Olympus SP-510 Digital Camera Review

Olympus SP-510

Digital Camera Review

The UZ in the Olympus SP-510 UZ stands for Ultra zoom, and with a long 10x zoom lens, it seems appropriate. With a resolution of 7.1 megapixels, the Olympus SP-510 UZ (which is an update to the SP-500 UZ) sounds like a steal at $329.99. Armed with an impressive set of features including image stabilization, a decent movie mode, long battery life and an extremely high maximum ISO setting of 4000, it seems like SP-510 UZ could be a strong value.
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Value
At a price of $329.99, the SP-510 UZ is well priced. There are a number of cameras that shoot at higher resolutions, but you pay a big premium for jumping from 7.1 megapixels to 10 when you may not need the extra. The larger size of the SP-510 UZ may put off some, but those who like to get close to the action with sports or wildlife will love the 10X zoom.

Who it’s For
Point-and-Shooters - Although it can be used as a point-and-shoot camera, it isn’t a good pick for these users: too many features and buttons to control them.

Budget Consumers – The SP-510 UZ is well priced for budget users who want the long zoom without paying a fortune for it.

Gadget Freaks – Although it does have some fancy features, there really aren’t enough gee-whizz things here to attract the gadget magpies.

Manual Control Freaks – The manual mode is reasonably easy to use, but real photographers (or at least ones who think they are real photographers) prefer cameras with dials instead of buttons.

Pros / Serious Hobbyists – Pros will despair of any camera that offers something as insulting as scene modes, but it might make a good pick for a second camera to use for casual shooting.
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