I had bought this camera just before my trip to Hawaii. I was quite excited about the price and the features (waterproof, shockproof, and freezeproof). The camera takes quality pictures of what you expect out of a point and shoot 7.1 megapixel camera. However the waterproof feature wasn't I had hoped for. I noticed the after first time I took it snorkeling the camera was acting funny turning on and off on its own. I opened the battery compartment and there was a small drop of water on the inside edge of the battery. I dried it out the camera worked normally again, decided to try and take it out again this time I really pushed hard on the battery compartment door to assure that it was closed as tight as possible. As I was snorkeling I saw the biggest sea turtle I had ever seen, went to take a picture, the camera didn't even turn on. This time more water had gone into the battery compartment. When I got back from my trip I quickly went through the customer service at amazon.com they immediatly shipped me another camera------got it the next day, now thats customer service. I'm hoping that the first camera was just a specific defect. I will be using my replacement camera and putting it to the test when I go whitewater kayaking this weekend.
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We purchased this camera to send to our son who is serving in Afghanistan. We looked for the features that makes this rugged and dependable under less than ideal conditions. There are not a lot of economical and small cameras with these features.He has sent a few pictures via email and they are very good.
The camera takes a memory card different from our other cameras that use an SD card. That makes the Olympus a little unique but I was able to find an inexpensive 2gb memory card to send with it. Thus far, it seems to be working as advertised. It is easy to carry and has an image stabilization feature that keeps the pictures sharp. Perhaps the next 12 months or so will give us a better idea of how it holds up to adverse conditions.
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I reciently purchased this camera from Amazon.com(great price) and took it to Jamaica. It is such a cool experience diving into water with a camera and taking very unique pictures. The camera worked great for the entire 6 days my wife and I were on vacation until it stopped working completely on the last day. We took the camera snorkeling several times for close to an hour. Each time, I rinsed off the camera with fresh water, opened the battery case and removed small beads of water, and left the case open to dry completely.
I am a bit dissappointed in the waterproof performance of this camera, however it did take great pics when it was working. Amazon.com was great about taking the product back and giving me a full refund, and I will try another 770sw. This time, perhaps I will be more carefull and dilligent about caring for it for use under water. Hopefully it will perform better in the future.
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good quality product, even do I do not like to take out the battery to charge it, I do not see the reason why take out the battery, it crashed and works great, a few scratches, but good so far
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