Olympus SP-500 Ultra Zoom

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The Olympus SP 500 Ultra Zoom is a 6.0-megapixel compact ultra-zoom digital camera introduced by Olympus Corporation in 2005.

It features a 2.5" LCD display, a 10x zoom lens, and 5x digital zoom in a compact lightweight body. It is designed to satisfy the needs of both hobbyist photographers who desire full control over exposure settings and those that need only point and shoot simplicity.

Contents 1 Lens 2 Flash 3 Movies 4 Power Source 5 Sample photos 6 External links

[edit] Lens

The lens is an Olympus aspherical glass zoom lens 6.3 – 63mm. The 10x zoom is equivalent to 38-380mm in 35mm photography.

[edit] Flash

The camera has a built-in manual pop-up flash.

[edit] Movies

Movies with sound can be recorded, the recording time is dependent on the xD card capacity. They are in Quicktime ( .mov) format.

[edit] Power Source

The camera uses 4 AA batteries, which can be rechargeable. The camera also supports an AC aduptor (Olympus aduptor only).

[edit] Sample photos

[edit] External links

• Steve's Digicams: Olympus SP 500 UZ review
• Olympus SP 500 UZ specs