Digital Photography Interface

Olympus announced a new rugged camera today. The Olympus Stylus Tough aka Mju Tough 6010 is an incremental upgrade to the Stylus 6000 launched earlier this year (see our review), featuring just two main changes – an up in megapixel count and new Magic Filter effects

Olympus Stylus Tough 6010
(Rugged compact camera)

• 12 effective megapixels
• 28 – 102 mm (f3.5 – f5.1) 3.6X optical zoom lens
• Rugged design: waterproof to 10 feet, drop proof to 5 feet and freezeproof to 14 degrees
• Sensor shift image stabilization
• 2.7 inch LCD
• Tap control and LCD backlight boost
• NEW: Magic Filters (sounds like Art Filters from Olympus digital SLRs) with effects like Pop art, fisheye, sketch and pinhole
• No manual controls
• Intelligent Auto mode (camera picks a mode automatically), Beauty Fix mode
• VGA 30 FPS movie mode with sound
• Takes xD Picture cards (and microSD cards via bundled adapter)
• Uses a lithium-ion battery
• Available this month for $300
• Comes in your choice of grey, turquoise and red

In other news, for those who are wondering, our review of the Nikon D5000 will be up very soon.