Olympus Stylus Tough 8000
If your idea of sport is someone else’s idea of crazy, then this is probably the camera that you need to capture your adventures. Plenty of cameras are tough, but the Stylus Tough 8000 from Olympus is double-tough.
This 12-megapixel compact digital camera boasts 6.6 foot shockproof capability. That’s nearly twice what most other cameras in this category can handle. Drop it, bump it, carry it over the edge of a cliff with you—this camera can take it.
It can also take immersion in water down to 33 feet, taking clear, bright pictures from under the kayak as well as from inside it.
Shooting in the snow, biting it at the bottom of the jump… no problem, as this camera is freezeproof down to 14F (-10C) and crushproof to 220 pounds.
And while you’re doing all that, you’re doing it in clear, steady style with 3.6 times optical and 5 times digital zoom and dual image stabilization: sensor-shift image stabilization compensations for motion of the camera while digital image stabilization compensates for motion in the target.
Find yourself on top of Everest on a clear day? In-camera panorama automatically blends three images into one panoramic shot while you simply scan the camera along the horizon while holding down the shutter button. Review it, edit it, save it, delete it—the 2.7” LCD monitor makes it easy.
How do you review your shots in the snow with your gloves on? Tap control. Picture playback, shadow adjustment, flash mode and more are accessible by tapping specific points on the body of the camera.
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