Olympus Stylus 770SW 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)

We got this camera as a secondary camera (against my larger more expensive digital SLR) as something that could go places my larger camera shouldn't. This was for a rather active vacation in Costa Rica. Took it snorkeling- great pictures! ( I felt that as great as 10ft depth was , I wanted to have the option to go deeper than that so the 33ft depth was important to me. I did on more than one occasion swim down past 10 ft.) Took it white water rafting on class III/IV rapids ( even fell out acouple of times), great pictures. Zip lining, Horseback riding & hiking in the rainforest- worked perfectly! It was small enough to keep handy all the time, whatever we were doing. I even dropped it, accidently, on the tarmac at the airport, did not affect it at all.

I am pressed by this little camera. It does alot. Even shot video, even more fun!
Here's what accessories I got with it so I'll reccomend this stuff, whether through amazon or not. If you are planning an active vacation / lots of pictures:
2 gb XD card. Plenty of room for pictures and video.
silicone skin- Get this for an active vacation, it's pretty easy to take on and off, gives the camera a better grip and another layer of protection, and guards against scratching the casing.
An extra battery! I highly reccomend this with any camera , but certainly with this one, not that it burns through the battery, but if your in the middle of the costa rica jungle taking lots of great pictures, having an extra battery simply means you can continue to take pictures, and not miss any great shots! Because you will take a lot more pictures wit hthis camera, simply becasue you can do so much with it.
I also got an adjustable neoprene wrist strap as an added measure- just to be safe with all of the bouncing around, I wanted to make sure I didn't lose this nifty little camera! It comes with a little string strap, which in may cases would work, okay.

If I had to give it a gripe, the 3x zoom is a little restricitng, but I am also used to the larger zoom lenes on my SLR.
so here's the bottom line-
It's a great camera! Eaasy to use, glad I got it!

I bought this camera because it is waterproof and shock resistant. It excels in both areas. You can even take a few pictures with out a chip! Not many, but you can. I bought a 2 gig chip and now its almost unlimited shooting on the highest setting.

The one thing you have to do to get great pictures is READ THE MANUAL! When I took it out of the box, snapped some pictures, they came out a little blurry. I got upset. So I played around with the cam, shooting everything I could shoot and changing settings as I go. Soon, almost every picture was crisp. It just took practice.

I was nervous about jumping in my pool with it, but did it anyways. Took some great shots of me with the timer underwater. Even the little bubbles came out crisp.

Great Camera for the price and easy to operate once you learn all the controls. Like I said before.....READ THE MANUAL.

scared from other reviews. perfect for my needs. easy to use functions. only complaint is that i hear the battery doesnt last long so when i go camping and am taking surfin pics i have it shoot mulitple mode to catch a good one, but when i turn it off to save batt i have to reset the function when i turn it back on. Other than that PERFECT
love this camera

I bought my camera about a month ago. I'm a fisheries biologist who does a good bit of field work so I wanted a camera that could stand up to the double-threat of water and being dropped. Thus-far, the camera has done everything I've asked of it, and produced great-looking pictures besides. I've photographed fish and other wildlife in lab and field situations, and the family gathered to make ice cream. The camera has survived being flung from the seat of the truck to the floor-board on numerous occasions and numerous soakings when incidentally submerged on my person.
I had a few problems connecting my camera to my computer the first time, as I'm a Mac user, but that was resolved quickly and I've had no further problems. My only suggestion is to watch your fingers as you photograph because it's easy to miss them on the view screen.
I would strongly recommend this camera to anyone in need of its versatility.

I have owned this camera for over a year now and i still love it. As an professional/amateur photographer i had the nice big camera but i needed something with a little more versatility. We bought this camera for our honeymoon because we were going to be near water and love it. It takes great pictures and it is a lot of fun to have a camera that you literally don't have to worry about. Great way to go, not sure if i would recommend this as a family camera, i think i would like something with some more zoom to help capture the moments. But i love it.