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Sports & Outdoors

March 2009

SP-560 Ultra Zoom

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Key Features
  • DualShakeProof
  • NightProof
  • EditProof
  • Face Detection
  • WideAngle
  • World's Biggest Zoom

    With an 18x zoom range that extends from 27mm wide angle to 486mm super telephoto the SP-560UZ covers the widest focal-length range of any compact digital camera in the world today. Thanks to its super telephoto power, users can capture the look of concentration on a football player's face as he prepares for a penalty kick, or the smiles of children waiting for the start of a school athletic event. By combining the power of an 18x optical zoom lens with the digital zoom function, users can enjoy up to 100x zoom (2700mm) which is even powerful enough to capture frame-filling images of the moon.

    Dual Shakeproof Image Stabilisation

    To reduce camera shake and subject motion blurring that tend to be a problem at high telephoto settings, the SP-560UZ is also equipped with state-of-the-art Sensor-Shift Image Stabilisation and high ISO sensitivity. As a result, you can experience fewer missed shots when working in low light or with active subjects, and can obtain sharper, clearer images even at high telephoto settings.

    Face Detection and Shadow Adjust Technology

    Olympus Face Detection and Shadow Adjust ensures sharp focus on the subject's face, and displays a green frame on the LCD monitor to indicate when faces are detected. It also recognises when there are no people in the frame, and automatically adjusts the focus and exposure accordingly. The result of the adjustments is displayed in real-time on the LCD screen, making it easy for users to see how the main subject and background will appear in the captured image.

    World's fastest high-speed continuous shooting

    Thanks to the high speed of its CCD sensor response, the SP-560UZ offers the world's fastest continuous shooting speed of 15 frames per second. It's a great way to capture football goals, golf swings, or any other fast-moving subject, and enables users to pick the best shot from the series. The maximum number of frames that can be taken at this speed has also been increased from 20 to 40, enabling longer shooting sequences than ever before. In addition, the Pre-Capture function reduces the number of missed photo opportunities by automatically capturing 10 frames in the camera's buffer memory immediately prior to shutter release.


Specifications

Product Name SP-560UZ
Image Sensor 1/2.35"
Effective Pixels 8.0MP
Optical Zoom 18 x
Digital Zoom 5.6 x / 100.8 x combined with optical zoom
Fine Zoom 1.5 x / 27 x combined with optical zoom with 3 MP output
DualShakeProof Yes: higher ISO & CCD Shift Image Stabiliser
NightProof Nightproof LCD for easy framing at night - ISO up to 6400 for vibrant colours at night
Face Detection Yes
Perfect Shot Preview Yes
Shadow Adjust Technnology Yes
EditProof Perfect Fix for Red-eye fix and Lighting fix
Wide Angle 27mm Wide Angle Lens
Lens Structure 14 lenses in 11 groups; 4 aspherical lenses & 2 ED lenses
Lens Focal Length - 35mm Format 27mm - 486mm
Lens Maximum Aperture 2.8 (wide) / 4.5 (tele)
Aperture Priority Yes
Shutter Priority Yes
Focusing System TTL iESP auto focus with contrast detection
Focusing Working Range 70cm - infinity
Focusing Macro Mode 20cm - infinity (wide), 60cm - infinity (tele)
Focusing Super Macro Mode From as close as 1cm
Viewfinder Electronic
LCD Display - size 2.5"
LCD Display - pixels 230,000
Flash Settings Auto, Red-eye reduction, Fill-in, Fill-in+Red eye reduction, Slow synchro, Off
Flash working range Up to 2270cm (wide), Up to 1410cm (tele)
External Flash No
Scene Programs Number of Scene Modes: 25 Portrait, Landscape, Landscape + Portrait, Sport, Night Scene, Night + Portrait, Indoor, Candle, Self Portrait, Available Light Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Cuisine, Behind Glass, Documents, Auction, Shoot & Select 1, Shoot & Select 2, Smile Shot, Beach, Snow, Underwater Wide 1, Underwater Wide 2, Underwater Macro, Shutter Chance
Shutter Speed 1/2 s - 1/2000s (up to 4 sec. in night mode); Manual 15 - 1/2000s
Flash Sequence Shooting - Normal 1.2fps
Flash Sequence Shooting - High Speed 7fps (3MP output); 15fps (1.2MP output)
Light Metering Mode iESP, Spot, Centre
Compensation +/- 2 EV in 1/3 EV steps
Sensitivity ISO 50 - 6400
Panorama Yes, with an Olympus xD card
White Balance Mode White Balance iESP II
White Balance Adjustment -7 Red ~ +7 Blue
White Balance Preset Overcast, Sunlight, Tungsten, Fluorescent 1 - 3
Still Picture Mode RAW JPEG EXIF v 2.21 PIM III DPOF
Image Size 3264 x 2448 3264 x 2176 (3:2) 2560 x 1920 2304 x 1728 2048 x 1536 1920 x 1080 (16:9) 1600 x 1200 1280 x 960 1024 x 768 640 x 480
Recording System Motion Picture AVI Motion JPEG with sound
Recording Time Up to 10 sec continuous in SHQ mode, Up to 29 min continuous in HQ/SQ mode, dependent on memory card capacity
Resolution SHQ: 640 x 480 30fps HQ: 320 x 240 15fps SQ: 160 x 120 15fps
Recording System Sound WAVE
Motion Picture Playback Mode Still, Frame by Frame, Fast Forward, Reverse, Index Play, Voice Playback, Movie Edit, Still Image Cropping, Index
Self Timer 12 sec / 2 sec
Supplied Memory 47MB Internal Memory
Memory Compatibility 16MB ~ 2GB xD
Rechargeable Battery AA NiMH batteries may be used (BU-90SA kit may be purchased)
Power C-8AC AC adapter
USB CB-USB6
AV CB-VC3
Direct Printing PictBridge
Dimensions 116mm x 78.5mm x 78mm
Weight 365g
Box Contents Strap, 4 x AA Alkaline Batteries, USB Cable (CB-USB6), AV Cable (CB-VC3), Olympus Master Software v2.0, Worldwide Warranty Card
RRP $ 499.00