Olympus SP-500 UZ Digital Camera

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Pros
High image quality
Powerful zoom
Cons
No image stabilization

Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom Review

by Richard Baguley

- The Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom is the lowest-priced advanced camera we've ever examined. Previously, the PC World Test Center tested the SP-500 as a point-and-shoot model. But after its impressive performance in that category, we chose to test its mettle against advanced cameras--and came away with similar results. The SP-500 matched the image quality of much more expensive models, and it offers such notable features as a remote like the one that accompanies the Canon PowerShot Pro1 (which costs almost twice as much) and the ability to store four customized scene modes.

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User Reviews for Olympus SP-500 UZ Digital Camera

Reviewed by: markp

Duration of ownership: 2 Years

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Reviewed by: sitsi

Duration of ownership: 5 Months

Strengths: Zoom, Beautiful images, it does what you tell it to do.

Weaknesses: Again...No image stabilization, expensive XD cards

Overall Evaluation: I love this camera, it has better images than my previoous Sony Cybershot. The pictures are taken as I imagine them, the camera does what you tell it to do

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