Olympus SP-550 Ultra Zoom: Compare prices

By on 14/03/2007

More Olympus reviews , RRP: AU$799.00

The good:

  • Solid styling
  • Easily replaceable AA-sized batteries
  • 18x optical zoom that begins at 28mm
  • Optical image stabilisation
  • Full manual mode
  • Fast burst rate of 15fps but at 1.2 megapixels

The bad:

  • No manual zoom and hotshoe adapter
  • Plastic tripod receptacle
  • Half-pressing the shutter doesn't bring you out of the menus directly into shooting mode
  • Continuous shooting limited to three frames
  • Unusable pictures at ISO 3,200 and ISO 5,000

The bottomline:

The Olympus SP-550UZ would be a great travel camera, or a second camera with a wide focal range, at a competitive price.

Buying choices:

Editors' rating:

7.4/10
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