof camera.Basically also a camera that I could put through the ringer without worrying about dropping it in sand, taking into a waterfall and one that could take some nice pictures.

First off I am using the M+ cards that olympus makes you buy.I read somewhere that to take videos that have a duration longer then 10 seconds or for panorama pictures you need one (can anyone prove me wrong?).Little dissapointed at that so no 5 stars.

Secondly the panorama mode is probally one of the nicest features I have ever had the pleasure of messing around with.I can literally take a picture of my whole backyard and look at it in one picture (three pictures stitched together).Does it all incamera and it is very nice.

I have not tested it in the ocean yet so I will get back to everyone on that.The camera has a beauty mode which I can actually say works very nice.It shows you what the picture looks like before it touches it up and then after the touchup which is quite a difference (and nice).

One problem that I have noticed are night shots which looks slightly grainy.Im taking the picture in 12m mode with fine resolution, so each shots is around 3900x2900 (off the top of my head I know thats not exact) checking in at about 4mb a shot.So it might be that on my 1600x1200 monitor it is zoomed in a bit too much, but still slightly dissapointing.So again no 5 stars.

The LCD screen really is quite nice.I was fiddling around with it outside in direct sunlight and I could see the screen very clearly.No fidgeting to cover it with my hand at all, it all showed up nicely.The auto mode works nice just like any other camera and the P mode works if you want to fiddle with some of the other options.I'll try tap control out sometime and let you know how that works.Also I do not know of any hosting sites so someone point me to one and I will setup some of the pictures I have taken for your own insights.

Overall I like the camera tremendously so far.Takes amazing panorama pictures, daytime pictures are fantastic.Night shots look a bit grainy but that might be from my ineptitude.Camera is also very nice to hold and just feels sturdy.4 outta 5 without a doubt.




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