Point-and-shoot digital camera makers make many claims about their products, but few boast about the toughness of their snappers as Olympus does about its 7.1 megapixel Stylus 790SW . What sets this byteshooter apart from others in its class is its "take me into harm’s way" attitude.
It’s shockproof, waterproof and freezeproof. With those kinds of features, you’d think the unit would look the part, but it doesn’t. In fact, its demeanor is quite ordinary–more Chevy Aveo than Hummer. Aside from its durability, the 790SW has a pretty standard feature set. It has a 3x optical zoom that’s the equivalent of a 38-114mm zoom in a 35mm film camera. Given that the camera is modeled for taking licks in the outdoors, a little wider lens would have been better suited for capturing nature’s ways. However, the unit has a panorama mode that can be used to click wide landscape shots in a pinch.
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