Olympus Mju/Stylus Digital 800

performance, memory, screen, portability, design

focus

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

image quality, portability, usability, performance, design

energy

76% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Very high image quality ; Stylish design and water resistance

On-screen guides are cumbersome

Stylish, well-designed camera offers terrific image quality, is water-resistant, and has a big, bright LCD screen.

Solid construction and bright, clear 2.5-inch LCD screen. On-screen help features.

Image quality could be sharper. Slow recycle time.

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Excellent resolution Bright, vivid and sharp results (though see cons, below) Weatherproof Excellent build quality Attractive design and good handling Aperture priority and shutter priority modes Lots of scene/subject modes Fast, reliable focus...

Visible noise reduction / sharpening / demosaicing artefacts at all ISO settings, especially if you don't use the SHQ mode Images over-sharpened and too contrasty Occasional white balance problems in scenes with one predominant color Smearing of low...

It's hard to know how to rate a camera like the Stylus 800. On the one hand it's responsive, well-specified, well made, well priced and has a fantastic screen. That it's weatherproof too is a significant added bonus if you like to shoot in challenging...

With a mixture of good looks, sturdy build quality and everything from numerous scene modes to almost full photographic control, the Olympus Mju Digital 800 offers something to everyone. This is a compact digital camera that will suit both the novice...

Water-resistant design, Good resolution, sharp images for a compact model, Good/pleasing color (Slightly lower than average saturation for a consumer model though), Auto white balance does better than average with household incandescent lighting.,...

Slightly high contrast (But pretty good highlight detail), High image noise at ISO 400, ISO 800 is marginal, even at small print sizes, ISO 1600 really isn't usable at all. (In our opinion, at least.), Super-high ISOs of "Anti-Shake" mode can result in...

The Olympus Stylus 800 Digital is reminiscent of the past Stylus 500 model, but with increased resolution, a refined user interface, and more control over the image capture process. Slightly off-center on the front of the camera, the lens is protected...

Compact, all-weather body ; Good photo quality (though see issues below) ; Many manual controls ; Large LCD display gains up in low light ; Blur reduction feature works, but is only for small prints ; Good low light focusing for a camera without an...

Images are on the noisy side, and are too sharp too ; Redeye a problem; in-camera redeye removal tool didn't help ; High ISO performance isn't the greatest; resolution is restricted to 3MP or below at the highest settings ; Sluggish frame rate in movie...

If you're looking for a compact camera with a good feature set, all-weather durability, and some manual controls, I'd recommend taking a look at the Stylus 800. The image quality isn't going to be as good as you'd find on a camera with a larger sensor,...

HyperCrystal 2.5 LCD, Bright Capture Technologies, Built-in Shooting Guide feature, Compact and weatherproof body, Ease of connecting camera to computer

No optical viewfinder--you are forced to use the LCD monitor, Uses xD Picture Card for storage. This is more expensive than other formats.

Eight megapixels for $375 to $400 is nice. If you're looking for a compact camera, all-weather construction, and 19 scene program settings along with some manual features, then this is a camera to consider. It can shoot up to 1600 ISO (although you...

Very good image quality, weather proof, user friendly, some manual exposure options, neutral colors, and 2.5" LCD screen

Slight tendency toward over-exposure, noisy images at higher ISO settings, redeye, no USB 2.0, full user's manual available only on CD

The stylish little Stylus 800 does everything very well, but it doesn't do anything exceptionally well. Image quality, operational speed, and usability are all about average, but that's not a bad thing -- average is actually pretty good these days....