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Review summary: Picture, if you will, a standard digital SLR with a sleek black body, protruding lens and a pop-up flash, and now shrink it. The SP-565UZ is a palm-sized, 10 mega pixel compact camera with a fixed, external auto focus 20 times (yes, 20 times) optical ...

Verdict: Being on the smaller side, it could have been useful to have a rubber thumb grip pad provided (there is one for your fingers) on the plastic body to further increase stability and security in-hand but overall, the SP-565UZ is an attractive compact ...

Review summary: This is a 10 megapixel camera with what is claimed to be the world's longest zoom - 26-520mm (film equivalent). Image stabilisation is by CCD shift. The electronic viewfinder is typical for superzooms. There is the usual face and smile detection. ...

Pros: The camera is responsive with reasonably fast focusing even at the longest extension. User controls are comparable with a DSLR. Noise is well handled. It is apparent at ISO200 but it is not made worse with intrusive noise reduction. RAW images are ...

Cons: The electronic viewfinder is dire. You would only use it in bright daylight when the LCD can't be seen. There is very pronounced barrel distortion at the wide end of the zoom range which needs correction in software post-camera. Images at the extreme ...

Verdict: Frankly we think the 20x zoom range is expecting too much. It involves too many optical compromises. In the middle of the zoom range resolution is reasonable but the extremes are plagued with distortion or diminished sharpness. There is an optional ...

Review summary: Olympus's SP-565 UZ incorporates many of the features of the flagship model of the long-zoom range, the SP-570 UZ, in a cheaper, more compact body. It has the same 10-megapixel sensor and 20x optical zoom lens plus the same TruePic III image processor ...

Verdict: Capture lag and imprecise focusing were the main problems we encountered when shooting with the test camera. Both resulted in less than 30% of shots of moving subjects being usable (some examples are provided at the end of this review). However, power ...

Review summary: The Olympus SP-565 UZ boasts an extraordinary zoom range, a full 20x magnification equivalent to a huge 26 - 520mm zoom in 35mm photography, all in a compact 13-ounce body. The camera offers a full range of automatic and manual options, making it ...

Pros: - Impressive zoom capability. - Nice balance of manual and auto controls - Easy to use for beginners and advanced users alike. - Reasonably priced.

Cons: - The viewfinder screen looks pixelated. - Not much of a grip on the left side.

Verdict: At $400, the SP-565 UZ is a bit more expensive than the average point-and-shoot, and clearly bulkier, but it offers much more functionality. Adecent 20x zoom lens alone on a full-sized SLR would be far more expensive than the entire Olympus SP-565 UZ ...

Review summary: Olympus plans to launch its high-end digital camera SP-565UZ market in Japan, which is equipped with 10 m CCD with a 20x optical zoom lens. The adoption of