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Olympus Olympus SP-570 UZ

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Pros
20x optical zoom is the highest in class
iESP focus targeting
Cons
Delayed shutter release
Autofocus sometimes searches fuzzily

Performance: Superior: 92
Features: Very Good: 85
Design: Very Good: 85

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Performance
Battery Life (minutes)	273.5
Battery Life Score	Superior
Image Quality Score	Very Good
Image Quality, Color	68.7
Image Quality, Color--Adjusted	78.1
Image Quality, Color--Auto	59.4
Image Quality, Distortion	52.9
Image Quality, Distortion--Noise	31.1
Image Quality, Distortion--Noise Reduction	56.6
Image Quality, Distortion--Sharp Interpolation	67
Image Quality, Exposure	63
Image Quality, Exposure--Flash	60.6
Image Quality, Exposure--Normal	64
Image Quality, Overall	66.7
Image Quality, Sharpness	48
Number of Batteries	4
Number of Shots	500

What You Should Know about the Olympus SP-570 UZ

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: RamArx

Duration of ownership: 12 Months

Strengths: The Sp-570 UZ is an excellent camera for its powerful zoom and its wide angle coverage. By far, its the camera with the widest angle of coverage when compared to other Power Zoom cameras in of this range. If you're familiar with old 35mm cameras then this camera is a breeze to use. Other great feature is its maximum lens aperture that allows you to use Natural Lighting without the aid of a flash. Color rendition is excellent and allows for correction in its settings. I've taken amazing shots of the moon at night using maximum optical plus 3 x digital giving me great shadow detail of moon craters, cracks. Macro-photography allows you to get extremeley close to your subject obtaining superb detail.

Weaknesses: A major weakness I find with this camera is how fast it drains batteries when not in use. After taking 20 or so pictures after a full NiMH charge and use it again a couple of days later the batteries are drained. You do need a quick charger on hand or recur to a second set of batteries.

Overall Evaluation: Other then the battery problem I still consider the camera an excellent tool for the pro or amateur photographer. I give it the 5 Star Rating
Reviewed by: JustPlainDon

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Telephoto & supermacro!!!! Incredible!

Weaknesses: Not difficult to operate; a little bit of a learning curve. A little on the expensive side, but nothing else in this price range has the 20x (optical) telephoto. Not recognized by 64-bit Vista OS.

Overall Evaluation: I've never used a digital camera with this many features (film camera, yes; digital, no). To be honest, I could use the camera right out of the box to take regular pics from wide angle to telephoto. Getting around the features were not difficult, First thing was to check out the telephoto and the macro. One word, AMAZING! With the macro you can shoot as close as around 1/2 inch (but it better be very bright). The telephoto truly is sharp and comparable to a 500 mm lens in 35 mm photography. I printed out a 3648 x 2736 image using a 42" HP printer at work and I was amazed. Final size was 56" x 42". The detail was not to be believed. Very crisp image and good detail. While I have not done any tests to determine how accurate color is, so far all colors have been true by just casually "eyeballing" it. Not too warm, not too blue, everything seemed about right. I did notice that if you leave the camera hooked up to your PC (you connect with the camera turned off), it will continue to use battery power. After 24 hours (not sure when it died), the batteries were drained. Buy some good Ni-MH recharagables (2 sets of 4 to be prepared). The camera was recognized by PCs with WinXP & 32-bit Vista. 64-bit Vista did not recognize the camera which somewhat surprised me. I'm very pleased with my camera so far.

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