Comments on: Olympus Stylus 550 WP 10MP Waterproof Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.5-Inch LCD

By: Nathan Humble

Nathan Humble — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:26:33 +0000

I bought this camera to take pictures while snorkeling in the Caribbean. When I got the camera, I made sure to run it through some tests to make sure it would work under those conditions. I tried it in a pool and then in the Pacific ocean, both worked fine. So I went on my vacation armed with this camera and within 15 minutes of beginning snorkeling, the camera stopped responding to any of the buttons. When I got the camera dried off, I opened it to find out that it had leaked and thusly corroded internally. The camera is now completely unusable and even the memory card is unusable. Amazon was very good about refunding the obviously flawed product, but I can’t say that I recommend this at all. If you want to take underwater pictures I think your better off with a disposable camera or a special underwater housing.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: TiffH

TiffH — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:53:21 +0000

I got so excited about this camera and took my family to the pool two consecutive days in a week. It worked fine under water at the pool even thought the photos quality was minimal (everything was so bright). We took it to the water park to use it for the third time. I thought that was so brilliant to have this camera and not worry about water getting in to it….the camera would not work while we were at the water park. it would turn on but cant take pciture and we couldnt even turn it off. we had to get out of the water park, dry ourself and then take out the battery to turn it off and turn it on and it did the same thing. so…we had the camera working for 2 weeks. it cost me around $140 on Amazon….it is definately cheapter and better to get a disposable camera….the worst part about it not working was….i was so sad about loosing my wonderful underwater camera…
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Rachel A. Adams

Rachel A. Adams — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:51:16 +0000

I got this underwater camera for my boyfriend for christmas, he loves it. cant wait for the summer for it to have the real test
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Jorge Ramos

Jorge Ramos — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:34:37 +0000

Es una camara Excelente, cumple con todas las caracteristicas para la diversion! en el agua. unico punto negativo la bateria no dura mucho.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: R. Johnson

R. Johnson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:31:24 +0000

This camera is a complete POS. Its too slow. Every picture I take out of doors is over-exposed. Its terrible for action shots. You can not move at all when you take the picture or else everything is a blur. Same goes for your subjects, if they move in the slightest they come out blurry. So unless your subjects are frozen and you have a tri-pod, your photos will suck.
Rating: 1 / 5