Olympus SP-800UZ Digital Camera Review by Gene Wright

Description

Inside its slim, elegant body, the SP-800UZ hides something amazing: a 30x wide-angle optical zoom. Bringing you all the power of a 30x zoom in a camera that’s small enough to go wherever your travels take you. And with advanced features like Creative Art Filters, you can truly express yourself.

Olympus SP-800UZ 14MP Digital Camera - 30x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Zoom Main Left Angle

30x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom (F2.8-F5.6, 28-840mm Equivalent) The longest, most powerful zoom in the world is also incredibly compact and portable. It zooms in 30x for extreme close-ups, then all the way back out for wide-angle panoramas.

Olympus SP-800UZ 14MP Digital Camera - 30x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Zoom Front View

HD Movie 720p A simple, one-touch button allows you to record movies with amazing clarity in high-definition, right from your camera.
Dual Image Stabilization The 2-in-1 anti-blur solution. Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization, which keeps your shot steady by compensating for camera shake, combines with Digital Image Stabilization to capture crisp, clear images in any situation.

Olympus SP-800UZ 14MP Digital Camera - 30x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Zoom Top View

AF Tracking Automatically tracks unpredictable, fast-moving subjects like kids and pets. Continuously adjusts the focus and brightness so you can easily capture a great shot of your subject in motion.
Creative Art Filters Give your photos a distinct look and artistic feel by applying one of four different Magic Filter effects, including Pop Art, Pinhole, Fisheye and Drawing.

Olympus SP-800UZ 14MP Digital Camera - 30x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Zoom Back LCD

14 Megapixels
An amazing 14 million pixels in the high-resolution CCD create superior image quality. Create poster-sized prints without losing a single detail.

30x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom
All the capabilities you need in one compact lens. The 30x optical zoom gets you amazingly close to the action while the 28mm wide-angle lens lets you capture breathtaking panoramas.

3-inch LCD
The huge 3-inch LCD features an extra-wide viewing angle and anti-glare technology for easier composing and shooting even in direct, bright sunlight.

HD Movie 720p
A simple, one-touch button allows you to record movies with amazing clarity in high-definition, right from your camera.

Dual Image Stabilization
Dual Image Stabilization combines Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization with high ISO sensitivity and fast shutter speeds to capture crisp, clear images in any situation.

2 GB Internal Memory
Store more photos and videos than ever before, right in your camera with 2GB of internal memory (usable memory is 1.83GB).

AF Tracking
AF Tracking automatically tracks unpredictable, fast-moving subjects such as kids and pets, and continuously adjusts the focus and brightness so you can capture these photogenic whirlwinds with ease.

Creative Art Filters
Using Creative Art Filters you can give your photos a distinct look and artistic feel by applying one of four different in-camera effects, including Pop Art, Pinhole, Fisheye and Drawing.

Intelligent Auto
The Intelligent Auto setting identifies the scene you're shooting -- portrait, landscape, night portrait, macro, or sport -- and adjusts the settings to optimize results.

Advanced Face Detection
Face Detection automatically focuses on your subjects' faces and optimizes exposure for sharp, brilliant portrait pictures.

In-Camera Panorama
Captures three images and stitches them together to create one amazing panoramic picture by simply pressing the shutter button and slowly panning across a panoramic scene.

Shadow Adjustment
Shadow Adjustment Technology helps you capture scenes exactly as you see them, even in difficult lighting situations--perfect for outside shots in bright sun when dark shadows are prevalent or shooting in backlit situations.

Beauty Mode
Beauty Mode lets you smooth a person’s skin, removing unwanted wrinkles or blemishes. Additionally, make subtle edits, such as slightly emphasizing and brightening the eyes, with a new post-capture feature: Beauty Fix.

Perfect Shot Preview
Using a live, multi-frame window on the LCD, Perfect Shot Preview lets you view the effects of various settings and then select and capture the perfect shot.

• Olympus SP-800UZ Digital Camera
• LI-50B Lithium-Ion Battery (3.7V, 925mAh) .
• Chemistry Lithium-Ion Output Voltage 3.7V Capacity
• Battery Charger
• USB-AC Adapter
• USB 2.0 Cable
• AV Cable
• Lens Cap w/ Lens Cap Strap
• Camera Strap
• 1-Year Olympus Warranty

Imaging Resource has posted their review of the Olympus SP-800UZ with 14 MP resolution (1/2.3 in. CCD), 30x wide-angle optical zoom (28-840mm equiv.), Sensor-shift Image Stabilization, 3.0-in. LCD (230k-dot), Intelligent Auto, P, AF Tracking, Magic Filters, Beauty Mode, Shadow Adjustment technology, Face Detection, In-Camera Panorama stitching, and HD Movie 720p 1080×720 @ 30fps. Read the full Olympus SP-800UZ Review at: Imaging Resource.