Olympus SP-565 UZ Review
Review Date: January 22nd 2009
Author: Gavin Stoker
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Specifications
| Image Sensor | ||
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| Effective pixels | 10 Megapixels | |
| Filter array | Primary colour filter (RGB) | |
| Full resolution | 10.7 Megapixels | |
| Type | 1/2.33 '' CCD sensor | |
| Lens | ||
| Optical zoom | 20 x (WIDE) | |
| Aspherical glass elements | 4 | |
| Filter diamater | 48.4 mm Use CLA-10 to attach conversion lens. | |
| Focal length | 4.6 - 92.0 mm | |
| Focal length (equiv. 35mm) | 26 - 520 mm | |
| Structure | 14 lenses / 11 groups | |
| Maximum aperture | 2.8 - 4.5 | |
| Digital Zoom | ||
| Enlargment factor | 5 x / 100 x | |
| LCD | ||
| Resolution | 230000 dots | |
| Monitor size | 6.4 cm / 2.5 '' | |
| LCD type | LCD | |
| BrightCapture | Yes | |
| Viewfinder | ||
| Viewfinder type | Electronical viewfinder | |
| Diopter adjustment | Yes | |
| Field of view | Approx. 100 % | |
| Focusing System | ||
| Method | TTL iESP auto focus with contrast detection | |
| Spot focusing | Yes , 143 AF areas selectable | |
| Face Detection AF | Yes | |
| Predictive AF | Yes | |
| Manual focus | Yes | |
| Standard mode | 0.1m - ? (wide) / 1.2m - ? (tele) | |
| Makro mode | 0.1m - ? (wide) / 1.2m - ? (tele) | |
| Super Macro mode | Closest focusing distance: 1 cm | |
| AF illuminator | Yes | |
| Light Metering | ||
| ESP light metering | Yes | |
| Spot metering | Yes | |
| Centre weighted metering | Yes | |
| Histogram in shooting mode | Yes | |
| Exposure System | ||
| My Mode | 4 settings storable | |
| Shutter speed | 1/2 - 1/2000 s / < 8min (Bulb mode) / < 4 s | |
| Exposure compensation | +/- 2 EV / 1/3 steps | |
| Exposure bracketing | 5 frames / +/- 1/3 EV steps | |
| Enhancement function | Image Stabilisation Mode Shadow Adjustment Technology Face Detection Technology |
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| Exposure Modes | ||
| Auto | Yes | |
| Programme automatic | Yes | |
| Aperture priority | Yes | |
| Shutter priority | Yes | |
| Manual | Yes | |
| Scene Modes | ||
| Number of scene modes | 25 | |
| Portrait | Yes | |
| Landscape | Yes | |
| Landscape with Portrait | Yes | |
| Sports | Yes | |
| Night Scene | Yes | |
| Night Scene with portrait | Yes | |
| Indoor | Yes | |
| Candle | Yes | |
| Self-portrait | Yes | |
| Available Light Portrait | Yes | |
| Sunset | Yes | |
| Fireworks | Yes | |
| Multi Fireworks | Yes | |
| Cuisine | Yes | |
| Behind Glass | Yes | |
| Documents | Yes | |
| Auction | Yes | |
| Shoot & Select 1 | Yes | |
| Shoot & Select 2 | Yes | |
| Smile Shot | Yes | |
| Beach | Yes | |
| Snow | Yes | |
| Bird Watching | Yes | |
| Pre-Capturing Movie | Yes | |
| Quick Shutter | Yes | |
| Sensitivity | ||
| Auto | Automatically selected | |
| Manual | ISO 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200*, 6400* * In reduced pixel mode |
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| White Balance | ||
| AUTO WB system | Yes White Balance iESP II | |
| Sunlight | Yes | |
| Overcast | Yes | |
| Tungsten | Yes | |
| Flourescent 1 | Yes | |
| Flourescent 2 | Yes | |
| Flourescent 3 | Yes | |
| Manual White balance (One-Touch) | Yes | |
| White balance adjustment | -7 Red +7 | |
| Internal Flash | ||
| Working range (wide) | 0.3 - 4.5 m (ISO 200) 6.4 m | |
| Working range (tele) | 1.2 - 2.8 m (ISO 200) 4.0 m | |
| Flash compensation | +/- 2 EV | |
| Sequence Shooting | ||
| Sequential shooting mode | 1.2 fps / 7 frames (Full Image Size) | |
| Sequential shooting mode (high speed) | 7 fps / 30 frames (in 3MP mode) 13.5 fps / 30 frames (in 3MP mode) |
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| Interval shooting | Yes | |
| Image Processing | ||
| Noise reduction | Yes | |
| Pixel mapping | Yes | |
| TruePic III | Yes | |
| Shading compensation | Yes | |
| Function Processing | ||
| Panorama | Yes (only with optional Olympus xD-Picture Card) | |
| Movie Processing | ||
| Image Stabilisation Mode | No Sensor shift (with sound off) | |
| Image Editing | ||
| Black & White | Yes | |
| Sepia | Yes | |
| Funny Face | Yes | |
| Face Focus | Yes | |
| Resize | Yes | |
| Trimming | Yes | |
| RAW data edit | Yes | |
| Attach a frame | No | |
| Attach a title | No | |
| Attach a calendar | Yes | |
| Attach a layout | No | |
| Correction of brightness | No | |
| Correction of saturation | No | |
| Correction of colour balance | No | |
| Red-eye reduction | Yes | |
| Light fix | Yes | |
| Movie Edit | ||
| Edit movie | Yes | |
| Index | Yes | |
| View Images | ||
| Calendar | Yes | |
| Album | No | |
| Index | Yes | |
| Zoom | Yes | |
| Slide show | Yes | |
| Rotation | Yes | |
| Histogram in playback mode | Yes | |
| Image protect mode | Yes | |
| Voice playback | Yes | |
| View Movie | ||
| Frame by frame | Yes | |
| Fast forward | Yes | |
| Reverse playback | Yes | |
| Index jump | Yes | |
| Voice playback | Yes | |
| Still Image Recording | ||
| DCF | Yes | |
| RAW | Yes | |
| EXIF | 2.21 | |
| PIM | III | |
| DPS | PictBridge | |
| DPOF | Yes | |
| Movie Recording System | ||
| Recording format | AVI Motion JPEG® | |
| Sound recording | Yes , format: WAV | |
| Movie quality | 640 x 480 / 30 fps Recording time: Up to card capacity 640 x 480 / 15 fps Recording time: Up to card capacity 320 x 240 / 30 fps Recording time: Up to card capacity |
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| Voice Appendage | ||
| Recording format | Wave format | |
| Recording length | 4 s | |
| Memory | ||
| Internal memory | 48 MB | |
| Image Size | ||
| RAW | Yes | |
| 10M | 3648 x 2736 | |
| 5M | 2560 x 1920 | |
| 3M | 2048 x 1536 | |
| 2M | 1600 x 1200 | |
| 1M | 1280 x 960 | |
| VGA | 640 x 480 | |
| 16:9 | 1920 x 1080 | |
| Menu | ||
| Menu languages in camera | 39 languages (Japanese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese (BR + PT), German, Italian, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek, Slovak, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Korean, Simple Chinese, Traditional Chinese,Thai, Arabic, Bulgarian, Romanian, Persian, Indonesian, Hebrew, Malay, Vietnamese) | |
| Interface | ||
| DC input | Yes | |
| Combined A/V & USB output | Yes | |
| USB 2.0 High Speed | Yes | |
| Other Features | ||
| Self timer | Yes | |
| Face Detection Technology | Yes | |
| Perfect Shot Preview | Yes | |
| Mechanical Image Stabilizer | Yes | |
| Guide function | Yes | |
| In-Camera Panorama | Yes | |
| Size | ||
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 116 x 83.3 x 80.8 mm | |
| Weight | 373 g (without battery and card) | |
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