Olympus announces Mju 725 sw, Stylus 730, Stylus 740, Stylus 750, and Stylus 1000

Olympus also knocked out five new digital cameras in their Stylus line this morning, all of which are weatherproofed. Click on for images and details of each of them:

The Olympus Stylus Mju 725 sw, a 7.1 megapixel camera with a 3x optical zoom lens and a 2.5-inch LCD that's both shock and waterproof (that's what the "SW" stands for). This one's only coming out in Europe, Olympus calls the "Stylus" series the "Mju" series in Europe. Don't ask why.



The Olympus Stylus 730, a 7.1 megapixel model with 3x optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD. Out next month for $399.



The Olympus Stylus 740, which also has 7.1 megapixels, but ups the opitcal zoom to 5x and shrinks the LCD to 2.5-inches. Out next month for $349.



The Olympus Stylus 750, this one's nearly identical to the 740 (7.1 megapixels, 5x optical zoom, 2.5-inch LCD), just with the addition of CCD-shift image stabilization. Out next month for $399.



The Olympus Stylus 1000, which sports a ten megapixel sensor, a 3x optical zoom lens, and a 2.5-inch LCD. Out next month for $399.

[Conrad Quilty-Harper @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:11AM]

I wonder if they're aware that Epson had a range of printers called the Stylus range, which happened to have models called the Stylus 730, Stylus 740 (I used to own one of these) and the Stylus 750. Nice cameras though.

[josehunder @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:16AM]

Just got an Olympus 810 a few days ago and it is a thing of beauty. Pictures are incredible for a small cam. If I had any of these as an option, though, I think I'd still go with the Stylus 810... It seems to be squarely in that niche I needed.

[psxp @ Aug 23rd 2006 10:17AM]

The 720 SW (and now 725 SW ) is great - I took mine kayaking and it survived a couple tip overs and also being draged along the river bottom.

I also just got the underwater case for the 720SW.. waterproof to 100ft

sweet!

[Iuri @ Aug 23rd 2006 11:25AM]

Hey, are you sure about those prices? Seems a bit strange, same price for the 730 and the 1000 =/

[brendan @ Aug 23rd 2006 2:02PM]

i have owned an olympus stylus 500 for 6 months and just sent it in for it's second warranty-enabled defect repair. unless olympus concedes that the camera they sent me cannot be repaired and sends me a new one for my troubles (and their rediculous s&h requirements for repair services) i cannot offer them additional personal praise. love the camera, can't stand the customer service so far

[BK @ Aug 23rd 2006 3:43PM]

Anyone know what the difference is between "CCD-shift image stabilization" and "optical image stablization" (like the one Panasonic brand sports)?

TIA

[JamesB @ Aug 23rd 2006 3:51PM]

Stylus? Did I misread the definition of stylus?

[Brent Haultain @ Aug 23rd 2006 4:18PM]

The name Mju and the 'µ' symbol come from the greek word mikros which pretty much means small, Mju is how you say the Greek letter 'µ' this name has been used by Olympus since 1980 something from when there first film based weatherproof cameras came out.