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Title: Olympus SP-500 UZ Reviews
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Title: Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom Review - Digital Cameras
Pros: Compact size, 10x optical zoom, Full manual capability, Supports RAW format shooting
Cons: No optical image stabilisation, No diopter adjuster for the electronic viewfinder, Meager internal memory, Lackluster performance
Summary: The SP-500 Ultra Zoom is an average prosumer camera that not too heavy to cart around. But there are other models out there with better features, performance and image quality.
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Title: Olympus SP-500 UZ
Pros: Compact size; 10x optical zoom; full manual capability; supports RAW format shooting.
Cons: No optical image stabilization; no diopter adjuster for the electronic viewfinder; meager internal memory; lackluster performance.
Summary: The SP-500 UZ is an average prosumer camera which won't break your arms carrying it. But there are other models out there with better features, performance and image quality.
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65/100 |
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Title: Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom
Pros: High image quality, Powerful zoom
Cons: No image stabilization
Verdict: This competitively priced model has a long zoom lens, numerous scene modes that will appeal to beginners, and plenty of manual controls for more serious shutterbugs.
Summary: The low-priced SP-500 delivers strong image quality, long battery life, and a powerful zoom--but it lacks image stabilization.
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81/100 |
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Title: Advanced Digital Cameras: Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom
Summary: The low-priced SP-500 delivers strong image quality, long battery life, and a powerful zoom--but it lacks image stabilization.
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Title: Olympus SP-500 UltraZoom
Verdict: This well-priced model has a long zoom lens that will suit beginners and casual photographers who want to get close to the action. Shame it doesn't offer anti-shake, but the overall model is so good that you can do without.
Summary: The biggest thing about the Olympus SP-500 UltraZoom is the lens: it's an impressive 10X model that is significantly longer than those on most point-and-shoot cameras. However, it has no type of image stabilisation, so this long zoom can be a mixed blessi
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90/100 |
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Title: Review of the Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom - Digital SLR Reviews
Summary: The SP-500 is well specified for such a small camera, with an impressive 38-380mm lens and large 2.5in LCD on the back.
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Title: Olympus Stylus SP-500
Summary: The Olympus SP-500 is a 6 megapixel digital camera with a large 10x Optical Zoom and 2.5inch LCD. It is aimed at the more serious photographer than some of their other new cameras announced today with a number of manual controls built in. The SP500 featur
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Title: Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom
Pros: Good photo qualityFull manual controlsLarge 2.5" LCD display (but see issues below)Support for RAW image format; images can be edited right on the cameraCustomizable buttons and menus; favorite settings can be saved to spot on the mode dialAF-assist lamp;
Cons: Sluggish performance when viewing photos in playback mode, or shooting in RAW formatNo image stabilizationLCD resolution isn't great, neither is low light visibilityUnimpressive continuous shooting and movie modesNo diopter correction for electronic viewf
Verdict: The Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom is a run-of-the-mill camera in a category with some very strong competition. While it has some nice features, the SP-500 lags behind what is offered by other manufacturers, with the most notable thing missing being image stab
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Title: Olympus SP-500 UZ Digital Camera Review
Pros: $379 price, Long 10x optical zoom lens, Thorough playback mode with editing options, Easy print button, Interesting frame and title options, Tons of image size options, Lots of flash controls
Cons: Poor LCD resolution, 4 AA batteries add significant bulk, Non-intuitive icons, No great viewing options, Manual focus is a joke, No image stabilization, Poor color reproduction, Slow burst mode
Verdict: The Olympus SP-500 UZ has a cheap plastic body but includes a lot of nice features and manual functionality at a very reasonable $379 price. With 6 megapixels, this digital camera has a complete set of recording modes: manual, priority, automatic, movie,
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Title: Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom
Pros: Inexpensive; good image quality; has remote control; can create and save groups of settings; 10X zoom lens; lightweight; long battery life.
Cons: No image stabilization; short shutter speed.
Verdict: Six-megapixel digicam features long zoom lens and high-end features
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70/100 |
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Title: Olympus SP-500 Review
Pros: Compact 6MP 10x optical zoom digicam
Cons: Uneven focusing, OK picture quality
Summary: The 10x Olympus SP-500UZ is in the thick of a tough fight with Canon, Kodak, Konica-Minolta and Sony.
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70/100 |
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Title: Olympus SP-500UZ
Verdict: Bottom line - with great image quality, good performance, a versatile and powerful zoom range, and a multitude of exposure modes, the Olympus SP500UZ is quite the compact "super zoom". It will make an excellent choice for any consumer in the market for a
Summary: The Olympus SP-500 UZ features 6-megapixels of resolution with a powerful 10x optical zoom lens and a large, easy-to-view 2.5-inch color LCD with both automatic and manual settings, all built into a very compact and light-weight body. The large handgrip m
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Title: Digital Cameras - Olympus SP-500 UZ Digital Camera Review, Information, Specifications
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Title: Olympus SP-500 UZ
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Title: Olympus SP 500 UZ review
Summary: The Olympus SP-500 UZ digital camera is an advanced digital camera that straddles the border between compact digital cameras and digital reflex cameras.
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76/100 |
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Title: Olympus SP-500 UZ
Pros: Very good image quality.Excellent colour rendition.Big 10X optical zoom.Very good lens.Complete set of shooting modes.RAW format.Compact and light to carry.Large 2.5-inch LCD monitor.High definition EVF.
Cons: No optical stabilization.Poorly designed viewfinder eyecup and no diopter correction.EVF refresh rate lower than monitor's.RAW format needs better software support.
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80/100 |
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Title: Olympus SP500UZ
Summary: Ultra-zoom cameras are increasing in popularity and with all that magnifying power in a compact it is easy to see why. The colour reproduction is excellent and the images are sharp. The absense of an image stabiliser is noticable, however this is a very c
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80/100 |
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Title: Olympus SP-500 UZ Review
Summary: The Olympus SP-500 starts up in about 2 sec. and there is no practical shutter lag at the wide-angle end. At full tele, AF can sometimes take about 2 sec. to lock, depending on your subject. An extra large 2.5 in. LCD makes it easy to view and compose sho
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Title: Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom
Pros: 10x Zoom (38-380mm in 35mm equivalent), 21 different scene modes
Cons: 10mb internal memory, Feels light and plastic
Verdict: In summary, the SP500-UZ is one of those that allows users to dig further into creative photography with plenty of features and a whopping 35 mm equivalent 380mm lens. Easy to use, even in the advanced modes, the overall build and output is excellent; and
Summary: An easy to use 6 mega-pixel camera with plenty of features and advanced modes
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80/100 |
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Title: Review: Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom
Pros: Shots in the dark 10 mb internal memory Feels light and plastic
Cons: Links More Olympus information www.olympus.co.uk
Summary: An easy to use 6 mega-pixel camera with plenty of features and advanced modes
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Title: Olympus SP-500 Digital Camera
Summary: Olympus has today introduced the 6.0 megapixel SP-500 digital camera, featuring a large 2.5-inch LCD monitor and a powerful 10x optical zoom lens (38-380mm in 35mm equivalent). The Olympus SP-500 incorporates a lightweight body design with a com
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Title: Olympus SP 500 Review and Where to Find the Best Prices
Pros: Design and style, Overall picture quality, Menu help, Value for money,
Cons: No optical image stabilisation,
Verdict: I like the Olympus SP-500. It has a good feature set and feels good in the hand. Compared to other similar digital cameras it has a very reasonable price.
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81/100 |
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Title: Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom
Pros: Big zoom, Sharp colourful shots, Speedy
Cons: Noisy Images, Big design
Verdict: A very respectable advanced camera model that is only really let down by noisy pictures.
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80/100 |
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Title: Olympus SP-500 UZ
Pros: Compact size; 10x optical zoom; full manual capability; supports RAW format shooting.
Cons: No optical image stabilization; no diopter adjuster for the electronic viewfinder; meager internal memory; lackluster performance.
Verdict: The SP-500 UZ is an average prosumer camera which won't break your arms carrying it. But there are other models out there with better features, performance and image quality.
Summary: Although Olympus' SP-500 UZ is small for a dSLR-like camera, it has a 6-megapixel CCD and many options for the photographer to play around with. Users are able to do street or sports...
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65/100 |
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Title: Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom
Verdict: : The Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom is an appealing digital camera, it feels very comfortable in hand, and produces very pleasing (saturated) colours, with generally low noise. The screen and electronic viewfinder let the camera down due to the screens low re
Summary: Announced on the 29th of August 05, the Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom is a new 6 megapixel digital camera with a 10x optical zoom ED lens. The cameras 10x optical zoom lens is equiv. 38-380mm on a 35mm camera. The Olympus SP-500 is available from around £199
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Title: SP-500 Ultra Zoom
Pros: Low cost. Long zoom lens. Good colour reproduction.
Cons: No image stabilization. Low resolution. Blurring at long zoom.
Verdict: Colours are impressively reproduced, and the camera accurately exposed the images. We did see some slight distortion when using the zoom lens at its widest settings, and the photos also looked rather soft. With a long zoom and no stabilization, details su
Summary: The biggest thing about the Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom is the lens: it's an impressive 10x model that is significantly longer than those on most point-&-shoot cameras. However, it has no type of image stabilization, so this long zoom can be a mixed blessin
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70/100 |
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Title: Olympus SP500 UltraZoom
Pros: Solid all-rounder
Cons: Lacking those extras
Verdict: Composition is via the large, 2.5-inch LCD screen or the electronic viewfinder (EVF). The EVF image seems a little small compared to some other cameras - and there's no dioptre adjustment, so those of us who wear glasses could have problems. The LCD scree
Summary: Nothing with a 10x optical zoom is going to be tiny
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80/100 |