Customer Rating: 
Summary: Fantastic "All-In-One" Camera!
Comment: I have owned this camera for about 5 weeks, and have been quite impressed by its abilities to take everything from wide angle room shots, people close-ups, and even nature shots using the 520 mm (equivalent) telephoto. I even bought the 1.7X telextender, and found it to give very good sharp images with equivalent of about 800 mm! The camera is easy to use; it is fast focusing (slows a bit for dim subjects); and menu is very user-friendly. Only drawbacks: raw files take a bit of time to load; the XD card is not the ideal storage media, and only goes to 2 GB; and cannot be fired as fast as I would like using the higher resolution jpeg's. My bottom line opinion: this is as close to a professional or semi-professional DSLR as you can find in todays market!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A REAL winner
Comment: Reviews are nothing more than an end users opinion and personal experience with a product.
In my opinion and personal experience, Olympus has a winner with the SP-570UZ, with an excellent 20X Optical Zoom, plus a TRUE Super Macro (.04") close up. I use both these features, now with ease and great success. The PANORAMA feature is easy and fun to use. I find the SCENE feature most useful with many helpful options.
I probably qualify as an advanced amateur photographer.
Their Manual however, leaves a lot to be desired, with little to no cross referencing...often leaving you hanging to figure out what to do next. Even with these drawbacks....it was well worth this trial and error method of learning. The body is almost identical to the Olympus E-520 SLR and I learned much more from the E-520's Manual than the SP-570's.
I purchased my SP-570UZ on June 18, 2008. I have saved 1456 of over 2000, mainly nature pictures, taken on vacation in Western North Carolina and another 144 taken at a friends wedding.
My only negative thoughts about this camera is it's manual.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Less Than Expected
Comment: I bought the Olympus SP570UZ as a gift for someone who is proficient with optical & SLR cameras. The 20 optical being the main feature we've waited for. She has used and tested the camera in several areas; while I am less experienced I want optical. Both of us agree while zoom in/out is jerky and takes time to focus when stops or is blurry until zoom is reached. For me, using the left hand to zoom creates some stabilization problems. There are several issues with this camera I feel for myself, and possibly other less experienced persons; would be too time consuming to learn versus the cost. I purchased this camera & card on Amazon and called to talk with a rep before purchasing to determine what was included in the package....she couldn't tell me, she said they don't get that info, which; I would think is relative to the sale. She did give me a number to Olympus to answer further questions which was can one zoom in/out during video recording....his answer was "yes"....well, you can, the recording is very fuzzy and not stable.
In this instance simply, I do not feel I got what I paid for.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love this Camera
Comment: I am not a professional but do a lot of photography and photo editing. I have taken, what some say, are beautiful photos. I bought this camera after researching for over a year. Reading reviews, opinions, watching for "what's new", etc. I took the photos for my daughters wedding, a small private ceremony, and was blown away. I had two days to 'play' with it. One of the best I took was in the Candlelight mode. You can take good or bad pictures with any camera. You need the eye and sometimes just more than one shot. The continuous shot is great. There are enough modes to use, and are explained well, that you could take pix for a long time just using them. Love the feel, the weight, the zoom ring. I don't understand the problem some have w/ the xd card. I got a good price and can get hundreds of pix. I will post some if my slow dial-up will allow. Fantastic job Olympus.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great camera - few shortcomings
Comment: I upgraded from Olympus C-750UZ (4 MP, 10X zoom) to SP-570UZ. Features I wanted were longer zoom, higher MP, zoom ring (selectable as manual focus ring), and continued full manual control. I immediately installed an Olympus website firmware update to smooth the zoom ring operation. I'm using 2 GB M+ xD card which saves large photo files quickly enough. With added experience, the many control buttons/switches/rings seem logical enough.
I was surprised at the difference in the widest zoom settings - the SP-570 takes in much more width for landscapes. It also has a fantastic panorama stitch option I've used in landscape shots.
I'm also impressed with the image stabilization which has allowed hand-held 20X zoom photos of the full moon that were surprisingly clear. I bought the CLA-10 extension tube so I could use the 55mm polarizing filter I used on the C-750. This has resulted in severe vignetting when trying to shoot at the widest zoom setting.
Since most of my photos are taken with at least some manual control, I have not yet sampled all of the scene settings. There are a lot to choose from.
I expected the battery life before recharging to be longer, so I'm hoping some new more powerful rechargables will provide a remedy. I have not yet been able to find a way to change the brightness intensity of the electronic viewfinder which consistently displays the subjects much brighter than the resulting photos. I've learned to compensate for this, but a brightness setting would be better.
All in all, this camera provides great flexibility and user control in a wide variety of photo taking opportunities. I'd definitely recommend it if you want something more than an automatic point and shoot but don't want to carry all the lenses required in a DSLR.
Summary: Fantastic "All-In-One" Camera!
Comment: I have owned this camera for about 5 weeks, and have been quite impressed by its abilities to take everything from wide angle room shots, people close-ups, and even nature shots using the 520 mm (equivalent) telephoto. I even bought the 1.7X telextender, and found it to give very good sharp images with equivalent of about 800 mm! The camera is easy to use; it is fast focusing (slows a bit for dim subjects); and menu is very user-friendly. Only drawbacks: raw files take a bit of time to load; the XD card is not the ideal storage media, and only goes to 2 GB; and cannot be fired as fast as I would like using the higher resolution jpeg's. My bottom line opinion: this is as close to a professional or semi-professional DSLR as you can find in todays market!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A REAL winner
Comment: Reviews are nothing more than an end users opinion and personal experience with a product.
In my opinion and personal experience, Olympus has a winner with the SP-570UZ, with an excellent 20X Optical Zoom, plus a TRUE Super Macro (.04") close up. I use both these features, now with ease and great success. The PANORAMA feature is easy and fun to use. I find the SCENE feature most useful with many helpful options.
I probably qualify as an advanced amateur photographer.
Their Manual however, leaves a lot to be desired, with little to no cross referencing...often leaving you hanging to figure out what to do next. Even with these drawbacks....it was well worth this trial and error method of learning. The body is almost identical to the Olympus E-520 SLR and I learned much more from the E-520's Manual than the SP-570's.
I purchased my SP-570UZ on June 18, 2008. I have saved 1456 of over 2000, mainly nature pictures, taken on vacation in Western North Carolina and another 144 taken at a friends wedding.
My only negative thoughts about this camera is it's manual.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Less Than Expected
Comment: I bought the Olympus SP570UZ as a gift for someone who is proficient with optical & SLR cameras. The 20 optical being the main feature we've waited for. She has used and tested the camera in several areas; while I am less experienced I want optical. Both of us agree while zoom in/out is jerky and takes time to focus when stops or is blurry until zoom is reached. For me, using the left hand to zoom creates some stabilization problems. There are several issues with this camera I feel for myself, and possibly other less experienced persons; would be too time consuming to learn versus the cost. I purchased this camera & card on Amazon and called to talk with a rep before purchasing to determine what was included in the package....she couldn't tell me, she said they don't get that info, which; I would think is relative to the sale. She did give me a number to Olympus to answer further questions which was can one zoom in/out during video recording....his answer was "yes"....well, you can, the recording is very fuzzy and not stable.
In this instance simply, I do not feel I got what I paid for.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love this Camera
Comment: I am not a professional but do a lot of photography and photo editing. I have taken, what some say, are beautiful photos. I bought this camera after researching for over a year. Reading reviews, opinions, watching for "what's new", etc. I took the photos for my daughters wedding, a small private ceremony, and was blown away. I had two days to 'play' with it. One of the best I took was in the Candlelight mode. You can take good or bad pictures with any camera. You need the eye and sometimes just more than one shot. The continuous shot is great. There are enough modes to use, and are explained well, that you could take pix for a long time just using them. Love the feel, the weight, the zoom ring. I don't understand the problem some have w/ the xd card. I got a good price and can get hundreds of pix. I will post some if my slow dial-up will allow. Fantastic job Olympus.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great camera - few shortcomings
Comment: I upgraded from Olympus C-750UZ (4 MP, 10X zoom) to SP-570UZ. Features I wanted were longer zoom, higher MP, zoom ring (selectable as manual focus ring), and continued full manual control. I immediately installed an Olympus website firmware update to smooth the zoom ring operation. I'm using 2 GB M+ xD card which saves large photo files quickly enough. With added experience, the many control buttons/switches/rings seem logical enough.
I was surprised at the difference in the widest zoom settings - the SP-570 takes in much more width for landscapes. It also has a fantastic panorama stitch option I've used in landscape shots.
I'm also impressed with the image stabilization which has allowed hand-held 20X zoom photos of the full moon that were surprisingly clear. I bought the CLA-10 extension tube so I could use the 55mm polarizing filter I used on the C-750. This has resulted in severe vignetting when trying to shoot at the widest zoom setting.
Since most of my photos are taken with at least some manual control, I have not yet sampled all of the scene settings. There are a lot to choose from.
I expected the battery life before recharging to be longer, so I'm hoping some new more powerful rechargables will provide a remedy. I have not yet been able to find a way to change the brightness intensity of the electronic viewfinder which consistently displays the subjects much brighter than the resulting photos. I've learned to compensate for this, but a brightness setting would be better.
All in all, this camera provides great flexibility and user control in a wide variety of photo taking opportunities. I'd definitely recommend it if you want something more than an automatic point and shoot but don't want to carry all the lenses required in a DSLR.
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