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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / ZLR Cameras / March 2007Oly SP-550 UZ videos
A couple of youtube videos of the new SP-550 UZ model: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEe7AoQendE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skCa4hXwFlQ /Per -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jag använder en gratisversion av SPAMfighter för privata användare. 10410 spam har blivit blockerade hittills. Betalande användare har inte detta meddelande i sin e-post. Hämta gratis SPAMfighter idag! > A couple of youtube videos of the new SP-550 UZ model: Anyone looking at the Olympus forum on dpreview will probably know I bought one last week in a moment of weakness. I promised I'd wait for a full review rather than play the 'early adopter lottery'. Bottom line is that it takes perfectly acceptable pictures and has a good quality EVF and (especially LCD). Focus speed isn't very good, but that's nothing new on this kind of camera. Movie mode quality is fine but the audio's poor quality, sadly (for those of us who care). I recommend waiting for more thorough reviews before buying. Andrew McP > I recommend waiting for more thorough reviews before buying. I should perhaps at least *try* to be a bit more enthusiastic. :-) The super macro mode, focusing down to 1cm, is very good indeed. Andrew McP >> A couple of youtube videos of the new SP-550 UZ model: > > Anyone looking at the Olympus forum on dpreview will probably know I > bought one last week in a moment of weakness. I promised I'd wait for a > full review rather than play the 'early adopter lottery'. Isn't this a plague of this particular model? Many people are interested and many want to buy it, but for some reason they won't admit openly they are so interested. > Bottom line is that it takes perfectly acceptable pictures and has a > good quality EVF and (especially LCD). Focus speed isn't very good, but > that's nothing new on this kind of camera. Movie mode quality is fine > but the audio's poor quality, sadly (for those of us who care). It's predecessor, the C-2100 UZ (which I happen to own), was also plagued by poor audio quality in movie mode. It's a shame Oly haven't been able to improve this on the new model. > I recommend waiting for more thorough reviews before buying. > > Andrew McP Thanks for your info anyway. I appreciate it, but I'm afraid nothing can stop me from buying this camera. Call me crazy, but I'm even contemplating selling the whole of my old OM equipment to get the money. Worse is, I have even recommended the camera to a good friend of mine, so time will tell if he's still my friend in a couple of months. :-)) Regards, Per Nordenberg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jag använder en gratisversion av SPAMfighter för privata användare. 10434 spam har blivit blockerade hittills. Betalande användare har inte detta meddelande i sin e-post. Hämta gratis SPAMfighter idag! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jag använder en gratisversion av SPAMfighter för privata användare. 10434 spam har blivit blockerade hittills. Betalande användare har inte detta meddelande i sin e-post. Hämta gratis SPAMfighter idag! > so time will tell if he's still my friend in a couple > of months. :-)) I'm sure you'll both be happy with the camera. I'm spoiled by having a Canon S1 with great movie mode, and a K100D with great.. well, DSLR mode! :-) The 550 was supposed to update the S1 in all respects, and it has done *except* in movie mode. (The 550 is also a little larger and doesn't fit in a coat pocket easily). Sadly movie mode is fairly important to me, and that's probably making me less enthusiastic about the 550 than I should be. The 28mm wide end is another excellent feature which should ensure this camera sells to a lot of people. Andrew McP What was the issue with the movie mode when using an Olympus xD memory card versus using for instance a Fujifilm High Speed xD card? Regards, Per Nordenberg >> so time will tell if he's still my friend in a couple >> of months. :-)) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Andrew McP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jag använder en gratisversion av SPAMfighter för privata användare. 10564 spam har blivit blockerade hittills. Betalande användare har inte detta meddelande i sin e-post. Hämta gratis SPAMfighter idag! > What was the issue with the movie mode when using an Olympus xD > memory card versus using for instance a Fujifilm High Speed xD card? Type H is supposed to be faster than type M, and therefore ought to be more suited to recording longer movie clips. Olympus don't seem to do a 2Gb type H, so I bought a Fuji. The only extra thing the Olympus cards allow you to do is use the onboard 'panorama' feature. It's a relatively minor annoyance. Andrew McP >> What was the issue with the movie mode when using an Olympus xD >> memory card versus using for instance a Fujifilm High Speed xD card? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Andrew McP Thanks for the info! I haven't seen an 1 GB Oly type H card for that matter either. BTW, there's one demo SP-550 now on auction here in Sweden with an opening bid of 3600 SKR (about 500 USD), and that's with a 1 GB memory card. This package usually cost about 4500 SKR or more (from 635 USD and upwards). Guess it's now or never... :) Regards, Per Nordenberg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jag använder en gratisversion av SPAMfighter för privata användare. 10596 spam har blivit blockerade hittills. Betalande användare har inte detta meddelande i sin e-post. Hämta gratis SPAMfighter idag! |
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