Olympus SP-570 UZ Review


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Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

Rotating the Mode dial to the GUIDE position will bring up the built-in Shooting Guide on the LCD screen. There are 16 selections to choose from. The Shooting Guide not only provides detailed descriptions for various shooting environments, but also automatically sets the camera up for that specific situation by pressing "Right" on the 4-way controller.


Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

The Auto record mode is a fully automatic mode that allows the camera to choose all settings (shutter speed, aperture, ISO sensitivity, white balance, etc.), and lets novice users simply select the desired image quality and "point-n-shoot."



Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

Here you can see the Program exposure mode, in the center are the auto focus target marks, and across the bottom is image quality, Fine Quality (10-megapixels) and there's enough space on our xD card for 72 pictures. The "shaky hand symbol" indicates that Image Stabilization is On, and the flash is Off.



Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

When you half-press the shutter release it starts the autofocus process and if it locks you'll get the "focus OK" green icon (top left). If autofocus fails, the green focus indicator will flash.




Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

In Aperture priority mode you select the desired aperture and the camera automatically sets the correct shutter speed. A small aperture (larger f/number) increases the depth of field (range of focus), where a large aperture (smaller f/number) decreases depth of field. Aperture (f/3.3 here) is adjusted by first pressing "Up", then using the "Up and Down" buttons of the 4-way controller. Pressing the "Left and Right" buttons adjusts the exposure compensation. The live viewfinder image displays the effect of the selected exposure compensation value.



Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

Shutter-speed priority mode you select the shutter speed and the camera selects the correct aperture. Select a fast shutter speed to freeze fast-moving subjects or use a slower shutter speed to capture flowing water or low-light subjects. Settings are changed just like Aperture priority mode.



Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

In Manual mode you select both shutter speed (up/down) and aperture value (left/right), the exposure value is displayed constantly (if not 0.0) so you can adjust the values to achieve the proper exposure.



Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

You can access a variety of Scene modes by rotating the Mode dial to the SCN position. As you go through the Scene selections an image depicting the mode is shown and then a brief text explanation of the mode is presented (shown above.) You can choose from 23 different exposure modes: Portrait, Landscape, Landscape & Portrait, Sport, Night Scene, Night & Portrait, Indoor, Candle, Self-Portrait, Available Light Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Multi Fireworks, Cuisine, Behind Glass, Documents, Auction, Shoot & Select1, Shoot & Select2, Beach, Snow, Smile Shot and Quick Shutter.



Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

Pressing the 4-way controller to the right is a shortcut to the cameras flash settings. To the left controls the macro mode and down sets the self timer.



Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

Pressing the OK/FUNC. button will bring up the menu of options shown above.

FUNC. Menu Options:

    White Balance - Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Tungsten (Incandescent), or Fluorescent 1, 2, 3, and Manual set
    ISO - Auto, High, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400 (6400 5MP mode only)
    Metering - ESP, Spot, Evaluative
    Flash - Auto, Red Eye, Forced, Forced Red Eye, Off, Slow Sync, Slow Sync Red Eye, Slow Sync 2
    Drive Mode - Single, Continuous, High-Speed Continuous 1 (Hi1), Hi2, Hi2 with pre-capture,
      AF Continuous (refocus for each shot), Bracketing
    Image Quality - JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG
    Flash Adjust. - ±2 in 1/3 increments
    AF Mode - iESP, Face Detection, Area, Spot
    Image Size - 10M, 5M, 3M, 2M, 1M, VGA, 16:9
    Color - Natural or Vivid
    Compression - Fine or Normal
    Saturation - ±5
    Sharpness - ±5
    Contrast - ±5




Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

Press the MENU button to bring up the Record mode Menu. You can use the shortcut menus to quickly change image resolution, reset all settings to factor defaults, change the scene mode as well as enter the Camera or Setup menus.



Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

The Image Quality Menu offers RAW with or without a duplicate JPEG whose quality you specify, that can be set to any of the camera's resolutions. You can also choose JPEG only mode.



Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom



Camera Menu Options

CAMERA

    White Balance - Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Tungsten (Incandescent), or Fluorescent 1, 2, 3, and Manual
    ISO - Auto, High ISO Auto, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400 (6400 5M)
    Drive Mode - Single, Continuous, High-Speed Continuous 1 (Hi1), Hi2, Hi2 with pre-capture,
      AF Continuous (refocus for each shot), Bracketing
    Fine Zoom - On or Off
    Digital Zoom - Enable or disable digital zoom option
    Metering - ESP, Spot, Evaluative
    AF Mode - iESP, Face Detect, Spot, Area focus modes
    Full Time AF - On or off
    AF Predict - On or off
    AF Illumination - Off or On
    Image Stabilizer - Off or On
    Flash Output - ±2EV in 1/3 EV steps
    Flash unit - Int / Ext, RC, Slave
    Sound - Off or On
    WB Compensation - Adjust the white balance preset being used.
    Picture Mode - Vivid or Natural
    Sharpness - ±5 degrees
    Contrast - ±5 degrees
    Saturation - ±5 degrees
    Noise Reduction - Off or On
    TimeLapse - Off or On
    Conversion Lens - Off or On


Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

SETUP Menu Options

    Format - Format the xD memory card
    Backup - Copy images stored in internal memory to the installed xD memory card.
    Menu Language - English, French, Espanol, Portuguese
    PW ON Setup - Select power up screen animation and sound level
    Menu Color - Normal, Color 1,2,3
    Sound Settings - Beep, Shutter Sound, Camera Sound, Volume
    Rec View - View image immediately after capture on LCD, Off or ON
    Menu Display - LCD only or Current
    Control Panel - On or off
    File Name - Select between Reset and Auto
    Pixel Mapping - Map out bad pixels
    Monitor Brightness - Adjust LCD backlight
    Set Clock - Set time and or date
    Dual Time Setup - On/Off
    Alarm Clock - Daily or One-Time
    Video Out - Video out signal - NTSC or PAL format
    Frame Assist - Toggles frames assist display settings
    Histogram - On/Off
    My Mode Setup - Set preferences of My mode (exposure mode, Exposure Comp, Flash mode, etc.),
      4 sets of settings available
    m/ft - Select unit of measurement (Meters or Feet)
    AEL/AFL Button - AE Lock, AF Lock, AF Lock + AE Lock
    Custom Button - Choose the function of the custom button (IS mode, AF lock, AE, lock,
      Image quality, etc.)
    Manual Focus - Zoom Ring, Dial, right/left buttons
    Sleep - 1, 3, 5, 10 minutes




Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

Movie mode lets you capture VGA (640x480) or QVGA (320x240) resolution motion video at 15fps or 30fps with sound. The length of a movie is limited only by the available memory (2GB max. clip length). If the movie is recorded with sound (enabled via the Rec. Menu), the optical zoom may not be used during recording. However, you can preset the desired focal length before starting to record a movie.


Olympus SP-570 UltraZoom

Movie Function Menu:

    White Balance - Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent 1,2,3, Custom
    Metering - ESP, Center, Spot
    Image Size - VGA, QVGA
    Frame Rate - 15, 30fps
    Saturation - ±5
    Sharpness - ±5
    Contrast - ±5




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