Olympus SP-500
December 12th, 2005 | by David Elrich
Full Review - Conclusion
Conclusions The 10x Olympus SP-500UZ is in the thick of a tough fight with Canon, Kodak, Konica-Minolta and Sony, all battling for photographers who want powerful zooms that are great for all-around use, especially vacations. It has some good things going for it and some negatives. Most you can live with but I had a tough time dealing with the uneven focusing. When I started this review, I used a baseball metaphor and I may as well continue, courtesy of Ernest Lawrence Thayer: “There is no joy in Melville, Mighty Casey has struck out.” (For those who don't get this inside baseball joke, Olympus HQ are in Melville, NY, not Mudville.—Ed.) Pros Cons
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by Thomas on January 18, 2006:
“I bought this camera after doing some research and thought it might be a good deal for the money being as it is a 6mp. This camera is not even a good point and shoot! No image stabilization and a shutter speed of 1/1000. Even in the sport mode in full daylight...” More...