March 11, 2008 11:41 AM PDT

Olympus skins bring back the '60s

(Credit: LetsGoDigital)

If traditionally stuffy HP can come up with a psychedelic laptop, then certainly Olympus can do the same with its cameras. (Though that doesn't necessarily mean that's a good thing.)

Like it or hate it, Olympus is releasing a limited-edition "Mju 1020" sporting colors and patterns that could be spotted by a one-eyed beggar a mile away. Designed by Romanian artist Matei Apostolescu, 5,000 of the 10.1-megapixel cameras will be produced with skins worthy of a Jefferson Airplane album cover. Aside from the funky threads, it features a 7x optical zoom, 2.7-inch LCD, image stabilization, and face-detection technology.

Olympus also claims that, with the appropriate casing, it has an underwater range of up to 40 meters. The skins might help there too, because they'd probably make unappetizing shark bait.

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40 meter underwater range?
by travisp11 March 12, 2008 10:02 AM PDT
I'm just a bit confused here. Can the camera withstand a depth of 40 meters underwater or 4 meters? May be a typo but I didn't know there was a digital camera that can withstand that type of pressure without the use of an underwater camera case.
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Pride...:D
by bogdanvl March 13, 2008 2:04 AM PDT
Man i feel good to see romanians once again on the net for their great work..proud to be romanian...\:D/...as for travis u need a case to go 40 mts underwater...it says just there "appropriate casing"
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