The Olympus SP-350 is mostly gets compared to other compacts and pro digicams. The Olympus SP-350's top rivals come from Canon (such as the ELPH 320 HS and the PowerShot G9) and Olympus (such as the SP-320)
The Olympus SP-350 is mostly gets compared to other compacts and pro digicams. The Olympus SP-350's top rivals come from Canon (such as the ELPH 320 HS and the PowerShot G9) and Olympus (such as the SP-320)
Generally, some of the advantages of the Olympus SP-350 compared to other compact competitors include: it has higher quality type of viewfinder (tunnel vs none) and supports an external flash.
However, on average it has a much narrower wide angle lens (38 mm vs 24 mm), has a slightly smaller screen (2.5" vs 3.2"), has a slightly lower resolution screen (115k dots vs 461k dots), is slightly larger (compact (100×65×35 mm) vs super compact (94×57×21 mm)) and doesn't have image stabilization (none vs lens).
Generally, compared to other pro digicam competitors the Olympus SP-350 has a significantly narrower wide angle lens (38 mm vs 35 mm), has a significantly smaller screen (2.5" vs 3"), has a slightly lower resolution screen (115k dots vs 230k dots), doesn't have image stabilization (none vs lens) and takes slightly lower resolution photos (8.1 MP vs 12 MP).