The Olympus MJU 1050SW is a 10 megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom. The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 38 - 114 mm in 35mm format. 5x digital zoom is also available.

The main attraction of the MJU 1050SW is that it is waterproof and shockproof. You can submerge it in water to a depth of 3m or drop it from a height of 1.5m and no damage should occur. It is also freezeproof to -10 degrees centigrade. Another innovation is that there are items that can be controlled simply through tapping the body of the MJU 1050SW.

• Special resolution for widescreen television playback
• Self timer 12 seconds
• Voice Clips for still photos: Max. 4sec
• Panoramic setting: Only with Olympus brand memory card
• Macro focusing: 7cm
• Sensor size: 1/2.33 inches
• Face Detection focusing

The LCD monitor is 2.7 inches in size. The screen is made up of around 230,000 dots.

The flash modes are: on, off, automatic and red eye reduction. The maximum flash range is 5.3m. This falls to 3.7m when the zoom lens is fully extended. Both of these figures are at ISO 800. At lower ISO ratings the range is reduced.

There are a number of preset scene modes. These are: Portrait, Landscape, Landscape with Portrait, Night Scene, Night Scene with portrait, Sports, Indoor, Candle, Self-portrait, Available Light Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Cuisine, Behind Glass, Documents, Auction, Shoot & Select 1, Shoot & Select 2, Smile Shot, Beach and Snow, Pre-Capturing Movie, Underwater Snapshot, Snow.

After a photo has been taken you can change it to black and white or sepia. There are also options to fix red eye and saturation. Brightness can also be adjusted.

You can shoot movies with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. The top recording speed is 30 frames per second. Sound can be recorded and zoom can be applied before shooting starts.

Among the more advanced features are:

• Burst Mode: 25 shots at a maximum speed of 5.4 frames per second
• White Balance: Auto, Sunlight, Tungsten, Overcast, Flourescent 1, Flourescent 2, Flourescent 3
• ISO Sensitivity: Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
• Shutter Speed Range: 4 - 1/1000 seconds - set automatically
• Metering: Multiple Point, Spot
• Max Aperture: Wide: f/3.5 Tele: f/5.0 - set automatically
• Exposure Compensation (1/3 EV step, +/-2 EV)

Olympus provide all the cables and software you will need to attach the MJU 1050SW to a computer, printer and television set.

	GBP 164.23
Click a flag for prices from other countries:

Camera	Rating
Panasonic DMC FT1	83
Canon Powershot D10	82
Olympus MJU Tough 8000	82
Olympus MJU Tough 6010	81
Olympus MJU Tough 6000	81
Fuji Finepix Z33WP	77

Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information on this site, please make sure you double check the feature set and specification at the point of purchase.

Olympus MJU 1050 SW