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[OM] Re: New Oly SP500UZ gets scorched in dpreview

Subject: [OM] Re: New Oly SP500UZ gets scorched in dpreview
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:27:50 -0500
But the main point of the criticism was that the similarly priced 
competition does offer IS and that the camera is non-competitive on that 
point.

Chuck Norcutt

Andrew Fildes wrote:

> Hmmmm...I didn't find the images 'pretty soft' - in fact I thought  
> them sharper than most in this class and certainly on a par with the  
> Canon S2 and Sony H1. There was some colour fringing but nothing  
> unpleasant.
> And, as I'm fond of saying, IS doesn't guarantee sharp results unless  
> you know what you're doing. It's only half the story.
> AndrewF
> 
> 
> On 07/02/2006, at 9:43 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 
> 
>><http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/OlympusSP500UZ/>
>>
>>Bottom line, not a bad camera overall but this is a 10X zoom and in  
>>the
>>10X zoom market you better have image stabilization like your
>>competitors.  This one don't got it.  This one you don't want to  
>>got it
>>either.
>>
>>What does this presage about the E-3 perhaps?  At least the dust  
>>will be
>>destabilized as well.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
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