Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: pma, digital, camera | Themes: PMA Las Vegas, Digital Cameras
- 1. PMA Digital Cameras: Introduction
- 2. Canon Point and Shoot Digital Cameras
- 3. Fujifilm Point and Shoot Digital Cameras
- 4. Olympus Point and Shoot Digital Cameras
- 5. More on this topic
4. Olympus Point and Shoot Digital Cameras
Olympus presented nine new cameras at PMA 2008, but one stood out from the others as the major point and shoot attraction: the SP-570 UZ.
- Olympus SP-570 UZ
The Olympus SP-570 UZ offersm 10 megapixels of resolution and an amazing 20x wide angle optical zoom. It includes a “hot shoe” for connecting an external flash, and for the true image editing fan, it can capture images using the RAW file format (RAW is considered to offer the best possible image capture, with the caveat that all RAW images require at least a minimal level of processing in a photo editor).
The Olympus SP-570 UZ includes all of the options you’d expect, such as image stabilization, face detection, red eye removal, and the use of “AA” batteries. It also features a 2.7” LCD display with “Perfect Shot Preview”, which enables previewing various effects (such as zoom, exposure compensation, and white balance), before taking the shot. There’s also full manual control in Manual, Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority modes, high speed sequential shooting, Panorama Mode, in-camera editing (features available include resizing, trimming, frames, text options, grayscale, and sepia), and a remarkable 31 shooting modes (including portrait, landscape, sports, night portrait, candle, self portrait, fireworks, multi-fireworks, cuisine, behind glass, documents, smile shot, beach, snow, and more).
The SP-570 UZ will be available in March for $499. In comparing the Fujifilm FinePix S8100fd at $399 to the Olympus SP-570 UZ at $499, I have to look beyond the 18x versus 20x zoom. However, the Olympus includes many other powerful features: the RAW image capture, and the ability to switch between full manual control and 31 shooting modes certainly gets my attention. Yes, at $499, the Olympus SP-570 UZ is an expensive point and shoot camera. In my opinion, if the price is within your budget, the extra features are well worth the added cost.
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What about other manufacturers?
This is really a waste of an article. All you did was rehash the marketing specs. You must be hard up for news. Also, the sd1100 does not use AA batteries. Maybe you should also look into the history of bad image quality from the prior versions of some of these cameras before you recommend them for there specs. If you have any experience with digital cameras, you know they rarely live up to their specs.
this is just an ad article....good to know the new models...as when reading any ad elsewhere...have to wait for a full review.
I agree with the criticisms above. I heard a 5 minutes review of PMA 2008 on ABC Australia this am and the big buzz was that the 2008 models had blink and smile technology that was wowing the crowd.
Your review could be obtained from the manufacturers' brochures.Just a few specs, price and release date.
My main interest in point and shoots is a reasonable, blur-free still image and a good quality MPEG 4 movie capture in a shirt-pocket size. No mention of any of the latter two.
What's available that's new for me?
I own a S5500 and it has got the best feature and quality in its price range. I am glad to see S1000fd gets smaller, which size is the only thing S5500 disappoints me. I am going to take S1000 when it comes out.
These aren't even information that would help anyone decide on purchasing a digital camera. I stopped reading the article after the A580 was stated as having "slightly improved specs versus the A470: the A580 has a resolution of 8 Megapixels and a 4x optical zoom." Are you serious? The lens are totally different specs; you can't compare cameras just by the optical zoom because some cameras have different focal range even with the same optical zoom. This should be an introduction to new and upcoming cameras not a review.