Product Summary
Very good
The good: Offers high ISO settings; digital image stabilization; quick burst mode; solid image quality. 7
out of 10View score
The bad: LCD washes out in bright light; no manual controls; some features available only at lower resolutions.
The bottom line: If you can stand a bit of noise, the Olympus Mju 810 can handle your low-light and high-speed shots. Unfortunately, the easily washed-out LCD limits its use in sunlight.
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Average User Rating
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Spectacular
9
out of 10CNET Asia Review
The versatile, water-resistant 8-megapixel Olympus Mju 810 adapts to dim environments as readily as it braves damp ones. Thanks to a combination of high sensitivity (up to ISO 3,200), digital image stabilization, and Olympus's Bright Capture pixel-pooling technology, the Mju 810 can take and display acceptable pictures in low light. Unfortunately, this camera doesn't do as well in fair weather--its LCD tends to wash out in bright sunlight. If you don't need quite as many bells and whistles, you can save a bit by opting for the Mju 810's little brother, the Olympus Mju 700.
Design
Guide provides a series of options and instructions for common activities such as brightening the subject or shooting against a light. | |
You can easily manipulate most of the camera's controls with your right thumb, so the Mju 810 is well suited for one-handed shooting. Besides a power switch and a shutter release on the top panel, all camera controls are clustered on the back panel, next to the 2.5-inch, 230,000-pixel LCD. These controls include a zoom rocker and a simple mode dial with only five settings: movie mode, scene selection, playback, recording mode, and Guide.
The cursor keys themselves serve double duty, used to navigate the camera's menus and to adjust specific options such as EV (plus or minus 2EV in 1/3-stop increments), self-timer, flash, and macro/supermacro. | |
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Simple & Easy to use. Highly recommended to first-time buyer.
May 24, 2006Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Weather-proof. Idiot-proof camera. A joy for any novice and professional photograher.
Cons: Weight. Lack of a good hand-grip area.
Opinion:
The 'Guide' function of the camera enables the user to take an image under any type of environments and light conditions, without any understanding of shutter speed, aperture, ISO, types of flash functions and photographic knowledge.



Guide provides a series of options and instructions for common activities such as brightening the subject or shooting against a light.
The cursor keys themselves serve double duty, used to navigate the camera's menus and to adjust specific options such as EV (plus or minus 2EV in 1/3-stop increments), self-timer, flash, and macro/supermacro.