• Mid-range product • Better than average features
Fair Price
Community Positive
Key Features
• 7.1 Megapixels • 2.5 in LCD Screen • 18 X Optical Zoom
Product Description
Far and wide, the world's most powerful ultra zoom. Capture the moment, and capture the action, with the world's most powerful ultra zoom ¿ the 7.1 megapixel SP-550 UZ. Its new 18x wide-angle ...
Massive 18x optical range with wide angle...Effective built-in image stabilisation...Great build quality and ergonomics...Some coloured fringing when zoomed-in...General softness throughout range...Quite...Shooting at massive focal lengths is of course pointless if you can’t keep the image steady, but the SP-550UZ’s sensor-shift system effectively eliminated any wobbles in our tests...A
With an 18X optical zoom boasting a 4.7mm-to-84.2mm range (equivalent to a 35mm lens with a 28mm?504mm zoom) and corresponding maximum f-stops of f/2.8 to f/4.5, the SP-550UZ is optically well equipped...Image quality on the SP-550UZ is very good...Overall, I found that the SP-550UZ's images displayed a very nice dynamic range and...
Incredible 28 - 504 mm zoom range in a relatively small body
Very good photo quality (in most situations)
...Olympus Master software produces terribly RAW to JPEG conversions; Mac version was quite buggy as well
...As you can see, the SP-550UZ has a custom white balance setting...As part of their apparent mission to have the most impressive...
Not that their cameras weren't any good, it's just that they weren't anything special...First, this is one heck of a nice looking camera (the photos don't do it justice), and feels equally good in your hands (nice heft with the 4 AA batteries...The rear and internal LCDs are good, although I prefer the Sony internal LCD...
I would not recommend it for a beginner...Also keep in mind, it is not a DSLR and your results will not equal that of a good DSLR, but sometimes they will be close...For the size,weight and cost of this camera, performance is very good...
Summary from 13 user reviews Average Rating 7.8/10
I had good pictures at 4" shutter lag...It also shows you shutter lag before you take the picture and highlights bad settings in red...The EFV is also good for those who were wondering but you should try out yourself, I dont know what your standards on that are...
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