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Olympus Stylus 1050SW
Olympus Stylus 1050SW
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A is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of digital cameras.
B means they are good, with some standout features.
C means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth.
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Bill Finn (bfinn7) 1 pts
March 12, 2009 7:58 PM
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What is the practical difference between the 1050 SW and the Tough 6000? They look to be about the same price, and have similar specs.

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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58446 pts
March 13, 2009 6:15 PM
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Olympus recently renamed the SW series to give it a more appeal for it's features. They do look the same. It's probably a cosmetic thing. The 1050SW is a good camera for it's rugged nature. Either one will do if you're hard on your rig.
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Bill Finn (bfinn7) 1 pts
April 12, 2009 9:50 AM
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Thanks a lot, James- that's very helpful!
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jll 0 pts
April 29, 2009 1:36 AM
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The tough series has dual image stabilisation. I believe that in addition to the SW's "digital" stabilization the Tough series seem to have a mechanical or some other stabilization, too. I've read that the digital stabilization can do add things with ISO and other settings which are not ideal in all situations.

Again, the fact that they have different types of stabilization is right there on the olympus site, but I couldn't find any solid reviews that talk about if that really matters in teh real-world.
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