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Olympus SZ-30MR
Editor's Review
The SZ-30MR is the latest Olympus superzoom, packing a 24x zoom and simultaneous 1080p video/16mp photo recording. It's a significant redesign from their SP line of past years, and looks like it might be one of the thinnest superzooms ever (though still a bit too chunky to be a compact zoom). It's a CMOS-backed camera, which should help boost its high-ISO image quality and will also allow for a speedy burst mode -- 9fps, according to Olympus. Most of these specs are in line with the current superzoom crop, though we're very impressed by the simultaneous video/still capture. As with most CMOS-backed cameras, we expect image quality to be a bit "soft" throughout the focal range -- that's just a side effect of the sensor type, but the bloated megapixel count won't help the cause. It's in the same boat with a lot of cameras this year, and at first glance, it seems to have enough separating it from the pack to possibly gain some extra attention.
Specifications
- 16 megapixels
- Backside-illuminated CMOS sensor
- 24x optical zoom
- 25 wide-angle
- Optical image stabilization (sensor-shift)
- 3-inch LCD (460k pixels)
- 1080p HD video
- Simultaneously record video and stills
- 9fps burst shooting
- Magic Art filters
- Max ISO 6400
- 3D image capture
- HDMI out
- Captures to SD/SDHC/SDXC cards
- Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Release Date: May 15, 2011
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Great camera, great options! sharpness of pictures is ok, but the most fantastic is the quality of the pictures without cflash isnside the house, even in darker situation!
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