Olympus SZ-14
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14 years ago
Olympus SZ-14 Compact Digital Camera Review
The Olympus SZ-14 was released in January 2012 alongside the SZ-11 to expand the Olympus SZ range of cameras and combines a 24x optical zoom lens in a compact body. It is available in red, black and silver for £194.00.
Pros:
- 24x optical zoom lens
- Compact metal body
- Magic filters are unique to Olympus
- Fast high-speed shooting modes
- Decent image quality
- In-camera panoramic stitching
Cons:
- Video recording is limited to 720p HD
- Lots of noise at ISO 800 and 1600
- No rubber grip on front of camera
14 years ago
Olympus SZ-14
Sitting mid-way up the Olympus range of travel-friendly compact cameras, the Olympus SZ-14 sports a good range of features for a pocket-friendly price. A 14-megapixel CCD sensor should provide ample resolution, even for large prints.
Pros:
- 24x zoom range
- Effective image stabilisation
- Easy to use
- Thin
Cons:
- Proprietary USB connection
- No manual exposure
- Only 720p HD video
- Slippery finger grip
13 years ago
Olympus SZ-14: Incredible Camera
Impressive zoom with high quality
Pros:
- High Quality
- Large Zoom
Cons:
- Software takes getting used to
13 years ago
Olympus SZ-14: Incredible Camera
This camera is Amazing. The zoom is incredible. 24x optical mean that unlike most digital cameras that claim a large zoom using digital zoom, you have opotcal resolution, so no clever stuff guessing what colour extra pixels should be.
13 years ago
Sitting mid-way up the Olympus range of travel-friendly compact cameras, the Olympus SZ-14 sports a good range of features for a pocket-friendly price. A 14-megapixel CCD sensor should provide ample resolution, even for large prints.
13 years ago
Overall I like it, especially the long zoom (the longest I've found in a compact) and portability. I also sometimes use the long zoom as a sort of telescope to work out what things are that are too far away for me to see otherwise I previously owned a DSLR and although it had more manual options...
Pros:
- Good long optical zoom
- easy to hold and operate
- nice and compact
- some editing functions such as the useful in-camera cropping
- plenty of picture viewing modes
- incorporated complete help with button specific help as well
- some effects options in one mode
- incorporated automatic panorama mode as
Cons:
- no manual focus or manual exposure
- sometimes get silhouetting effect unintentionally but that may be fixable by tweaking the settings
- not as slim as some cameras if that's what you want (doesn't bother me)
- sometimes skies look lighter than they are on a sunny day
- no foldering system that I can
13 years ago
Easy to use and good picture quality
Camera arrived on time and the only draw back was it did not come with a SD card.The on screen instructions were easy to follow and picture quality good.
Pros:
- Easy To Use
- Good Sized Screen
- Great Resolution
- Nice Features and Settings
12 years ago
Great camera.
You will be pleased with just how clear the photos are and how easy it is to use all the great features of this camera. Buy this great priced item with confidence.
12 years ago
Olympus SZ-14
The SZ-14 represents great value for money for a camera with so long a zoom. Image quality is good, colours are bright and the build quality and menus are excellent. The panorama mode is a little fiddly, but otherwise it's a good job well done.
Cons:
- 720p maximum video resolution
- Some minor noise and fringing on images
- Fiddly panorama mode
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