The excellent 7.1-megapixel Olympus SP-550 UZ features the largest optical zoom available on a point-and-shoot camera. Even so, because of a few shortcomings, this fantastic feat of engineering isn't ...

The Olympus SP-550 UZ is definitely cock of the walk in the long-zoom-camera category at PMA 2007. The ultra-zoom (UZ) wide-angle (28-504mm in 35mm photography) lens carries an optical zoom up to 18X.

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Get up close and personal in a whole new way. With the world�s first wide 18x optical zoom, the Olympus SP-550 UZ accepts no limits, bringing photographers closer to distant subjects than ever ...

Dp review’s published some details on 8 new Olympus cams. This is the one with the 18x zoom that gives it the focal equivalent of a 28-504mm piece of glass. The camera is built arounda 7.1-megapixel ...

A strong competitor in the 18x zoom category, the Olympus SP-560 UZ has the same 18x optical zoom lens and lens shift plus ISO boosting image stabiliser as its predecessor, the SP-550 UZ. However its ...

With a whopping 18X optical-zoom lens and image stabilization, there's a lot to like about the Olympus SP-550 UZ, but a few features need to be enhanced for it to become king of the superzooms.

The just-announced 7.1 megapixel Olympus SP-550 UZ (MSRP: $499.00) is certain to get people talking long before it hits the shelves. Why? Because its lens is long, but not just long — loooooooooong is ...

All of the sample images in this Review were captured using the 7MP, SHQ 3072 x 2304 JPEG setting, producing a file that is between 3.5-4Mb. The Olympus SP-550 UZ has 8 ISO settings from 50-5000.

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With an asking price of 375 in the UK, which is similar to what some retailers are now asking for body-only DSLR deals, potential purchasers of the Olympus SP-550 UZ face a hard choice particularly ...

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