Olympus SP-600UZ

" With its 15x wide-angle zoom and one-touch HD movie recording feature, the SP-600UZ is one seriously sophisticated camera. But don't let its big capabilities fool you. The SP-600UZ is truly compact, making it the perfect travel companion for weekend getaways, and everyday snapshots."

- Olympus -

More Zoom in a Smaller Stylish Package

The SP-600UZ featuring a 15x wide-angle optical-zoom lens into an even slimmer premium body. With f2.8 (W) / f5.6 (T) wide-angle lenses providing the equivalent of 28-420mm focal length on the SP-600UZ, users can get closer to the action with a more compact super telephoto-zoom 28mm wide-angle lens that captures even more in each frame. The wide-angle lens makes it easy to take a picture of the entire stadium, while the powerful zoom lets you focus on your favorite player. Whether capturing fast-action, life's everyday snapshots or HD videos, the SP cameras provide the versatility to get the job done like never before.

HD Videos and HDMI Control for a Home Theater Experience

The SP-600UZ shoots gorgeous 720p HD videos, so you'll always capture the moments you cherish in clear, crisp high definition. And with new HDMI Control, playback is also a breeze. Gone are the days of friends and family huddling around your camera's LCD to see the pictures and movies you just captured. Now, you'll be the hit of the party or any family function when you proudly display your brilliant images and videos on high-definition televisions. Simply connect the camera to an HDTV with an HDMI™ cable, which can be purchased separately at any consumer electronics store. With HDMI Control, you can use your HDTV's remote to control playback functions and navigate the camera's menus from the comfort of your couch.

Lock Onto the Action with AF Tracking

AF Tracking technology locks in-focus your fast-moving subject – everything from house cats to Siberian tigers – and continuously adjusts focus and brightness. This enables you to keep fast-moving and unpredictable subjects like small children in focus for the perfect shot. There's even a specially designed “Pet Mode” for animal lovers.

Express Your Inner Artist with Magic Filter

In-camera Art Filters debuted on Olympus E-System cameras last year. A similar feature, entitled Magic Filter, has been developed for the new SP cameras. Magic Filter enables the user to enhance and customize images as they're being captured. This translates into more fun and flexibility as customization is no longer limited to using expensive and time-consuming computer software.

The new Magic Filter includes:

Beauty Mode Makes Everyone Look Great

Taking beautiful portraits is easy with the Beauty Mode. It enables you to soften shadows and smooth wrinkles or blemishes on your subject's face – all in the camera and before capture! Additionally, subtle edits can be made post-capture using the Beauty Fix mode. Choose “Clear Skin” to smooth a person's complexion, “Dramatic Eye” to slightly emphasize the eyes and “Sparkle Eye” to brighten and enhance the contrast of the iris and pupils. You also can apply all three edits at once. Have fun customizing your brilliant images without a PC and costly image-editing software.

Shadow Adjustment Technology Captures Bright Right

Shooting outdoors in bright daylight can be tricky because of the extreme contrast between dark shadowed areas and bright sunlight areas. While the human eye is capable of detecting the nuances between dark and light and all the details in between, image sensors traditionally have not been quite as sensitive. The SP-600UZ address this challenge head-on with a new Shadow Adjustment Technology, which compensates for extreme contrast where the shadow areas are underexposed and lack visible detail. With the new technology, users can preview and capture images that have the same contrast as seen with the naked eye.

TruePic™ III Image Processor Delivers Superior Quality and Performance

Whether you are globetrotting or attending a family birthday party, the SP-600UZ offers a 14-megapixel image sensor, enabling consumers to achieve consistently sharp and vivid images when producing large-format prints or cropping/enlarging a portion of an image. Olympus developed its exclusive TruePic III image processor for the demanding performance of digital SLR (single lens reflex) cameras and has migrated the technology to the SP cameras for amazing image quality. Olympus' enhanced TruePic III Image Processor produces crystal clear photos using all the pixel information for each image to deliver superior picture quality with more accurate colors, true-to-life flesh tones and faster processing speeds. TruePic III also captures crisp, clear images at high ISO settings, which are traditionally associated with increasing image noise or producing grainy photos.

Cut Out the Blur with Dual Image Stabilization

Dual Image Stabilization combines two technologies – mechanical Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization and Digital Image Stabilization – to provide one powerful anti-blur solution for capturing great images whether the photographer or the subject is moving. Olympus' mechanical Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization keeps images sharp by adjusting the internal image sensor to compensate for camera movement, even in low-light conditions when shutter speeds are slower. Additionally, Digital Image Stabilization freezes the action with high ISO sensitivity and fast shutter speeds that prevent blurry images often caused by a moving subject.

Easier Group Shots with Face Detection!

Wedding, birthday and family reunion group shots have never been easier with Face Detection. SP cameras detect up to 16 faces within the frame and automatically focus and optimize exposure to capture sharp, brilliant portraits and group shots.

Intelligent Auto Thinks for You

Taking a moonlit stroll on the beach? With the Intelligent Auto Mode in the SP cameras your camera knows and it automatically identifies what you are shooting (i.e., Portrait, Night + Portrait, Landscape, Macro and Sports) and adjusts the camera's settings to capture the best quality results. First-time users can jump into this quick and hassle-free feature that does the thinking for them and produces incredible images.

Broaden Your Horizons with In-Camera Panorama

The places you can take SP cameras – national parks, weddings, sporting events or city streets – are locations where you want to capture as much of the scene as you can. In-Camera Panorama mode makes it possible by capturing three images and stitching them together to create one amazing panoramic picture. Simply press the shutter button and slowly pan across a panoramic scene. The second and third images will be captured automatically and stitched together with the first image – resulting in one seamless panorama-size picture. To create the ultimate panoramic picture, consumers can use the Olympus [ib] Software to stitch up to 10 images together.

Large High-Resolution LCD

The SP-600UZ boasts a bright 2.7-inch advanced high-resolution LCD monitor.

OLYMPUS [ib] Software, Photo Surfing and Eco Friendly In-Camera Manual

All Spring 2010 digital compact cameras, including the SP series, will offer the new OLYMPUS [ib] integrated photo browsing and organizing software. The new software includes photography workflow, browsing, editing and unique photo organizing functions. You can organize your photos by person with automatic face recognition technology, by place with a GPS base mapping function or by event; all information will be tagged in each photo's data. You can easily view photos on an HDTV or on the camera's LCD with the Photo Surfing or Slideshow functions. The name [ib] stands for imaging bridging, imaging browsing and image brightening. The new software will be available for Windows operating systems only.

The new SP cameras will come equipped with the instruction manual saved on the cameras' new internal memory. This translates into easily referencing instructions while shooting on the go. The internal memory also enables in-camera image playback in an organized fashion.

Image Sensor	12 Megapixels (effective), 1/2.3"
Focal Length/Lens Configuration	5.0 – 75.0mm (28 – 420mm equivalent in 35mm photography)
Zoom	15x Optical Zoom + 5x Digital Zoom
Aperture Range	f3.5 (W) / f5.4 (T)
Display	2.7" LCD, 230,000 dots 2 Steps Brightness Adjustment
Focus System	CCD Contrast Detection
Focus Range (from lens surface)	Normal mode: Wide: 5.9" – infinity (0.15m – infinity); Tele: 70.9" – infinity (1.8m – infinity) Macro mode: Wide: 5.9" – infinity (0.15m – infinity); Tele: 70.9" – infinity (1.8m – infinity) Super Macro mode: 0.39" – 4.72" (0.01m – 0.12m)
Focus Mode	iESP Auto, Spot AF, Face Detection AF, AF Tracking
Shutter Speed	1/2000 sec. –1/2 sec. (up to 4 sec. in Night Scene mode)
ISO Sensitivity (SOS: Standard Output Sensitivity)	Auto, High Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
Exposure Metering	Digital ESP Metering, Spot Metering, Face Detection AE (when Face Detection AF is selected)
White Balance Control	Auto, Presets (Daylight, Overcast, Tungsten and 3 Fluorescents)
Exposure Compensation	±2 EV steps in 1/3 EV steps
Image File Format	Still Image: JPEG Movie: MP4
Number of Recorded Pixels	12MP (3,968 x 2,976) 5MP (2,560 x 1,920) 3MP (2,048 x 1,536) 2MP (1,600 x 1,200) 1MP (1,280 x 960) VGA (640 x 480) 16:9 (4,288 x 2,416)
Motion Blur Suppression	Dual Image Stabilization
Shooting Modes	23 Shooting Modes; Intelligent Auto, Program Auto, Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization, Panorama, Beauty Mode, Magic Filter, Scene Modes (1. PORTRAIT, 2. LANDSCAPE, 3. SPORT 4. NIGHT SCENE. 5. NIGHT+PORTRAIT, 6. INDOOR, 7. CANDLE, 8. SUNSET, 9. FIREWORKS, 10. CUISINE, 11. DOCUMENTS, 12. BEACH & SNOW, 13. PET), HD Movie Magic Filter(Pop Art, Pinhole, Fisheye, Drawing)
Panorama	In-Camera Panorama (Card), PC Panorama (Up to 10 frames automatically stitchable with ib software)
Continuous Shooting	High speed: 11.8 frames per second/ 24 images (3MP) Normal speed: 1.1 frames per second/ 9 images (14MP)
Shooting Assist Functions	Perfect Shot Preview, Histogram, Frame Assist, Voice Recording
Movie Mode	HDMI   1080i   720P   480P
Image Processing	TruePic™ III Image Processor
Noise Reduction	Set automatically at shutter speeds of 0.5 second or longer in specific scene modes
Image Playback	Still Image: Single, Index Display (4x3, 6x5), Collection, Event, Event-Play, Collection-Play, Collage, Up to 10x Enlargement, Slideshow, Rotation, Protection, Histogram, Voice Playback Movie: Normal, Fast-Forward, Reverse, Frame-by-Frame, Voice Playback
Playback Edit Effects	Still Image: Red-Eye Fix, Shadow Adjustment Edit, Beauty Fix, Resize, Cropping, Black & White, Sepia, Calendar, Saturation
Flash	Built-in
Flash Modes	Auto (for low light and backlit conditions) Red-Eye Reduction Fill-in Off
Self-Timer	12/2 Seconds
Memory	1GB
Removable Media Card	SD/SDHC Card
Outer Connectors	Multi-Terminal (USB Connector, Audio/Video Output)
Auto-Connect USB	USB 2.0 High-Speed (USB Mass Storage)
System Requirements	Auto-Connect USB: Windows® 2000/XP/VISTA/7 with USB port, Mac OS X 10.3 or later with USB port Software: Windows® 2000PRO/XP/VISTA/7, Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.5
Power Source	NI-MH (AAx4)
Battery Life (CIPA DC-002)	340 Shots with Alkaline
Dimension	4.3"W x 2.8"H x 3.0"D (109.9mm x 72.2mm x 75.1mm)
Weight	15.3oz (433g) without batteries and media card

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