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| Brand: Olympus
Category: Photography
List Price: $449.99
Buy Used: $369.00
You Save: $80.99 (18%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  63 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
System Memory: 0
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 20
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 92
Minimum Focal Length: 4.6
Maximum Resolution: 10
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 3.1 x 4.6 x 3.1
nv:Sensor: 10 Megapixel
Size: 1/2.33
Image Resolution: 3648 x 2736
Movie Resolution: 640x480
Memory Included: 45MB Internal
Storage Media: xD-Picture CardTM (1GB, 2GB)
Compressed Format: JPEG, RAW
Movie File Format: AVI motion JPEG
Optical Zoom: 20x
Digital Zoom: 5x
Combined Zoom: 100x
Focal Length: f= 4.60 - 92.0mm
Focus Mode: Manual
Focus Mode: Full-time AF
Focus Mode: Spot AF
Focus Mode: iESP auto
Focus Mode: AF
Focus Mode: Selective AF Target
Focus Mode: Face-Detection
Focus Mode: Predictive AF
MPN: 226355
Model: 226355
UPC: 050332162976
EAN: 0050332162976
Release Date: April 14, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not perfect...but makes up for it's shortcomings very well June 10, 2008
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
After owning an Olympus C-3030 for a few years and getting several comments on the excellent photos it produced, I was ready to upgrade to something with more features, zoom, resolution and compatibility.
I first purchased a Canon A650-IS bundle for Christmas and was immedaitely displeased with the graininess of indoor shots without the flash. I know Canon makes good digicams, but in the megapixel race, I felt they just crammed too many pixels onto the sensor to produce quality low-light images. So, back it want.
Now, the SP-570UZ is not the 'be all and end all' in prosumer-level digital cameras, but for what it is designed to do, it does, for the most part, pretty darned well. The range of the lens alone is fantastic. I can get excellent wide-angle shots and wonderful zoomed close-ups. Perfect for a typical consumer wanting decent quality shots of kid's sports, snapshots and outdoor landscape photos. The various preset scene modes are fairly good and I've done well with sunset/sunrise shots.
I have had the camera for a month or so and had photos from my wedding, honeymoon, softball games and other family events turn out awesome. There is still some annoying noise in low-light situations, but not nearly as bad as the Canon. I can definitely live with it and I have found some ways to deal with it afterward that make the shot acceptable for larger prints. The zoom ring takes a little time to get used to and it does lag a bit and can make it hard to make fine adjustments, but I understand there may be a firmware update that helps with this issue, so I am crossing my fingers.
The night-scene mode is great for those cityscape and dusk shots. I really love the fact that I can shoot in RAW (however, I still have yet to work alot with RAW images), because, as my wife says I "just can't leave the image alone" prior to printing. The panoramic mode that can be used with Olympus cards is neat and does a good job stitching in-camera, but some scenes can cause a portion of the stitched image to skew quite a bit, requireing a re-do.
One drawback is the fact that it will only take xD Picture cards, but this I can live with as well. The Olympus "color" I have come to love is still present and so far, my prints from my HP Photosmart C-7180 look phenomonal!
I am giving it 5 stars, not due to it being perfect, but for perfectly satisfying all my primary reqquirements, for the overall cost, and then some. This camera will be a perfect carry-along P&S camera before I break down and get a DSLR to extend my photographic capabilities.
 Compact and Comfortable May 9, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
My Sony F828 was stolen, and I was looking for a replacement. Having used the SP-570uz for a bit, I am pleased with the camera. Before purchasing I was aware of the operation of the zoom lens being a little spongy - it doesn't have the same professional feeling that the Sony has. I have never used the Xd memory card before, and wished Olympus would use the SD card. Still, having hundred's of pics avaliable on a 2mb card is plenty for me.
My needs were to have a compact camera that can take great shots indoors. These super zoom camera's are pretty good, but not all of them have a hot shoe, which was the deal killer for my needs.
Holding the camera is a pleasure. You might be surprised how comfortable it is to hold.
In addition, the wide lens is a great feature.
The lens cap does come off pretty easily.
I think these companies that are producing these super zoom camera's are hitting a sweet spot for people like me, who do not want to spend over $1000 on a camera with a quality len's, but don't want to use a super compact camera because of its obvious limitations. I carry a Canon SD450 all the time, and enjoy that camera too.
I believe most of these super zoom camera's can take wonderful day-time outdoor pics, but I need a camera that can attach an external flash for all the indoor pics I take.
Everyone has their specific requirements, and this camera fit mine.
Very, very good buy. June 9, 2008
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I don't want to repeat and bother with already mentioned things so I'll try to be short. As a novice amateur photographer after pushing my sisters ixus to its limits and after a lot of surfing and sleepless nights I decided to buy sp570. I thought that with my limitid photographic skills I was not ready for SLR yet.
So, after almost 40 days of constant shooting here are some of my impressions and conclusions.
1. Great, and I mean really great ergonomics.
2. With only one camera and without lens change you can shoot excellent and clear macro photos and still make great images of the Moon or paragliders.
3. Great transition model for an amateur, if I use all of its options and capabilities I will eventually upgrade to SLR but won't quit taking occasional photo with sp570.
4. Only thing that bothers me so far is that for the bulb shooting you have to press and hold the shutter button all the time which obviously cannot result with clear image in dark conditions and you are not able to use remote control from older Olympus models.
5. Image stabilization - great.
6. Hope I was helpfull.
An excellent value May 14, 2008
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I just received this camera yesterday, and haven't had time to check out all the bells and whistles on it, but I am in love. I admit, I've never had a superzoom or dslr before, and have not purchased any digital recently, but this camera has more features than my old computer! I've played with zoom and macro and love them...I can literally touch my target in supermacro, and still get focus. I prefer the manual zoom (20x optical! what a dream!) on the 570, as it's easier to control. My research has shown that for many superzoom cameras, the powerzooms are harder to control, and on those that have high and low speed zooms, the low speed tends to break down rather quickly. Not to mention, this increases the battery life, and is one less thing to break!It's comfortable to hold, not too heavy or lightweight, and the grips are such that even a sweaty hand won't slip. The tripod mount is metal, a nice plus, but you do have to be careful that the pad on the tripod doesn't get in the way of your zoom control. I am thrilled with what I've seen so far, I love the control and the ability to go everywhere from total AF to MF. The color quality is great, too.'ve been using an ancient (film) slr camera for years, with piles of extra lenses (2x converter, 80-200 lens, standard lense, macro filters, etc) and this does all of that, w/o the extra pieces.
I strongly recommend this 570 to anyone who wants more than a point and shoot, but isn't ready to spend $1000's on camera "boxes" and lenses.
firmware update July 14, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Just got the camera last week. Seems like it will be all it says it is and more. Just a quick note for anyone concerned about zoom lag. If you install the Olympus software that came with the camera on your computer you can access firmware updates for the camera. Olympus has very recently done a firmware update that added a language and improves the zoom response on the camera. Zoom response seems improved since I updated my camera.
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