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Review summary: olympus mju tough 6000 review: Though we tried to like the Tough 6000 thanks to its candybar styling, it's a fairly lacklustre camera in the performance stakes.

Pros: Compact design ; Relatively stylish for a rugged camera ; Very bright LCD screen (both a help and a hindrance though) ; Wide-angle lens

Cons: Image quality not fantastic ; Still a little expensive for what you get ; Very bright flash ; Slow

Verdict: Fortunately, Olympus took our stylistic reservations on-board and revamped the entire look and feel of the 6000. Available in three striking colours, this camera now looks like something you could attach to your surfboard without being laughed out of ...

Review summary: The 10-megapixel mju Tough-6000 is a perfectly normal-looking, pocket-sized compact that just happens to be able to survive extraordinary amounts of abuse. Happily, its rugged nature doesn't detract from its photo quality or practicality either, ...

Pros: Shockproof, waterproof and freezeproof; 4x wideangle zoom; practical on an everyday basis

Cons: Below-average definition; hard edges and corners

Verdict: Why get an ordinary 10-megapixel compact when you can pay a little extra and get one that can survive almost anything you throw at it? Family users, extreme sports fans and adventurers everywhere should take note of the Olympus mju Tough-6000 -- ...

Review summary: This 10 megapixel camera with a 28-102mm (film equivalent) lens is the latest version of Olympus' go-anywhere camera. It is waterproof (to 3 metres), snowproof (to -10c) and shockproof for a drop of 1.5m. We didn't test it, but it feels robust enough. ...

Pros: The Tough compacts were the first of this type of go-anywhere camera and have served a purpose for adventurous snappers. However both Canon and Panasonic have similar cameras in their autumn lineup.

Cons: We could not get consistently sharp images. The lens appears to deliver soft focus and poor resolution. Image noise also blurs detail and at ISO400 noise is intrusive. We could not imagine anyone producing a decent print larger than postcard size. ...

Verdict: If we were in the market for an indestructible compact camera we would wait to see what Canon and Panasonic have to offer. We have tried a pre-production Panasonic unit and were satisfied with the results. As for the Beauty setting on the Olympus - we ...

Review summary: When a camera has ‘tough' in the title you know that it's going to be out of the ordinary, and the Olympus µ TOUGH-6000 is not the kind of digital camera to let you kick sand ...

Verdict: Probably the perfect holiday companion; rugged, resilient, fun and feature packed, the µ TOUGH-6000 will produce exceptional picture quality in the most demanding of natural conditions and still look cool.

Review summary: The Gadget: Olympus' waterproof, shockproof, coldproof—and hot-tubproof—10-megapixel pocket cam with new controls that work when you are gloved and freezing, as I discovered over the past weekend in Park City, UT.

Verdict: Besides sheer durability, Oly added some great UI enhancements. I typically don't give Olympus much credit for UI, but the main controls are straightforward and the icon-based menu is less confusing than the menu on most cameras