Olympus Mju720 & PT-033

Peter Rowlands · Issue 31, Jul/Aug 2006 · pp. 15–16

Products mentioned: Olympus Mju720, Olympus PT-033 housing

The Olympus Mju720 has a good solid feel right from the start. Its chrome and brushed metal surfaces will be hardwearing and its diminutive size hides a powerful performance. The 720 provides 7.1 megapixels with a 3x optical zoom (38-114mm equivalent 35mm). For a full review visit the excellent www.dpreview.com. Olympus more than any other digital compact manufacturer embraced the underwater market right from the start. As soon as a new model came to the market so too (usually) did a diving depth underwater housing. This combination must make the Olympus compacts the most popular for underwater use. This popularity does not come undeserved because the quality of their housings is, in my opinion, the finest on the market. They have a feeling of rigidity and smoothness of operation that few other housings have and for them to be able to produce such a high standard at such a reasonable pri…