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The editors liked
Solid styling
Easily replaceable AA-sized batteries
18x optical zoom that begins at 28mm
Optical image stabilization
Full manual mode
Fast burst rate of 15fps but at 1.2 megapixels.
The editors didn't like
No manual zoom and hotshoe adapter
Plastic tripod receptacle
Half-pressing the shutter doesnt bring you out of the menus directly into shooting mode
Solid styling; easily replaceable AA-sized batteries; 18x optical zoom that begins at 28mm; optical image stabilization; full manual mode; fast burst rate of 15fps but at 1.2 megapixels.
No manual zoom and hotshoe adapter; plastic tripod receptacle; half-pressing the shutter doesnt bring you out of the menus directly into shooting mode; continuous shooting limited to three frames; unusable pictures at ISO 3,200 and ISO 5,000.
The Olympus SP-550UZ would be a great travel camera, or a second camera with a wide focal range, at a competitive price.
Abstract: Olympuss super-zooms have come of age, with a stabilised 18x lens thats fast, sharp and stable. Image quality is still a step below a DSLR, but the combinatin of 7MP resolution, compact size and full manual controls makes the SP-550UZ a tempting prop...
Huge 18x zoom lens, Effective image stabilisation, Compact for the features it contains
Awkward exposure shifts when recording video, Fiddly interface quirks
Olympus latest super-zoom packs a massive 18x zoom range that goes from a wide 28mm to an amazing paparazzi-busting 504mm equivalent, and all with a full spread of manual controls.Youd be forgiven for expecting some ungainly beast of a camera with th...
18x optical zoom (28504 mm), Nice construction, High performance mechanical stabilization, Good definition for the LCD screen, RAW mode available
Slow to focus, Noise noticeable starting at 400 ISO, Quality of burst mode images, Video with sound but without zoom, or without sound and with zoom, Zoom is very prominent when at maximum
Abstract: The SP-550 UZ redefines the term ultra-zoom. Its 18x 28-504mm (35mm equivalent) focal length range is greater than that of any other ultra-zoom camera, and allows for both wide-angle photography and intimate close-ups of distant subjects. Its ISO ra...
Very good exposure / metering
Very good image quality, very good colour
Excellent 1cm Super Macro mode
Abundance of features, RAW mode, bulb mode, manual focus, time-lapse photography (see lunar eclipse photos).
Abundance of picture adjustments, both b...
Advanced manual is on CD
Slightly slow focusing at telephoto in dark conditions
High resolution video (640 x 480 30fps) limited to 15 seconds when using M type memory cards
You have to choose between sound or optical zoom and image stabilisation when r...
The Olympus SP-550 Ultra Zoom, with its impressive wide-angle 18x optical zoom lens and CCD-Shift image stabilisation, is an appealing digital camera providing a zoom range of 28mm - 504mm. It feels very comfortable in hand, and produces very good ima...
One of the longest zoom lenses you can find in a point-and-shoot camera.
Clumsy method to alter aperture and shutter speed.
Olympus did a great job of packing a long zoom range into the SP-550 UZ. The zoom will open up opportunities in your photography that you’ve never had before. ...
Abstract: If you never want to miss the action, get the world’s most powerful digital camera—the 7.1MP SP-550 UZ from Olympus. Its new 18X optical, wide-angle, super telephoto zoom lens gets you closer to your subject than is possible with any compact d...
With an asking price of £375 in the UK, which is similar to what some retailers are now asking for body-only DSLR deals, potential purchasers of the Olympus SP-550 UZ face a hard choice – particularly those who are upgrading from a simple point-and-...
