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There's really only one word to describe this shockproof, waterproof, freezeproof, crushproof and shakeproof camera from Olympus: Tough! Built to withstand some of the harshest environments on earth, the Stylus Tough series builds on the impressive specifications of the renowned Stylus SW Series by adding Dual Image Stabilization. Now, when the Olympus Stylus Tough 6000 arrives at the windy mountain peak or dives into choppy waves, it stays steady and ready to capture blur-free images in virtually any condition.

The 10-megapixel Stylus Tough 6000 is made for life's everyday adventures -- especially those with kids. From the kitchen to a waterslide park and the bunny slopes, the Stylus Tough 6000 can take a drop from 5 feet, dive to 10 feet below the surface, and beat the freezing cold. Stylus Tough series cameras feature Tap Control to make it easy for skiers, divers and snowmen makers to control key settings without removing their gloves. It can also just be fun for those who enjoy new modern technology. In the cold climates where the Olympus Stylus Tough 6000 thrives, you may shiver, but the camera performs sure and steady even in shaking hands. Dual Image Stabilization combines two technologies -- mechanical Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization and Digital Image Stabilization -- to provide one powerful anti-blur solution for capturing great images whether the photographer or the subject is moving.

The Stylus Tough 6000 boasts a 3.6x Wide-Angle Zoom Lens (28-102mm equivalent in 35mm photography) and a 2.7-inch HyperCrystal™ III LCD. Great for shooting landscapes, underwater scenery, group portraits and amazing panoramic pictures, the lens' wider field of view ensures you'll never miss anyone or anything in your shot. With improved contrast and color reproduction, the HyperCrystal III LCD offers a more accurate and precise image display, as well as an extra-wide viewing angle and increased visibility in direct sunlight.

Olympus Stylus Tough 6000 Key Features

Olympus Stylus Tough 6000 Digital Camera Supplied Accessories:

• Li-50B Li-ion Rechargeable Battery
• LI-50C Battery Charger
• USB Cable
• Audio/Video Cable
• Wrist Strap
• MASD-1 microSD Card adapter
• Manual
• CD-ROM: Olympus Master 2 Software
• Warranty Card

PT-047 Underwater Housing

Waterproof to 10 Feet

The Stylus Tough 6000 performs as well underwater as it does on land because its lightweight, stainless steel and aluminum exterior is matched with interior rubber gaskets and O-rings to seal out the elements. It can be submerged to capture beautiful images down to 10 feet (3 meters) underwater. The inclusion of four preset underwater scene modes makes the Stylus Tough 6000 perfect for taking photos while scuba diving, snorkeling or simply having worry-free fun in the pool. Additionally, movies are simple to capture. The camera also features a water-repellant lens coating to prevent water droplets from forming on the lens to get crystal-clear shots no matter how wet the shooting environment. For those who want to explore greater depths, the PT-047 underwater housing, designed specifically for the Stylus Tough 6000, enables the camera to venture approximately 130 feet (40 meters) beneath the surface.

Shock Proof from 5 Feet

Accidents happen -- but don't worry. The Stylus Tough 6000 is designed to withstand a 5-foot drop, bump or other mishap. Built with durable materials and shock-absorption technology that minimizes the impact delivered to the lens and circuitry when dropped, the Stylus Tough 6000 offers superior durability in a point-and-shoot digital camera.

Freezeproof to 14 Degrees Fahrenheit

Harsh winter weather doesn't stop outdoor enthusiasts, athletes and sports fans. Don't let it stop you from capturing memorable moments. Perfect for skiing, snowboarding, sledding and other winter fun, the Stylus Tough 6000 is winterized to perform at temperatures even below freezing (14°F / -10°C).

Tap Control

Stylus Tough series cameras can be controlled with a simple tap on their top, back or sides, which is made possible thanks to their internal 3D accelerometer that detects the direction of the force on the camera's body. To turn on the flash or Shadow Adjustment Technology, all that is required is a couple of taps on the camera's sides and top. In adverse climates Tap Control ensures fast adjustment of settings even if you are fighting frostbite wearing large gloves that make pressing traditional buttons nearly impossible.

2.7" HyperCrystal™ III LCD

The Stylus Tough 6000 boasts a large, high-resolution HyperCrystal™ III LCD, which enables clear, high-contrast images. It increases the brightness of the LCD for better visibility in low-light and bright-light situations -- perfect for composing subjects underwater or in direct sunlight. The Stylus Tough 6000 -- the flagship of the Tough line -- boasts an advanced HyperCrystal III LCD, which is Olympus' next generation of LCD technology. It displays twice as bright as previous versions so that you can see the details more clearly, even in direct sunlight.

Designed-to-be-Digital Optics - 3.6x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom, 18x Total Seamless Zoom

Olympus photos are known worldwide for sharp, vibrant image quality. This is achieved through a number of key technologies, such as Olympus' high-refractive-index aspherical lens elements, designed specifically for digital cameras. The Stylus Tough 6000 features a 3.6x wide optical zoom (28-102mm equivalent in 35mm photography, f3.5-5.0) so that even more of the subject makes it into each shot -- perfect for underwater photography. The lens does not protrude from its body so it is further protected from harsh conditions. The 3.6x optical zoom combines with 5x digital zoom to deliver 18x total seamless zoom power.

10 Megapixel CCD (Effective)

The 10-megapixel CCD image sensor inside the Stylus Tough 6000 delivers high-quality images that are consistently sharp and vivid even in large-format prints -- up to poster sizes as large as 16 x 20 inches.

Dual Image Stabilization

For the first time, Dual Image Stabilization is available on Olympus Stylus cameras in the tough category. In the cold climates where the Olympus Stylus Tough 6000 thrives, you may shiver, but the camera performs sure and steady even in shaking hands. Dual Image Stabilization is an advanced combination of mechanical CCD-shift Image Stabilization and Digital Image Stabilization. CCD-shift Image Stabilization uses built-in electro-gyro sensors to record camera movement and adjust the CCD image sensor. This ensures that light remains centered on the image sensor to maintain image clarity despite a slight movement on the part of the photographer. Digital Image Stabilization Mode boosts ISO sensitivity and shutter speed so that images remain crisp and clear -- free from the blur caused by moving subjects. The combination of the two Image Stabilization Technologies ensures the best image clarity in virtually any shooting environment.

Beauty Mode

Beauty mode touches up the appearance of subjects even while the shot is being taken. This feature recognises faces and automatically makes skin on the face and adjacent areas appear smoother, brighter and more youthful. It enables you to soften shadows and smooth wrinkles or blemishes on your subject's face -- all in the camera and as you capture the image. Additionally, subtle edits can be made post-capture using the Beauty Fix mode. Choose Clear Skin to smooth a person's complexion, Dramatic Eye to slightly emphasize the eyes, and Sparkle Eye to brighten and enhance the contrast of the iris and pupils. You can also apply all three edits at once.

Advanced Face Detection Auto Focus and Auto Exposure

Advanced Face Detection Technology tracks up to 16 faces within the frame and automatically focuses (Face Detection AF) and optimizes exposure (Face Detection AE) for sharp, brilliant portrait pictures. Even if your subjects are moving, the camera continuously tracks your subjects' faces without having to press the shutter button.

Smile Shot

Smile Shot tracks your subject's face to detect a smile and automatically fires off three consecutive shots so you never miss that perfect smile. This feature is great for parents hoping to capture hard-to-predict baby smiles.

Shadow Adjustment Technology

Shooting outdoors in bright daylight can be tricky because of the extreme contrast between dark shadowed areas and bright sunlight areas -- while the human eye is capable of detecting the nuances between dark and light and all the details in between, image sensors traditionally have not been quite as sensitive. The Stylus Tough 6000 addresses this challenge head-on with Shadow Adjustment Technology, which compensates for extreme contrast where the shadow areas are underexposed and lack visible detail. With this technology, users can preview and capture images that have the same contrast as seen with the naked eye. Combined with Face Detection Auto Focus and Auto Exposure, the Stylus Tough 6000 captures smiles in shadows without getting a dark image in difficult lighting such as in backlight situations. The technology can also be turned off for any shooting situation where shadows are a key element of a photograph's drama.

LED Illuminator

An LED Illuminator works like a mini-flashlight on the front of the camera to enhance focus and exposure for macro shooting -- great for underwater close-ups where light is scarce.

Perfect Shot Preview

The Stylus Tough 6000 features a Perfect Shot Preview mode that enables users to view and select various photography effects on the multi-view screen before even snapping the shot. Perfect Shot Preview enables users to see precisely what the image will look like when adjustments are made, ensuring users are capturing the exact image they want. It's an ideal way for novice users to learn about the effects of different photography techniques, such as zoom, exposure compensation, white balance and metering.

Perfect Fix In-Camera Editing

The Stylus Tough 6000 offers Red-Eye Fix and Shadow Adjustment Edit, in-camera editing features such as resizing, frames, text options, and saturation adjustments, enabling users to edit photos right in the camera. With the Perfect Fix function, multiple editing features can be applied at once.

TruePic™ III Image Processor

Olympus' enhanced TruePic III Image Processor produces crystal-clear photos using all the pixel information for each image to deliver superior picture quality with more accurate colors, true-to-life flesh tones and faster processing speeds. TruePic III also captures sharp images at high ISO settings, which are traditionally associated with increasing image noise or producing grainy photos.

Olympus Recommended Button

The Olympus Recommended button makes it easy to activate Olympus' unique features, including In-Camera Panorama, Shadow Adjustment and Perfect Shot Preview. Simply press the new OR button to easily access these commonly used features.

25 Selectable Shooting Modes Including Scene Preset Modes

With 25 pre-programmed scene modes, such as Beach & Snow, Available Light Portrait, Sunset, and Under Water Snapshot, the Stylus Tough 6000 makes it easy to capture beautiful images in a variety of lighting and shooting situations. Get the best result in any situation with advanced options -- landscape, portrait, indoor, sunset and more, including four underwater settings.

Lithium-Ion Battery Power

The Stylus Tough 6000 includes the LI-50B Li-Ion battery, which charges 2.5 times faster (two hours instead of five) than its predecessor. The new 925-mAh battery boasts a 25 percent increase in power.

xD-Picture Card™ Compatibility

Olympus and Fujifilm jointly developed the xD-Picture Card, a new type of memory media with an ultra-compact design about the size of a postage stamp, image storage capacity of up to 8 gigabytes, compatibility with different digital camera brands, and prices that are comparable to current SmartMedia™ cards. The name of the new xD-Picture Card was inspired by the words "eXtreme digital" to signify the excellence of this new memory media for recording, storing, and transporting audio-visual information.

Camera users concerned with compatibility of digital media between different brands of digital cameras will appreciate the xD-Picture Card's versatility. With a CompactFlash adapter the xD-Picture Card can be used with any CompactFlash compatible device for even more possibilities. A USB Reader/Writer provides easy computer connectivity, and a PCMCIA PC Card adapter for laptops and other devices ensures the easy downloading of data.

Although similar in some ways to all flash media, xD-Picture Cards are designed for increased durability and reliability despite their size. The small size of the card allows the design of even smaller, more stylish and powerful digital cameras.

microSD Memory Card Compatible

All Olympus digital point-and-shoot cameras accept xD-Picture Card media. The Stylus Tough 6000 also comes equipped with an adapter which will enable microSD memory cards to be used when capturing images. The microSD cards are emerging in consumer electronic devices, including mobile phones and PDAs. Users can also easily display photos on their HDTVs.

42MB Available Built-in Internal Memory

You can capture images even when no media card is in the camera.

AVI Movies with Audio

With its Movie Mode, the Stylus Tough 6000 can also record VGA-quality (640 x 480 / 30fps) AVI videos with sound, limited only by the size of the internal memory or memory Card in the camera.

PictBridge Enabled

The power of PictBridge™ technology enables your photos to be printed directly from the Stylus Tough 6000 to any PictBridge-enabled printer without using a computer. And the one-touch 'Print' button makes printing a single-step process. Printing and sharing images has never been easier.

Built-in Multi-Mode Flash

The Stylus Tough 6000 camera has a built-in flash that offers settings to provide a wide range of options.

• Auto Flash fires automatically in low light or back-light, to help ensure the illumination is appropriate.
• Red-Eye Reduction Flash Mode emits a series of pre-flashes right before the shutter snaps, allowing the subject's eyes to adjust to the light level of the flash -- reducing the red-eye effect.
• Fill-In Flash Mode (forced on) adds light to eliminate shadows, for a more natural look in photos when your subject is in both bright light and dark shadow.
• Flash Off Mode is available when flash photography is not permitted or to allow for long exposures for shots like sunsets and night scenes.

Auto-Connect USB 2.0 High Speed

Transferring images to the computer has never been easier with the Auto-Connect USB 2.0 that does not require software drivers (for most computers/operating systems) for hassle-free and high-speed image downloads.

In-Camera Panorama Mode

In-camera panorama mode captures three images and stitches them together to create one amazing panoramic picture. Simply press the shutter button and slowly pan across a panoramic scene. The second and third images will be captured automatically and stitched together with the first image -- resulting in one seamless panorama-size picture. To create the ultimate panoramic picture, consumers can use the Olympus Master Software 2 to stitch up to 10 images together.

Digital ESP Multi-Pattern and Spot Metering

Multi-Point Metering enables up to 8 separate points in the image area to be averaged for proper exposures in the most difficult lighting conditions.

Olympus Master™ 2 Software

Olympus Master™ 2 Software provides the ultimate in digital imaging management. An intuitive user interface makes downloading to your computer quick and simple, and images are easily organized by folders or albums and searchable by date in Calendar view. Additionally, with one-click editing tools, such as red-eye removal, images can be touched up before printing or e-mailing. Online support, templates, firmware upgrades and other user services are just a mouse-click away. Use the optional muvee™ Theater Pack to create professional quality slide shows and DVDs from your pictures using any of several built-in templates.

Audio/Video Out for TV Display and Slideshows

Olympus Stylus Tough 6000 Specifications

CCD Imager:

10.0 megapixel effective 1/2.3" (1.1cm) CCD

Lens:

Lens 5.0 - 18.2mm (28 - 102mm equivalent in 35mm photography), 10 lenses in 8 groups, 2 aspherical lenses, 1 ED lens

Zoom:

Seamless to 18x (3.6x optical and 5x digital combined)

Aperture Range:

f3.5 - f5.1

LCD:

2.7" (6.9cm) HyperCrystal III LCD with Backlight Boost, approx. 230,000 pixels, 5 Steps Brightness Adjustment

Viewfinder

N/A

Focusing System:

CDD Contrast detection

Focusing Ranges:

Normal mode: 19.7" - infinity (0.5m - infinity)
Macro mode Wide: 3.9" - infinity (0.1m - infinity)
Macro Mode Tele: 11.8" - infinity (0.3m - infinity)
Super Macro mode: 0.8" - 19.7" (2cm - 50cm)

Focus Modes:

iESP Auto, Spot AF, Face Detection AF

Shutter Speeds:

1/2000 sec. - 1/4 sec. (up to 4 sec. in Night Scene Mode)

ISO:

ISO Auto, High Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 (equivalent)

Metering Mode:

Digital ESP Multi-Pattern, Spot metering, Face Detection AE (when Face Detection AF is selected)

Exposure Compensation:

±2 EV steps in 1/3 EV steps

White Balance System:

Auto, Pre-set (Daylight, Overcast, Tungsten, and Fluorescent1, Fluorescent2, Fluorescent3)

Recording Modes:

Still Image: JPEG
Movie: AVI motion JPEG

Adjustable Resolutions:

10MP (3,648 x 2,736)
5MP (2,560 x 1,920)
3MP (2,048 x 1,536)
2MP (1,600 x 1,200)
1MP (1,280 x 960)
VGA (640 x 480)
16:9 (1,920 x 1,080)

Shooting Modes:

25 Shooting Modes: Intelligent Auto, Program Auto, Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization, Beauty Mode, Scene Presets (Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Night & Portrait, Sport, Indoor, Candle, Self-Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Cuisine, Documents, Smile Shot, Beach & Snow, Snow, Pre-Capture Movie, Under Water Wide1, Under Water Wide2, Under Water Macro, Under Water Snapshot), Movie

Panorama

Up to 10 frames automatically stitchable with Olympus Master software when using Olympus brand xD-Picture Card

Shooting Assist Functions:

Perfect Shot Preview, Histogram, Frame Assist, Voice Recording

Movie Mode:

AVI Movie with Sound: 640 x 480 (30/15fps)
320 x 240 (30/15fps)

Image Processing:

TruePic III™ Image Processor

Noise Reduction:

Set automatically at shutter speeds of 0.5 second or longer in specific scene modes

Image Playback:

Still Image: Single, Index Display (4/9/16/25), Up to 10x Enlargement, Slideshow, Rotation, Calendar, Histogram, Voice Playback
Movie: Normal, Fast-Forward, Reverse, Frame-by-Frame, Voice Playback

Playback Edit Effects:

Still Image: Red-Eye Fix, Shadow Adjustment Edit, Beauty Fix, Black & White, Sepia, Resize, Saturation, Cropping, Calendar
Movie: Frame Index

Flash:

Built-in flash

Flash Modes:

Auto for low and backlight, Red-Eye Reduction, Fill-In, Off

Flash Working Range:

Wide: 0.33ft (0.1m) - 13.1ft. (4.0m) at ISO 800
Tele: 0.98ft (0.3m) - 8.9ft. (2.7m) at ISO 800

Selftimer

12 seconds

Memory:

42MB internal memory

Removable Media Card:

xD-Picture Card (1GB, 2GB), microSD (MASD-1 adapter is required)

Outer Connectors:

Multi-terminal (USB connecter, Audio/Video output, DC input [Optional DC Coupler CB-MA1 is required])

Auto-Connect USB:

2.0 Full Speed (USB mass storage)

System Requirements:

Auto-connect USB: Windows 2000/XP/VISTA with USB port, Mac OS X 10.3 or later with USB port
Software: Windows 2000PRO/XP/VISTA, Mac OS X v10.3 and higher

Operating Environment:

Operation: 14º - 104ºF (-10º - 40ºC), 30 - 90% humidity
Storage: -4º - 140ºF (-20º - 60ºC), 10 - 90% humidity

Power Supply:

Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery (LI-50B); AC Adapter (D-7AC) with the optional DC coupler (CB-MA1)

Battery Life:

240 Shots

Proof:

Shockproof: MIL-STD-810F Shock Equivalent (5ft/1.5m)
Waterproof: Equivalent to IEC60529 IPX8/JISC0920 (10ft/3m)
Freezeproof: MIL-STD-810F LowTemp Equivalent (-10°C/14°F)
Dustproof: Equivalent to IEC60529 IP6X/JISC0920

Size:

3.8" W x 2.5" H x 0.88" D (95.3mm x 63.4mm x 22.4mm)

Weight:

5.3 oz (149g) without battery and media Card

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