'The Olympus 830 packs its features into an all-weather metal body that can handle rain, sleet and snow.'
'The trade off for using the Stylus with impunity when the weather gets bad comes by way of button feel: in order to effectively seal the case, the 830's controls are often “sticky” and more difficult to press than those on conventional devices.'
'the use of high ISOs introduce lots of noise and loss of image detail, visible when viewed at full size.'
'This 10-megapixel digital camera carries on the all-weather legacy of its series while stuffing in more resolution and a few more interesting features.'
'At the 5-megapixel settings of ISO 3,200 and 6,400, even coarse details were completely destroyed by noise.'
'Chromatic aberration (purple fringing) was pretty noticeable'
'the LCD is nearly impossible to use in bright sunlight, a drawback exacerbated by the absence of any viewfinder to fall back on in framing your shots.'
'shots taken at ISO 1600 appeared noisy and blurry, and the ISO 3200 setting produced pictures that looked more like impressionist paintings than photographs'
'Another trendy addition is the infrared communication to compatible IrSimple devices including other F31 fd digital cameras.'
'Wide-angle shots can show unpleasant levels of purple fringing, a failing that's accentuated by the typical Fujifilm habit of pumping up colours to retina-searing levels.'
'The camera can be slow to focus in low light, however: It sometimes required almost 2 seconds to lock on.'