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Olympus SP-510 Ultra Zoom Digital Camera Silver & Black (7.1MP, 10x Optical Zoom) 2.5" LCD
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| Price: | £236.00 |
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Product Description
Technical DataStorage Floppy Drive / TypeNoneTechnical DataDisplay (Projector) / TypeLCD displayTechnical DataDisplay (Projector) / Diagonal Sizein2.5Technical DataDisplay (Projector) / TechnologyTFT active matrixTechnical DataVideo Input / TypeDigital cameraTechnical DataVideo Input / Digital Video FormatQuickTimeTechnical DataAudio Input / TypeMicrophoneTechnical DataDimensions & Weight / Widthcm10.6Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Depthcm7Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Heightcm7.5Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Weightg325Technical DataVideo Input / Still Image FormatRAWTechnical DataVideo Input / Light SensitivityISO 50Technical DataOptical Sensor / Optical Sensor TypeCCDTechnical DataViewfinder / Viewfinder TypeElectronicTechnical DataHeader / Product LineOlympusTechnical DataHeader / ModelSP-510 UZTechnical DataHeader / ManufacturerOlympusTechnical DataVideo Input / Digital Zoom5Technical DataHeader / Packaged Quantity1Technical DataLens System / TypeZoom lensTechnical DataLens System / Lens ApertureF/2.8-3.7Technical DataLens System / Min Focal Lengthmm6.3Technical DataLens System / Max Focal Lengthmm63Technical DataCamera Flash / TypePop-up flashTechnical DataLens System / Optical Zoom10Technical DataExposure Parameters / Shooting ModesSunsetTechnical DataVideo Input / Special EffectsSepiaTechnical DataOptical Sensor / Optical Sensor Size1/2.5 "Technical DataVideo Input / Shooting ModesFrame movie modeTechnical DataDisplay (Projector) / Display Form FactorBuilt-inTechnical DataCamera Flash / Red Eye ReductionBuilt-inTechnical DataOptical Sensor / Sensor ResolutionMegapixel7.1Technical DataDigital Camera / Supported Flash MemoryXD-Picture CardTechnical DataBattery / Battery Form FactorStandard form factorTechnical DataBattery / Supported Battery Form FactorAATechnical DataVideo Input / ISO (Max)4000
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #39826 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Olympus
- Model: SP-510uz
- Released on: 2006-09-04
- Dimensions: 2.93" h x 4.15" w x 2.76" l, .72 pounds
- Display size: 2.5
Features
- Olympus Digital Camera SP510UZ 7.1 Mpix
Editorial Reviews
Manufacturer's Description
Experience the all-in-one Ultra Zoom. You won't find a better ultra-zoom value on the market. With the SP-510 UZ you get high-resolution with 7.1 megapixels, extra-long battery life, Digital Image Stabilization and a whole lot more. It's designed to satisfy the needs of beginners and advanced users alike. This versatile camera provides incredible point-and-shoot functionality as well as professional features like full manual controls, ISO 4000 and RAW shooting.
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Customer Reviews
Simply a super camera
The photo website "Flickr" has a neat feature that lets you see what cameras people are using to take photos uploaded to the site. This camera got a massive boost at Christmas time so I imagine that like me, many people got this as a pressie! This was to replace (or support?) my Sony Cybershot T7, which is a great little camera for party shots but lacks the power and zoom to take good outdoor shots. Enter the Olympus.
From the point of view of someone who uses a camera phone and a little Cybershot, this camera is much bigger and bulkier, certainly needs a carry case or shoulder strap. However for those of you technophobes who have been lugging around 35mm cameras anyway, this will feel light and compact! So was it worth beefing up? You bet!
The zoom is excellent. You can get wildlife shots without scaring the birds away, or tightly frame shots in a busy scene. The zoom is fast and smooth, and the anti-shake system works quite well.
With a big storage card in there (go for at least 1gb) you're talking ~650 high quality shots, or 20 minutes of video. The battery life is excellent; many cameras with proprietary rechargables suffer the dreaded "memory effect" and become smaller in capacity after a few hundred charge/discharge cycles. Not so disposable AA batteries which are of course available anywhere in the world!
The controls are logically placed (for a righty) and there are modes ranging from the freestyling and complex right down to idiot-proof. For instance the "scene" setting gives you one of 20 possible presets for outdoor shots, snow, sports, indoor, or even a special mode for taking pictures to upload to Ebay for online auctions! The rapid-shot mode is quite good for taking action shots although is not as good as a proper SLR with all the gubbins. Good enough for my purposes though! Integrated flash is good, light amplification is good, downloading to PC is good... Software's a bit annoying but just skip it and use Windows XP default software and a third-party package for editing.
Oh, one more thing, the viewing screen is a whopper and very good resolution. If you prefer to have an eyepiece to look through there's one of those too, also digital so it's slaved to the zoom. Very useful for long distance shots.
I've still got the Cybershot for social occasions where a little gizmo is all that's required, but for all other times this camera is a really solid performer and highly recommended.
Great camera at an affordable price
When buying a camera it's important to keep in mind what sort of images you want to take. Important factors to comnsider are:
- amount of optical zoom (don't be fooled by digital zoom - your compute can achieve this for you),
- number of mega-pixels - bearing in mind that the higher the number the more disk space each photo will take. To achieve true 35mm quality you need to get about 7M Meg-pixels; quite common these days.
- Battery life, and whether you want an internal battery (smaller) or the ability to use shop batteries (take more size but you don't have to carry a charger round with you).
- Red-eye reduction - unless you happen to be a vampire in which case maybe you want to enhance the look.
- Preview screen size. If it's too small then it can be awkward to review the 12 pictures you just took of the cute squirrel in the garden.
For the price, I don't think the SP-510UZ can be beaten. OK so the 10x optical zoom (whoch in 35mm terms is a whopping 38 - 380mm) and battery compartment make it bigger than some of its rivals but not so much that I found it a problem. The trade off is that I can zoom in on objects that are much futher away and I don'thave to worry about the charger.
The preview screen is generously sized making it easier to review pictures.
So far (two weeks) I haven't been able to fault the red-eye reduction and at 7.1MP the picture quality is just up there with 35mm.
Do I have any complaints? Not really (unusual for me) apart from I did need to read through the manual once to understand how all the features worked and I guess it would be a bit far fetched to call it pocket-sized but buy it is small enough to carry round without being too intrusive.
I haven't seen anything else yet that matches it for price. My advice? Buy one. If you want to take a quick pic of your mates down the pub, use yoiur phone. Otherwise, get this little baby and shoot away to your hearts content.
Digital Virgin viewpoint
I agree with the first review of this camera, it is larger than many digital cameras, but it makes up for it in quality of pics. I had never used a digital before but wanted something quality and this provides that. The zoom is super and so is close up photography. The main down is the manual and online manual, I haven't found either helpful and had to get a friend to assist. I use the HP photoprint help and struggle to understand the manual as it assumes knowledge I don't have (digital wise. You don't ever have to worry about charging it and the batteries are available absolutely anywhere and if you just take a spare set with you then you will have enough power to take 1200 pictures. The camera itself has hardly any memory, but with 1GB memory card (purchased separately) I can do anything I'll ever need to do. I am delighted with it and it suits my purposes well from great landscapes to close up flowers etc. Well done Olympus, but you do need to improve the CD and manual for people like me.
