Related strongly to the Olympus SP 550UZ, the Olympus SP 560UZ has the same main feature of 18x optical zoom but improves upon the 550 by having 8MP instead of 7 however pictures can still appear soft with quite a bit of noise higher up the ISO range. The slow responsiveness of the 550 has been improved in the 560 but not significantly so. The 560 also offers a high speed USB port, missing on thr 550. As usual, there are tradeoff when sticking to non-DSLR cameras but the ease of use makes the camera accessible to even novices. Advanced users will want to pony up the extra cash, less than $50, for a 570
HIGHLIGHTS: 18x optical zoom, 8MP, 2.5 inch LCD display, dual image stabilization, TruePic II image processor, 33 shooting modes, manual control of aperture and shutter.
Customers RAVE about: easy to navigate menu and ergonomic design, good zoom and stability control, supports wireless flash, multiple shooting modes, and manual exposure controls.
Customers RANT about: softness in pictures and high noise levels at high ISO’s, and less than stellar performance.
SPECIFICATIONS:
* 18x optical zoom
* 5.6x digital zoom
* 8MP
* pop-up flash
* 2.5 LCD display with electronic viewfinder mode
* ISO range 100-3200
* 33 shooting modes
* saves images in JPEG and RAW format and movies as AVI
* accepts xD cards. 47MB internal memory
* 15fps high burst photo mode
* width 4.6 inches depth 3.1 inches height 3.2 inches weight 12.9oz
* Face detection technology
* shadow adjustment technology
* dual image stabilization
* TruePic Image III processor
* in camera panaorama shooting mode
* manual aperture and shutter controls
* Olympus Master 2 software to photo touch-up and organization
OTHER OPTIONS:
* Olympus SP 560UZ
* Nikon Coolpix P80
* Canon Powershot S5 IS
* Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18
* Sony Cybershot DSC H50
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