Olympus SP-570 Ultra Zoom - Expert Reviews

Review summary: olympus sp-570 ultra zoom review: The 10-megapixel SP-570UZ boasts a 20x optical zoom lens, but poor performance diminishes its potential as an otherwise solid superzoom.

Pros: Lots of helpful and useful features

Cons: Slow, Big, Manual zoom ring on lens not responsive enough, Can't zoom in movie capture

Verdict: Poor performance diminishes the Olympus SP-570 UZ's potential as an otherwise solid megazoom.

Review summary: This 'superzoom' compact looks more like a digital SLR camera

Verdict: A huge competition-battering zoom lens is the SP-570UZ's reason for being, so it's disappointing that it's sluggish to respond - and for sharp images it's impossible to shoot handheld at maximum zoom. That aside, the camera is sturdy, feature-packed and,

Review summary: This innovative shooter is loaded with features, among them a 20X zoom lens. It's a worthy purchase for just about anyone who wants to get closer to the action.

Pros: Easily adjustable 20X zoom lens. Perfect Shot Preview. Shadow adjustment.

Cons: Image quality is inconsistent. Limited video. Irksome lens-focusing sound.

Verdict: Even though its image quality isn't quite as consistent as that of competing models, this superzoom boasts plenty of useful features that make it worth considering.

Pros: Lots of helpful and useful features.

Cons: Slow; big; manual zoom ring on lens not responsive enough; can't zoom in movie capture.

Verdict: Poor performance diminishes the Olympus SP-570 UZ's potential as an otherwise solid megazoom.