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| Brand: Olympus
Category: Photography
List Price: $349.99
Buy New: $235.95
You Save: $114.04 (33%)
New (13) Used (5) Refurbished (2) from $195.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 9576
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 18
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 84.24
Minimum Focal Length: 4.68
Maximum Resolution: 7.1
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 3.1 x 5 x 3.1
MPN: 225885
Model: 225885
UPC: 050332159853
EAN: 0050332158238
ASIN: B000LXZKQK
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 The sexiest Camera I have even own !! December 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Out of the box, it was gorgious or handsome at the first look. The zoom is so amazing it is worth the price. I think OLYMPUS will be number one in the digital camera in the near future only with this series digital camera. So many features it has that I spent my whole weekend doing nothing but play with the camera. It is awesome. Bright capture technology works great where I took many picture without flash much brighter than the actual low/dim light. Digital zoom works while sound is on in movie mode. Battery consumption looks efficient so far. I purchased the camera from Dell with Fuji 2G xd M type card. It shows more than 2000 pictures in moderate resolution and more than 1000 in higher resolution. I did not use the whole card to check the capacity. As a new user just keep taking pictures and movies and transfering to my computer in order to be familiar or speedy user. It has PAL/NTSC signal type that really amazed me. Which means when I go to overseas or any Asian countries, I just will switch from NTSC to PAL right in the LCD screen without any signal converter in between. Reading manual is too much heahache for me. But I read many of those and discovered many functions by myself just following the easy navigation LCD screen. Auto focusing should be much better in a camera like 7.1 mega fixel, may be I have to know more for better focusing.
 Great value for a good camera December 13, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased the 550UZ mainly for pix of birds in my backyard and family snaps. Overall, I'm pleased with the quality and performance of the camera. However, a tripod is a must when using the fully extended tele. Being an old film and winder guy, I find the myriad of settings and instructions just a wee confusing. Otherwise, the price (less than $400), long lens, and remote triggering met my expectations.
Great buy December 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After reading tons of reviews for all the ulta zoom cameras, it looked like the Olympus was on top. Although I haven't tried the competition, I love the Olypmus. The 2 things I have struggled with from other digitals and usually not meantioned, are blurry pictures of my kids basketball games, and the yellowing off all the pitures taken indoors.
Olymus has 6 setting for different light sources, when "Scene" mode is seleted. You can switch between selections with the joy stick, and see the diffences before taking the first shot.
The results were awesome, still not a Digital SLR, but My pictueres not yellow, and the pictures of my kids on the court are clear enough to print. I have not mastered all the settings yet (It does have a lot for the user to learn) but the first few days of shooting was great.
The Photos I took of the kids around the Christmas Tree with all the lights out, except the tree lights were very impressive. I even left the flash off.
The movie mode, was clearer than any video I ever took with my old VHS Camcorder. I have only used the highest quality setting so far, but As clear as that was, I'm sure the lower setting, that will give more minutes of taping, will be better than my previous digital cameras.
 Buy the Sony H5 instead November 27, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this camera because of the 18mm - 18x zoom after reading several reviews of the camera. I currently have the Sony H5, with a 35mm - 12x zoom. I was very disappointed in the quality of the photos of the Olympus and sent it back. I did a direct comparison of both cameras, taking identical shots. The Olympus produced soft images that bordered on blurry, with colors more muted than the Sony. The Sony has a 3" LCD screen, which is much nicer than the Olympus 2.5" screen. I thought there would be a big difference between the wide angle and zoom of the two cameras, but the poor picture quality wasn't worth the extra wide angle and zoom (which weren't that different from the Sony after all). Finally, Olympus cameras have a strange flash function- you must manually raise the flash if the flash is needed- it doesn't happen automatically as it does in most other large zoom cameras. If you don't remember to raise the flash, you end up missing the shot. Bottom line- buy the Sony.
 Olympus cameras will corrupt xD cards when using video. November 24, 2007
Olympus cameras will corrupt xD cards when using video. I sent an email which they ignored. I called and was told I had to send the camera back with the card, and a full explanation! I had to pay shipping (camera was 2 months old. They returned the camera and did nothing with the xD card. I called and spoke to a supervisor who said he would ship the card so would have it in 2 days! I got it 10 days later!
Their service stinks Olympus SP-510 Ultra Zoom 7.1MP Digital Camera with Digital Image Stabilized 10x Optical Zoom
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