Olympus SP-560 UltraZoom
8.0 megapixels
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User Score (60)8.8
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Expert Score (13)8.0
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Design (9)7.8
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Value for money (15)8.3
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Features (16)9.4
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Ease of use (13)8.0
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Performance (2)7.7
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Picture quality (3)8.0
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Manufacturer's Specs
Image Sensor
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Effective pixels8 Megapixels
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Filter arrayPrimary colour filter (RGB)
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Full resolution8.5 Megapixels
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Type1/2.3 '' CCD sensor
Lens
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Optical zoomWide 18 x
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Aspherical glass elements4
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Filter diamater48.4 mm Use CLA-10 to attach conversion lens.
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Focal length4.7 - 84.2 mm
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Focal length (equiv. 35mm)27 - 486 mm
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Structure14 lenses / 11 groups
Get as close to your subject as you want with the 8.0 Megapixel Olympus SP-560 UZ. Picking out hard-to-capture motifs like birds in trees or the kids on the football field is made easy with an 18x…
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Olympus SP-560 UZ
Reviewer: CNET01 April 2008- Overall 7
Olympus' 8-megapixel superzoom generally improves over its SP-550 UZ predecessor, but suffers from many of the same problems Read more
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Reviewer: Cameras08 January 2008
- Overall 8
"My tests shots were a bit mixed. It is true this camera has a very long lens, but personally I would like to see more emphasis on picture quality and less on technology." Read more
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Olympus SP-560UZ
Reviewer: TrustedReviews21 December 2007- Overall 9
- Value for money 8
- Features 10
- Picture quality 8
. While I was impressed by its design and huge list of features, I was less impressed by its image quality, especially considering its hefty £320 price tag. I guess I wasn't alone in my opinion, because in October Olympus launched this, the 8.1-megapixel SP-560UZ, a more powerful and even more ambitious take on the compact super-zoom concept, which features several important improvements over the earlier model, and a big improvement in the price. The SP-560UZ is alrea... Read more
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Reviewer: Linda, Pixmania21 June 2008
- Overall 9
Great camera, have printed amazing pictures from it both at home and professionally printed. Would recommend this to anyone interested in taking up photography as a hobby. Read more
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FANTASTIC CAMERA - but read the instructions!
Reviewer: C. Shepherd "Radiotone", Amazon18 January 2008- Overall 10
First up, I've been a lifelong Olympus person, OM1, OM2, XA, various compact & superzoom compacts before turning to digital with Olympus 4000 & now the SP-560. The SP-560 is a great little camera, and the digital camera I'd been waiting for, as it does so much within a small package. BUT, read the instructions and get to know the camera before using it for something important (such as a wedding etc!!). I'd never used my first digital camera on any other setting than A... Read more
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