Digital Trends

Olympus SP-500

December 12th, 2005 | by David Elrich

Key Features

Image Sensor Type  CCD 
 
Resolution  6.37 Megapixel 
 
Optical Zoom  10x 
 
Camera Type  Standard Point and Shoot 
Lens
Interchangeable Lens  Without Interchangeable Lens 
 
Optical Zoom  10x 
 
35mm Zoom Lens  38 - 380 mm 
 
Digital Zoom  5x 
 
Focus Type  Autofocus & Manual Focus 
 
Focus Range  23.62 in. to Infinity (w) / 78.74 in. to Infinity (t) 
 
Macro Focus Range  1.18 - 23.62 in. (w) / 47.24 - 78.74 in. (t) 
 
Focal Length  6.3 - 63 mm 
Image Quality
Camera Resolution  6.37 Megapixel 
 
Image Resolutions  640 x 480 - 2816 x 2112 - 2592 x 1944 - 2288 x 1712 - 2048 x 1536 - 1600 x 1200 - 1280 x 960 - 1024 x 768 
Video
Video Resolutions  320 x 240 (QVGA) 
 
Video Speed  30 fps 
 
Video Format  AVI - QuickTime - Motion JPEG 
Exposure Control
ISO Speeds  Auto - 100 - 200 - 400 - 80 
 
Aperture Range  f2.8/f3.7 (w/t) 
 
Shutter Speed  15 - 1/1000 sec 
 
White Balance  Auto - Daylight / Sunny (Preset) - Fluorescent (Preset) - Tungsten (Preset) - Sunset (Preset) - Overcast (Preset) 
 
Frames Per Second  1.75 Frames 
Storage
Memory Type  Built-in - xD Picture Card 
 
Built-in Memory Size  10 MB 
 
Compression Type  JPEG - Raw Image 
Flash
Flash Type  Built-In 
 
Flash Functions  Flash Off - Auto Flash - Fill-in Flash - Red-eye Reduction Flash 
Viewfinder / Display
Viewfinder  Digital 
 
LCD Panel  With LCD Panel 
 
LCD Panel Size  2.5 in. 
 
LCD Screen Resolution  115,000 pixels 
 
LCD Protected Position  Without LCD Protected Position 
Interfaces
Interface Type  USB 2.0 
 
Video Interface  Video Out 
Power Supply
Battery Type  4 x AA Batteries 
Included Features
Self Timer  12 Sec. 
 
Built-in Microphone  With Built-in Microphone 
System Requirements
Operating System  Apple Mac OS X - Microsoft Windows 2000 - Microsoft Windows 98SE - Microsoft Windows ME - Microsoft Windows XP 
Dimensions
Width  4.15 in. 
 
Depth  2.8 in. 
 
Height  2.93 in. 
 
Weight  0.63 lb.