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Review summary: The low-priced SP-500 delivers strong image quality, long battery life, and a powerful zoom--but it lacks image stabilization.

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.

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.

Review 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 ...

Pros: Very good exposure / metering Very good colour Excellent Macro mode Abundance of features, RAW mode, bulb mode, time-lapse photography. Abundance of picture adjustments, both before photo and after photo is taken - Sharpness, Saturation, Contrast, etc ...

Cons: Advanced manual is on CD Low screen resolution (115k pixels) Slightly slow focusing / occassionally misses focus at telephoto in dark conditions Low resolution video mode compared to the competition Lacks image stabilisation, causing more likelihood ...

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 ...

Review 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.

Pros: Compact size, 10x optical zoom, Full manual capability, Supports RAW format shooting, No optical image stabilisation, No diopter adjuster for the electronic viewfinder, Meager internal memory, Lackluster performance

Cons: No optical image stabilisation, No diopter adjuster for the electronic viewfinder, Meager internal memory, Lackluster performance

Review 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.

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