Olympus SP 550UZ Digital Stabilized Optical Review

I've had this camera for a month now and have taken about 2500 pictures. I teach digital photography at a local college and have several cameras so I have a good basis for comparison. I mostly photograph nature and this camera behaves like it was made especially for me. Natural scenes require telephoto and macro, and this camera shines from two sides. Set it to super macro, it focuses to 1cm, that's less than 1/2 inch. This allowed me to capture the bee filling the frame. The 18x telephoto lens

I bought this camera hoping to learn more about photography than just point and shoot. This allows me to control it manually by changing the aperture and shutter speed, as well as manually focus it. She also shoots in RAW, which was another plus for me. It has a BULB function, but unfortunately I didn't find any setting to set the BULB timer. So it looks like you have to press the shutter button for the required amount of time. I buy a remote control so I can use this function without shaking…

I bought two of these cameras, one for me and one for my wife. The biggest advantage was the 18x optical zoom. I sold the Canon S2 IS (which I really liked) to buy this, so my expectations were pretty high. For the most part, this camera didn't disappoint, but there are a few things Canon lacks for me. This camera shoots continuously at 15fps, but only at low resolution, and the delay between shots is fairly slow, even with an H XD-type card. Many of the preset modes are completely useless to…