Olympus mju Digital 800

Points forts : Beautiful LCD, guide function perfect for beginners, fully manual control options, weatherproof body

Points faibles : Image quality below expectations, camera could be a little smaller

Conclusion : A highly recommended purchase. Although the image quality was not quite up to what we were expecting from an 8 megapixel sensor, for the price it still blew the competition away.

Résumé : The new Olympus Stylus 800 packs 8 megapixels of power, an array of manual controls and a large high-resolution LCD into a compact all-weather package. Those 3 are not the only new features - The Stylus 800 has a ton of improvements compared to the ...

Points forts : Compact with 8 megapixels ; Extremely fast ; Excellent set of features ; Manual controls ; Powerful flash ; Large and sharp 2.5 inch LCD ; Photos not as noisy as lots of people expected ; Overall sharp photos ; Sturdy compartment doors

Points faibles : Hard one-hand shooting ; Very few (And not very useful) accessories ; No AF-assist beam ; Longer shutter speeds would've been nice ; Rather large body compared to competition ; USB 2.0 High-speed not available

Conclusion : The Olympus Stylus 800 is a great compact camera which has 8 megapixel, manual controls, a large sharp LCD and some great features. The placements of the buttons on the back on both sides of the camera make one hand shooting rather hard to do if you ...

Résumé : Though bigger than the ultracompact cameras, this 8-megapixel shooter offers more control and delivers good image quality with its Bright Capture Technology.

Points forts : Built-in help manual, PictBridge, Clear and sharp images, 2.5-inch LCD

Points faibles : Slightly bulky, 19MB internal memory, Panorama assist only for Olympus xD-Picture cards

Résumé : Though bigger than the ultracompact cameras, this 8-megapixel shooter offers more control and delivers good image quality with its Bright Capture Technology.

Points forts : Built-in help manual ; PictBridge ; clear and sharp images ; 2.5-inch LCD

Points faibles : Slightly bulky ; 19MB internal memory ; panorama assist only for Olympus xD-Picture cards

Résumé : Olympus has today introduced their first 8 megapixel compact digital camera, the Olympus Stylus 800 (mju 800). The Olympus Stylus 800 features a large 2.5-inch HyperCrystal™ LCD monitor and a 3x optical zoom lens (35-105mm in 35mm equivalen