Announcing the new beauty with brawn from the house of Olympus. The Mju 780 (Stylus 780) is a 7.1-megapixil camera with a 5x optical zoom (equivalent to 36-180mm on a 35mm camera) and ratio of:- 1:3.3-5.0. It features many good things like an ISO 1600, CCD-shift stabilization and 'Shadow Adjustment Technology'. And like most Olympus compact digital cameras the Mju 780 is also weatherproofed. It comes in either a cool silver or black metal body. It has a 6.4cm/2.5” HyperCrystal LCD with 230,000 pixels. It even has the BrightCapture Technology – also in movie mode (30fps), for taking clear pictures in the dark. For the perfect setting you can choose from the 20 scene modes (including Portrait, Sports, Night Scene). It has an internal memory plus xD-Picture Card slot. The illuminated buttons make it easy to operate the camera in poor light conditions. It has Hi-Speed USB connectivity and 25 languages on board.

The Olympus Mju 780 is supplied with Olympus Master software, LI-42B battery and LI-40C charger. It will be out late next month. No word on pricing.