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µ Tough-6010 rugged compact camera from Olympus

Posted By: Vineet Chauhan | Jul 17 2009

Olympus has unveiled a new member from its rugged compact camera series, christened the µ Tough-6010. This camera houses a 12-megapixel lens with features such as Magic Filters, Dual Image Stabilization, Tap Control, Pop Art, Fish-Eye, Sketch, Pin Hole and many more. This rugged camera is priced at a steep $488.

olympus tough6010
olympus tough6010

The various properties that make it stand out from the crowd are:

• Shockproof to 1.5m, waterproof to 3m and freeze proof to -10°C

• High-precision 3.6x wide optical zoom (28-102mm)

• 12.7 million total pixels with 12 million effective pixels

• 6.9cm/2.7” Hyper Crystal III LCD for best ever preview at extreme angles (230,000 dots)

• Supported file formats-: JPEG (EXIF 2.21), AVI Motion JPEG, WAV audio

• TAP Control Menu for great convenience

• Dual Image Stabilization (combines mechanical and digital image stabilization) avoids blur

• Shadow Adjustment Technology designed to improve exposure for pictures with dark areas

• Intelligent Auto Mode (i-Auto) detects the five most commonly used scenes and adjusts settings, focus and exposure automatically

• Storage options-: xD-Picture Card, microSD Card, 45MB |Internal

• Powered by LI-50C Rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery

• Shutter speed of 1/4 - 1/2000

• Weight without batteries: 149g

The µ Tough-6010 will be available for the desirous this July, with a new software version: Olympus Master 2.2 for more image editing properties.

olympus tough6010 1
olympus tough6010 1

Via: DPReview