


The left side of the lens is also the least sharp, getting very soft and smeary, particularly in the corners.

With the lens extended there is pincushioning, though it's not as noticeable as the barrel distortion.
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There is no manual white balance.Īt the wide end of the lens there is asymmetrical barrel distortion on the left side. You can then just pick the one that looks best to you. On the upside, the camera's Perfect Shot Preview system lets you easily see how the white-balance settings will look before you shoot. The white balance isn't very good indoors the auto leans toward warm, while the presets are cool. Add in color shifting from noise and noise suppression, and the results are, again, really only suitable for use at small sizes.Ĭolor from the SP-600UZ is generally good, at least at the lower ISOs before noise causes the aforementioned problems.
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(It has mechanical image stabilization, but it didn't seem all that effective when we tried it.) The problem with raising the ISO is that it obliterates fine detail, leaving you with a soft, fuzzy image loaded with yellow blotching from noise. SD/SDHC 1GB internal memory (829MB available)Įxtending the lens, though, may require you to bump up the ISO to keep the shutter speed fast enough to help with motion blur and hand shake. Even if you're considering it for shooting other subjects, you'll probably want to read on just to be certain it'll meet your needs.ġ5x, f3.5-5.4, 28-420mm (35mm equivalent) If you need a camera for those things, I wouldn't buy this Olympus. For the SP-600UZ, that mainly means it doesn't do well in low-light conditions or indoors without a flash and is too slow for regularly shooting moving subjects like kids and pets. However, those expecting excellence at this price will likely be disappointed by this camera's shooting performance and photo quality.
