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Olympus SP-500 UZ Digital Camera

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Pros
High image quality
Powerful zoom
Cons
No image stabilization

Performance: Superior: 91
Features: Good: 76
Design: Good: 76

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Performance
Battery Life (minutes)	273.5
Battery Life Score	Superior
Image Quality Score	Very Good
Image Quality, Color	65.6
Image Quality, Color--Adjusted	67.1
Image Quality, Color--Auto	64
Image Quality, Distortion	56.4
Image Quality, Distortion--Noise	28.9
Image Quality, Distortion--Noise Reduction	87.1
Image Quality, Distortion--Sharp Interpolation	66.5
Image Quality, Exposure	61.7
Image Quality, Exposure--Flash	60.3
Image Quality, Exposure--Normal	62.2
Image Quality, Overall	64.7
Image Quality, Sharpness	41.6
Number of Batteries	4
Number of Shots	500

What You Should Know about the SP-500 UZ Digital Camera

Larger-Than-Average Optical Zoom Range

The optical zoom range on this camera is sufficiently broad to give you considerable creative control. Your options extend from individual portraits to group shots to wide-angle landscapes. Most point-and-shoots offer a focal length range that’s roughly equivalent to 35mm to 105mm on a 35mm film camera. At the wide end (the 35mm, in this case), they shoot a bit wider than what you see with your eye. At the telephoto end (the 105mm, in this case), they can zoom in a good deal closer than you’d be able to with the naked eye.

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