Olympus SP-550 UZ - Digital Camera Review
November 13th, 2008 at 11:02pm Under Olympus
Overall Assessment
Design 9 / 10
Qualita finish 9 / 10
Rich functionality 10 / 10
Access’ Profiles 8 / 10
Qualita ‘image 8 / 10
Battery 7 / 10
Quality Report ‘price 9 / 10
Overall Assessment 9 / 10
Double image stabilization, 23 scene modes, 23 scene modes; Objective 28-504 mm in size 35 mm; 18x optical zoom
Conclusion: The camera Olympus SP-550 UZ is a good compromise between a compact and a reflex and, in his band, is one of the best. The 18x optical zoom is already a record in itself and added that the target ranges from 28 to 504 mm in size 35 mm. The machine also has the ability to handle most of the options manually, as the true reflex, but you can also set automatic modes for those who are beginners. The photos are stored in JPEG in RAW. The memory still very low.
Design
The design dell Olympus SP-550 UZ recalls that of reflex, with its dark color, the large side, the big ring for the selection of settings and size certainly larger than a compact, classic, but not much . The camera measure, in fact, 116 mm wide, 78.5 mm in height and 78 mm in depth, while the weight is 365 grams, without battery and memory card. The display, large and bright, is a 2.5-inch LCD with a resolution of 230,000 pixels. For a perfect recovery, is also a convenient electronic viewfinder support for the display.
Features and functionality
Of the seven cameras made by the manufacturer beginning of the year, the most striking is safe Olympus SP-550 UZ, where the acronym stands for UZ Ultra Zoom, setting off the more considering the vast scope of its zoom, too if it is not the only prominent. But going to order, the technical specifications for this camera begins with an image sensor 1 / 2, 5 inches in size and an effective resolution of 7.1 megapixels, which you can take pictures with a maximum resolution of 3072×2304 pixels the highest quality. To be highlighted is the goal, since the SP-550 UZ is one of the first compact cameras with similar body to reflex, to provide a focal distance of 4,7-84,2 mm, equivalent to 28 — 504 mm in traditional 35mm format. The objective is composed of 14 lenses divided into 11 groups with a maximum of f2.8-f4.5. Returning to the original speech, the camera Olympus SP-550 UZ is the first camera of its kind to have a wide-angle optical zoom of 18x, which lets you take pictures at any distance without being seen. With the Super Macro, however, you can take pictures from just 1 cm away, so with this camera you can take both players very close to very distant subjects, such as details of a football match. At the optical zoom is added, then, including a 5.6 x digital zoom factor of total 100x magnification.
Often, however, with the telephoto lens, especially at very high magnification, shots can be moved at this incident has put the producer introduced its Olympus SP-550 UZ the Dual Image Stabilization, a special feature that helps prevent the risk Photos moved composed of a mechanical image stabilizer and a high ISO value, which can reach up to 5000. As for the other features offered by the camera, are also highlighted by 23 scene modes that include, among the most important portrait, landscape, snow, beach, sports, interior, fireworks, sunset and many others, to adapt to any situation shooting. Many are also options for white balance, both manual and automatic, and the various methods of built-in flash. Thanks to technology BrightCapture Finally, you can get the best results in adverse lighting conditions, for colors accurately reproduced, control and high definition, even without flash. The camera also supports video recording of movies in WAV format with a maximum resolution 640×480 pixels at 30 fps. To save photos in JPEG and RAW, and video, l ‘Olympus SP-550 UZ is equipped with an internal memory of 20 MB and expansion slots for memory cards of the type xD-Picture Card. The package also includes a cap lens cap, the wrist strap, 4 AA batteries, USB cable and cable audio / video.
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