Review of the Olympus Stylus 1050SW by an Everyday User
Silver Springs Park
First I want let you know this is not going to be a technical review (go to stevesdigicams if you want that), this is going to be a review that I feel the average shopper can find useful…
I bought this camera because I wanted something I could take hiking, camping, kayaking, and use every day and not have to worry about it. The Stylus SW line is a water proof line of cameras. The 1050 is water proof up to 10 feet and can be used in temperatures below freezing. The 1030sw is good to 33 feet and adds a shock rating to withstand falls from 6 feet. But you will have to spend about a hundred extra bucks for the features.
Silver River State Park
The 1050sw is a 10.1 MP a few of the reviews I read said that the camera might not perform as well as other 10MP cameras. If this is the case it works just fine for me. Most of the pictures I take have been along the trail and it seems to
Under Water in the Silver River
do just fine. The camera has a ton of scene options, I find myself using landscape, landscape with subject, and snow & beach the most. It also has a panoramic mode that give you 3 different methods of combining them. The Stylus 1050 SW also has a tap feature that allows you to change various settings by tapping on the sides or top of the camera. This
Justin Throwing the Net
is a great option to have when you are all bundled up for the cold. Most of the pictures on this site have been taken with the Olympus Stylus 1050sw.
The only thing that I don’t like about this camera is the fact the it used a XD media card. Well, you can use a micro SD card but you can’t use most of the special scene features in the camera. I have a 2 GB XD card and even at 10MP fine quality I can fit over 400 pictures on the card. I have never ran in to a storage problem.
I think for the price this is a great worry free camera. I love it because if you take it
camping or to the beach and it gets dirty you just have to wash it off. When I was at the beach I could take it with me in the water and not worry about it. Take pictures in the rain without a problem…
Worry free…
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January 11, 2009 7:36 pm 
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Awesome camera. I had the older Stylus 770SW waterproof/dustproof/freezeproof camera and created a review for it. I loved that camera, but apparently the oil change goofballs at Jiffy Lube loved it more.
I think I’ll go out and get this new model too. But I won’t be leaving it in my vehicle come oil change time…!
Do I pick cool prizes, or what?
A friend of mine here at work has the 1030 and liked it so much he bought one for his nephew.
Nice! I went to Silver Springs a couple of years ago. It’s quite out of the way, but a neat place. Did you know you can kayak up there from the ocean? I wouldn’t be that crazy, especially with the giant alligators that were swimming all over.