Olympus SP-560 UZ cnet.com User Reviews

The successor to the SP-550, the 560 fixes many of the niggles and deficiencies of the earlier...

Hanldes and feels great. A wide variety of superb features. The one that sold me flat is the field...

Although i do not consider myself a cam expert, i have taken many, many pics with my old and...

I still don't know how to use all the features but so far this camera is great. I did not want to...

I want to compare this camara to the Canon S3/5 IS but can't because CNET hasn't done the review. ...

Purchased camera at much lower rate from this store. They have delayed me time and time again on...

I have bought approximately 12 digital camera... 

Superlong, yet wide lens ; manual exposure controls ; good body design ; supports wireless flash

Softness and noise hurt picture quality ; middling performance

Olympus' 8-megapixel ultrazoom generally improves over the SP-550UZ, but suffers from many of the same problems.

I want to compare this camara to the Canon S3... 

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If you need a mega zoom and want to avoid the... 

Shooting raw images for more experienced, auto settings for less experienced, excellent images, not clumsy for such a large lens, overall a great experience.

For me, the battery life was not great, so I had to carry extra AA batteries. Also, I took a little spill at Glacier National Park and had a mild concussion. The camera fared far worse, so I'm thinking of upgrading to the SP-570.