January 7th, 2009 by 
aquadog
Olympus has announced the latest addition to its waterproof line, the Stylus-550WP Digital Camera. The Olympus Stylus-550WP Digital Camera is perfect for users who want to take images of their aquatic adventures or just for everyday pool use with the easy to use underwater scene mode. The Stylus-550WP features 10 Megapixels, Intelligent Auto Mode, and Face Detection. The slim lightweight, aluminum exterior is sealed from the elements by interior rubber gaskets and O-rings and can submerged up to 10 feet under water.
The Stylus-550WP Digital Camera will be available in February 2009 for $199.99.
Olympus Stylus-550WP Digital Camera Press Release
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June 14th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
I was so excited to find these light-weight waterproof cameras, but unfortunately I’ve had three of them fail for different reasons due to use in the water… Twice the shutter jammed and once the camera gave me an error message that the battery cover was open when it wasn’t (1030 sw). I wonder if olympus has resolved these problems and if other useres are having the same experience… I have to say though, the people at olympus Canada were very good about giving the service and respecting the waranty… but the product appears to be inferior, even though the photos are excellent quality.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:09 am
easy to use underwater scene mode, Intelligent Auto Mode and Face Detection is good, i like blue color.
June 20th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
i owned this camera for about a month now. i was excited when i used it in the pool finally. the pictures and video looked great. easy, and light to carry around. but when i brought it inside, i noticed that there was something saying to unplug the USB cable (but nothing is connected to it). All other functions seems to be disabled too. so, when all else fails, i took out the battery to restart everything and i still got the same problem, asking about the usb. so i plug in the usb cable to my laptop and then unplug it, but it didnt worked. anybody else has this proglem and is there a solution? this is too new to have any problems like this.