Olympus cranks out two point and shoots: X560 WP and T100

Olympus has two new cams in the pipeline according to Let's Go Digital. The waterproof Olympus X560 WP boasts a 10 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, face detection, a high ISO sensitivity, 18 shooting modes and digital image stabilization. The T100, meanwhile, is a starter camera that's apparently aimed at teens, and it's got a 12 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, and face detection. It also shoots VGA video. There's no word on pricing or availability for either yet.

[rstoplabe14 Posted Jun 18th 2010 11:41AM]

VGA Video, what is this a 5 year old cell phone?

[AshleyTayles Posted Jun 18th 2010 11:58AM]

@rstoplabe14 I agree, these better be damn cheap to be of any importance.

[annoynimous Posted Jun 18th 2010 11:48AM]

on other breaking news, I am so proud of you american folks with the soccer tonight :D

way to show the world good entertainment!

[dgtlber Posted Jun 18th 2010 11:59AM]

@annoynimous

you're the second one to say something along those lines, what are you talkin about ? i know the fifa cup is around but i missed the game

[annoynimous Posted Jun 18th 2010 12:04PM]

@dgtlber

Youtube is your friend. Go watch some world class comebacks for the US team.

[DanKennedy Posted Jun 18th 2010 12:19PM]

x560 came out LAST YEAR in Australia, T100 came out in around march/april in Aus.

[sholsinger Posted Jun 18th 2010 12:21PM]

These have been out since January, and you can buy them directly from Olympus right now.

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1478
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1491

Full Disclosure: I'm an Olympus employee.

[sholsinger Posted Jun 18th 2010 12:22PM]

@sholsinger More specifically, they were released in the US & Canada markets in January.

[Douglasac Posted Jun 19th 2010 1:12AM]

@sholsinger

I'm sure the W560P has been in Australia since December, where I work it went on Clearance and we no longer stock it. I merely assumed that it was a discontinued line.

And the T-100 has been here for a few months as well. It's a rather plasticy build.

[parabola Posted Jun 18th 2010 1:00PM]

I've definitely seen the X560 WP in Canada

[EDay Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:13PM]

@parabola : I bought one in April as a birthday gift for my kid. It's far from coming down the pipe.

[Mikiet77 Posted Jun 18th 2010 1:18PM]

You should mention that wp means water proof

[EDay Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:15PM]

New cams in the pipeline? You're joking, right? The X560 WP has been available for a long time. At least in Canada. I bought one in April. And as sholsinger pointed out. They've been out since January.

Only 6 months behind guys.

[Badtux Posted Jun 18th 2010 4:10PM]

Yawn. When Olympus starts using industry-standard SD-Cards rather than their expensive proprietary xD flash cards, maybe I'll be interested in their products. Until then, it's like, why bother?

[DanKennedy Posted Jun 18th 2010 7:00PM]

@Badtux Prepare to have egg on your face.
In case you didn't know they switched to SDHC in the current generation.

[Badtux Posted Jun 18th 2010 7:07PM]

@DanKennedy Perhaps you should go to Olympus's site and click on the specs for the above x560 camera? Nope, uses xD cards. They now have an adapter so you can put a MicroSD into an xD slot, but this particular camera, at least, does *not* accept SDHC cards. Sony, on the other hand, still is trying to push their proprietary memory technology but is also including an SDHC card slot on their new cameras. Perhaps you got Sony and Olympus confused?

[Douglasac Posted Jun 19th 2010 1:25AM]

@Badtux

The T-100 is SD cards only. Fuji and Olympus appear to have, for the most part, given up on XD Cards.