Olympus SP-600 UZ

Olympus SP-600 UZ
Super zoom Super zoom
February, 2010

Summary Olympus SP-600 UZ

Prices Price
Camera only $305
all SP-600 UZ prices
Score Snapsort rank
Within its price range #n/a of 17 Among similar cameras #n/a of 32
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Specifications Key specs
Zoom Help 15x Screen size Help 2.7"
Aperture Help f/3.5 Screen resolution Help 230k dots
Wide angle Help 28 mm Movie format Help 720p @ 30fps
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Olympus SP-600 UZOlympus SP-600 UZ

Replacement

Olympus has replaced the SP-600 UZ with the SP-610 UZ.

Olympus SP-610 UZ
Olympus SP-610 UZ announced February, 2011
Image stabilization Image stabilization
Screen size Significantly larger screen
Zoom More zoom

Compare the new Olympus SP-610 UZ vs the SP-600 UZ

Pros

The Olympus SP-600 UZ vs other recent digicams

Macro focus Good macro Help
1 cm
Continuous shooting Rapid fire Help
10 fps

The Olympus SP-600 UZ vs other recent super zooms

Weight Light Help
455 g

Cons

The Olympus SP-600 UZ vs other recent digicams

Movie format HD movies Help
720p @ 30fps
Size Quite large Help
Prosumer size 110x90x91 mm
Light sensitivity Poor maximum light sensitivity Help
1,600 ISO
Touch screen No touch screen Help
More buttons
Thickness Thick Help
3.6"
Announced Old Help
February, 2010
Longest exposure Short exposures Help
1/2 of a second
Screen resolution Low resolution screen Help
230k dots
Sensor type Sensor type Help
CCD
Panorama Lacks in-camera panoramas Help
You could stitch photos in post
HDR Lacks in-camera HDR Help
You could do HDR manually
3D Doesn't take 3D photos Help
No 3d support
Weight Very heavy Help
455 g
Lowest price Expensive Help
$304.99

The Olympus SP-600 UZ vs other recent super zooms

Aperture Narrow aperture Help
f/3.5
Wide angle Poor wide angle lens Help
28 mm
Screen size Small screen Help
2.7"
Screen flips out Fixed screen Help
Less flexible
Supports RAW No RAW support Help
Less editing fidelity
Light sensitivity (boost) Lacks boost light sensitivity Help
None
Zoom Very poor zoom Help
15x
Image stabilization No image stabilization Help
Risk of blur
External mic jack Lacks an external mic jack Help
Limited to the in-camera mic
Viewfinder Can only preview photos on the screen Help
None
External flash No external flash Help
Less expandable
Popularity Not so popular Help
Among snapsort users

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Avatar for bronhilda bronhilda (8:19 AM, April 01, 2010)
Why does not the camera viewfinder (a hole for the eye)? It really lowers its quality. Too bad. In my humble opinion the 590 was 1000 times better. (Apart from the resolution and zoom). Thank you.