Olympus SP-570UZ

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Are you looking for a cute little compact digital camera that thinks it?s a nice big-boy SLR? Do you want power and control behind those buttons? The Olympus SP-570UZ would be the camera to buy! He's a little guy with a big heart, ready to please and satisfy even the most judgmental amongst us.

Powered by four AA batteries, this camera packs a lot of punch! There is full manual control as you set your own exposure, aperture and timing to capture most any subject you can think of. With its wide range ISO from 64 through 6400, you can shoot in any type of lighting situation and still come out with a clear image. The focus range is absolutely phenomenal as the SP-570UZ carries a zoom lens that allows you to use normal and macro settings. In normal wide-angle mode you can shoot from 3.9" to infinity and normal telephoto will get you 47" outward. In macro you can get to within 0.4" on out. Shutter speeds range from 1/2000 of a second to fifteen seconds, and while in bulb setting you can leave the lens open for a whole eight minutes. You can shoot in bursts of 13.5fps and with pre-capture you can freeze any moment in time. No built-in flashes here, you have a hotshoe for an external flash hook up, or you can choose the optional wireless flash accessory. Raw and jpg formats are the options for shooting. Raw will offer you clearer, crisper and larger images while jpg is more versatile as it is used worldwide. You can also shoot AVI motion jpg movies for uploading to share or to cherish.

If you do not have much experience in aspects of photography such as focusing, lighting, and white balance, you need not worry. This model has automatic (almost) everything so that all you need to do is tell it what you're shooting and it will program itself on all the settings so that you can still produce works of art without having to spend years in the field. The focus system has contrast detection to allow for correct of light and dark areas so that detail is always present. The autofocus modes include spot, face detection, full-time, selective and predictive. You can tell the camera where you want your focus to be, it will detect what you want it to detect and you're ready to shoot the picture. White balance automation is set for daylight, overcast, tungsten or fluorescent lighting. What mode do you shoot in for what scene? The SP-570UZ has thirty-one shooting modes that include automatic and manual controls. Scene modes are numerous, as well. These include portrait, landscape, available light, behind glass, snow, beach, and sports. You can shoot slow and pretty or fast and furious.

Reviews laud the comfortable ease of use camera, ready to be used by anyone from your technologically challenged grandmother to your four year old grandson that knows computers better than he knows the sandbox. The Olympus SP-570 UZ's menu navigation is simple and easily understandable, so there is no guesswork on how to operate the camera. Young or old, this is the perfect purchase to make!