Feb 15, 2008 20:55
Yousuke Ogasawara, Nikkei Electronics
Olympus Imaging's "CAMEDIA SP-570UZ" compact digital camera features 20x optical zoom and a 10-Mpixel CCD.
Olympus Imaging Corp has announced the "CAMEDIA SP-570UZ," a lens-integrated digital camera featuring a 20X optical zoom and a 10-Mpixel CCD.
Its focal length is 26 to 520mm on a 35mm camera basis. The camera can shoot images up to 3648 x 2736 pixel resolution. Also, it has the capability to record up to 640 x 480 (VGA) resolution video at 30fps. Still images are recorded in DCF compatible JPEG or RAW format.
The new digital camera features three different sequential shooting modes. In "normal mode," the camera supports sequential shooting of about 7 shots at 1.2fps.
"High-speed mode 1," which uses a mechanical shutter, can be only used when the resolution is 2560 x 1920 or lower and allows sequential shooting of approximately 30 shots at 7.2fps. The electronic shutter-based "high-speed mode 2" allows sequential shooting of around 30 shots at roughly 13.5fps when the resolution is 2048 x 1536.
The 18x zoom, 8-Mpixel SP-560UZ, which Olympus released in the fall of 2007, was claimed as is capable of sequential shooting of up to 40 shots at 15fps, but these figures were only achieved with 1280 x 960 resolution and "SQ2" image quality, in which compression rate is slightly high.
Its image sensor is a 1/2.33-inch CCD. A CCD-shift stabilization system is also equipped. In addition to auto mode, sensitivity can be fixed at ISO 64/100/200/400/800/1600 with every image size, or ISO 3200/6400 with 2560 x 1920 or lower resolution.
The zoom ratio can be adjusted with the zoom ring on the lens tube. The F value of the lens extends from 2.8 to 4.5. In addition, 5x and 3x digital zoom is available when shooting still images and video, respectively. "Super macro mode" enables close-up shots of a subject as close as 1cm at minimum.
Both auto focusing and manual focusing are available. As for exposure, full-auto, aperture preferred and shutter preferred modes as well as manual mode can be chosen.
The SP-570UZ is equipped with an electronic viewfinder (EVF) with about 230000-pixel resolution and a 2.7-inch LCD panel with the same resolution. A flash unit is housed, but external flash devices can also be connected to its hot shoe.
It uses the xD-Picture Card to record images. No memory card is included in the package. Supported capacity is 16M to 2 Gbytes. The main unit houses about 45-Mbyte built-in memory.
The camera uses four AA alkaline batteries or four AA NiMH (nickel metal hydride) secondary batteries. Battery life allows about 390 shots on average on a CIPA test standards basis. Excluding projections, the camera measures 118.5 x 87.5 x 84mm and weighs 445g excluding batteries and a memory card.
Its market debut is slated for March 6, 2008. There is no MSRP, but Olympus expects street pricing to be around ¥60,000 (US$554). Positioning the SP-570UZ as the high-end model of the SP series, the company will continue to sell its predecessor, the SP-560UZ.
Yousuke Ogasawara, Nikkei Electronics
Olympus Imaging's "CAMEDIA SP-570UZ" compact digital camera features 20x optical zoom and a 10-Mpixel CCD.
Olympus Imaging Corp has announced the "CAMEDIA SP-570UZ," a lens-integrated digital camera featuring a 20X optical zoom and a 10-Mpixel CCD.
Its focal length is 26 to 520mm on a 35mm camera basis. The camera can shoot images up to 3648 x 2736 pixel resolution. Also, it has the capability to record up to 640 x 480 (VGA) resolution video at 30fps. Still images are recorded in DCF compatible JPEG or RAW format.
The new digital camera features three different sequential shooting modes. In "normal mode," the camera supports sequential shooting of about 7 shots at 1.2fps.
"High-speed mode 1," which uses a mechanical shutter, can be only used when the resolution is 2560 x 1920 or lower and allows sequential shooting of approximately 30 shots at 7.2fps. The electronic shutter-based "high-speed mode 2" allows sequential shooting of around 30 shots at roughly 13.5fps when the resolution is 2048 x 1536.
The 18x zoom, 8-Mpixel SP-560UZ, which Olympus released in the fall of 2007, was claimed as is capable of sequential shooting of up to 40 shots at 15fps, but these figures were only achieved with 1280 x 960 resolution and "SQ2" image quality, in which compression rate is slightly high.
Its image sensor is a 1/2.33-inch CCD. A CCD-shift stabilization system is also equipped. In addition to auto mode, sensitivity can be fixed at ISO 64/100/200/400/800/1600 with every image size, or ISO 3200/6400 with 2560 x 1920 or lower resolution.
The zoom ratio can be adjusted with the zoom ring on the lens tube. The F value of the lens extends from 2.8 to 4.5. In addition, 5x and 3x digital zoom is available when shooting still images and video, respectively. "Super macro mode" enables close-up shots of a subject as close as 1cm at minimum.
Both auto focusing and manual focusing are available. As for exposure, full-auto, aperture preferred and shutter preferred modes as well as manual mode can be chosen.
The SP-570UZ is equipped with an electronic viewfinder (EVF) with about 230000-pixel resolution and a 2.7-inch LCD panel with the same resolution. A flash unit is housed, but external flash devices can also be connected to its hot shoe.
It uses the xD-Picture Card to record images. No memory card is included in the package. Supported capacity is 16M to 2 Gbytes. The main unit houses about 45-Mbyte built-in memory.
The camera uses four AA alkaline batteries or four AA NiMH (nickel metal hydride) secondary batteries. Battery life allows about 390 shots on average on a CIPA test standards basis. Excluding projections, the camera measures 118.5 x 87.5 x 84mm and weighs 445g excluding batteries and a memory card.
Its market debut is slated for March 6, 2008. There is no MSRP, but Olympus expects street pricing to be around ¥60,000 (US$554). Positioning the SP-570UZ as the high-end model of the SP series, the company will continue to sell its predecessor, the SP-560UZ.
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