Olympus includes four disposable alkalines in box with the camera, and the manufacturer claims the SP UZ is good for an outlandish exposures with AA alkalines. Note that only alkalines and NiMH rechargeables can used. I used the camera pretty heavily for a bit more than three weeks and I went through three sets of AAs: the included batteries lasted for approximately 70 exposures, the second set Energizer Titanium AAs lasted for about 90 exposures ,and the third set also Energizer Titanium AAs lasted for almost exposures.

Default resolution is very slightly soft with average contrast and bold, bright, and hue-accurate if slightly over-saturated colors.

This intimate landscape shows just how good the SP UZ is outdoors. Exposure, Processing, and Color. There is a very slight tendency toward overexposure and occasional burnt-out highlights. Auto White Balance, K incandescent light view large image. Barrel distortion at the wide-angle end of the zoom is about average for long-zoom digicams.

Pincushion distortion at the telephoto end of the zoom is a bit better than average. Corners are noticeably soft at the maximum aperture, but sharpen up nicely as the aperture gets smaller. The SP UZ provides an impressive range of sensitivity settings including auto and user selectable settings for ISO 64, , , , , , , and ISO 64 view large image. ISO view large image. Images shot at ISO 64 to ISO have extremely low noise levels and are dependably very good to excellent with accurate colors, decent shadow detail and acceptable highlight detail, and accurate Caucasian skin tones.

Serious shooters looking for that mythical point-and-shoot digicam that adequately replaces a DSLR and a bag of lenses could do much worse than the SP UZ.

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Metering Modes. Focus Modes. Drive Modes. Flash Modes. Self Timer Settings. Memory Formats. Internal Memory. File Formats. Image Size. Video Size. Zoom During Video. In this video, we join lifestyle and commercial photographer Christian Sorensen Hansen as he uses Fujifilm's latest lenses to shoot documentary and fashion coverage at Freeman Seattle - a family-run clothing company based in Seattle Washington. In a new series about composition, landscape and nature photographer Erez Marom develops an idea about viewing compositional elements as masses and lines, and challenges the viewer to determine what the elements of an image are, as an exercise in photographic vision.

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Submit a News Tip! Reading mode: Light Dark. Login Register. Best cameras and lenses. The big picture The 26mm wide-angle capabilities of the SP UZ make it perfect for getting the full picture when it comes to indoor and architectural photography. Close encounters Get up close and explore the enchanting miniature world around you.

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