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111 of 117 found the following review helpful:
 SP-565UZ is a dream camera for me! Great for Genealogy! Nov 04, 2008
By Jeri J. Steele
"Jeri J Steele, Pioneer Information Services"
I owned an 550UZ for 18 months and decided to upgrade to the 565UZ for the extra mega-pixels and other feature differences. I'm an amateur photographer but married to a professional. We originally purchased the 550UZ so that I had a camera that was easy for me to use yet if I wanted to I could override the settings while I learned more about photography from him. First, I have used both cameras extensively for copying pages from books, copying photographs, and snapping microfilm screens in libraries for my genealogical research. With the document mode the camera is in almost the perfect settings. I always use a custom white balance so that I don't have to do ANYTHING to the book photos. I have taught several other genealogists who are not techies to use this camera and set the white balance! The same camera goes immediately outside for tourist pictures with stunning results. Like all AF cameras you have to be aware of where the camera is focusing and make sure you press the shutter button down half way and give the camera time to focus. Many times I get as good shots as my husband's (his still has more pixels!). The extra 2X zoom helps get nicer long shots in focus. My favorite part of working with this camera is being able to swap between outside landscape mode to available light shots to documents within seconds!
57 of 61 found the following review helpful:
 SP570UZ done right! Dec 11, 2008
By lordhoot
"lordhoot"
After playing around with this camera for a week, I can cheerfully say that this is what Olympus SP570UZ should have been in the first place. The Olympus SP565UZ (I am cutting out the SP and UZ from this point on) is not only smaller and lighter then 570 but it also got auto focus and AUTO-ZOOM feature. How surprising that turned out to be.
In essence, 565 is an physical makeover of the 570. It is in fact, 570 in all its capabilities but better. Its better because it was able to maintained most of the features of the 570 while improving on its deficits. Outside of putting back in the auto zoom that was my biggest and major complaint about the 570, they also managed to fixed my second complaint, the viewfinder that is far more easier to use then 570. Only the video remain the same but I can live with that shortcoming.
On the downside, this camera still uses Olympus xD card, one of the most inferior media cards in the market. I don't know why Olympus just bite the bullet and take one for their camera industry and do away with the xD card. Thus, unless you are in one of those burst modes, the recycle speed of this camera will NOT be breaking any records. Another minor downside for me at least is that their self timer mode is still at 2 seconds and 12 seconds. I was kind of hoping that they might have an custom self-timer like Canon ultra-zoom cameras got.
This camera do take a micro-SD card. Inside the box, there is an adapter for the micro SD card. Its in the shape of a xD card of course. I supposed this was added on so you can download easier to your phone or IPod or whatever. Of course, they could be like Fuji and add a second slot for SD card. But who is whining anyway??
As Amazon stated, this camera have more of a point and shoot feel then the 570. Anyone who have handled the old 550 and 560 can easily handled this 565 without much adjustments. The menu has been changed to streamlined thing. Back of the camera has definitely changed. But its still one of the best cameras to use in comfort. On the 570, there were four buttons on the left side of the LCD screen, now all these buttons are located around the cursor button like the old 550 and 560. One button on the 570 that is missing on the 565 is the auto exposure lock button. That function is now served by a custom button, a slight downgrade for some. This camera however, managed to keep all the manual features of the 570. In fact, if you put this camera into the "manual mode", it is almost like having a small version of 570 in your hands. The rubberized grip on the lens appears to be a carry over from the 570.
Overall, if you enjoyed the 550 and 560, then you will have no problem enjoying 565 series. The 20x zoom is fantastic, all the frills like shadow adjustments and face detections worked just fine. They also add another feature I haven't use much but sound promising. They called it "pre capture" and you have to use a lower resolution but when you half press the shutter, it take ten photos at once and you get pick which one you like the best after you finished it off by pushing the shutter button all the way down. Weird but if you got the card space and the time to review all ten shots, then its pretty neat.
Hope this review been helpful in some ways.
74 of 82 found the following review helpful:
 Auto mode and user interface needs work Nov 15, 2008
By Sy
Just got this camera recently but here is my initial take. Ideally I'd like to have a camera that can take intelligent pictures without much guess when in auto mode. Some of my pictures in auto mode will come out nice and others will come out blurry, even in good light conditions. Any settings saved in auto mode or scn mode are reset just by changing modes or turning off the camera. So if you don't want to use iESP and want to use spot focus instead, you have to keep resetting it each time. Settings will only be saved in P, A, S, M or video modes. Macros come out really nice. Zoom is great, but can loose focus in auto mode especially if zoomed to the max. The evf switches to lcd screen after each shot, so you have to watch it on the screen after each shot and not on the evf. When switching between scene modes, you have to go through lots of buttons and you cant see how the image looks through the lens, instead you see the built in images representing each mode and then it switches to a text description for each mode. I miss having the scenes on the dial and to be able to see the images as they appear while going through each scene. The feel and the construction of the camera is excellent. If Olympus can just work on their user interface and the auto intelligent mode, this camera can rock. Sometimes when you have to take a quick shot, you want to rely on the auto mode.
24 of 24 found the following review helpful:
Maxed Zoom Not the Best Image Quality Feb 22, 2009
By Birdie
I have 3 digital ultra-zooms, the Olympus SP-565UZ, the Panasonic FZ18, and an older Kodak ultra-zoom when 10x optical zoom was the standard. I predominantly take outdoor photos of songbirds in trees, water fowl, farm animals and landscapes so if you are mostly a people photographer or an indoor photographer, check out the other reviews and skip this one.
The Olympus 565UZ has a lot of noise when the optical zoom is maxed out at 20x and that's a disappointment because I mostly use the camera at 20x. Also, all of the images, at any distance, are soft. Although you can use the camera menu to increase the sharpness of the image, every image still needs additional sharpening on the computer.
I rarely use the 565UZ on the auto setting because the outdoor images are too bright preferring one of the other modes where I can adjust exposure. It is, however, an easy camera to use and I had the shortest learning curve with the 565UZ. The color quality of the images is good and you can opt for a vivid setting over a natural one, if that's what you desire. The 565UZ has a great variety of camera pre-sets in scene mode and there is a macro and super macro setting, as well.
The Panasonic FZ18 takes the best quality images of the three cameras, when the optical zoom is maxed out, but with Olympus going to a 26x optical zoom and Kodak going to a 24x optical zoom, it's hard for a person who likes to take bird photos to stick with Panasonic's FZ18, 18x optical zoom camera. I also think the Panasonic FZ18 LCD screen is better than the Olympus 565UZ LCD screen but since I only use an LCD screen to review photos, I can't say which camera's LCD screen is better for taking photos.
If you are used to a sharp, no noise image, don't need the 20x max optical zoom and you don't need such a big variety of scene pre-sets, I think there are better ultra-zoom camera choices than the Olympus 565UZ. I hope they have improved the image quality (noise and softness) on their new 590UZ because 26x optical zoom is so tempting.
28 of 30 found the following review helpful:
Olympus SP-565UZ Rave Review Dec 15, 2008
By DeeJay
I have been using this camera for about 4 weeks and find it awesome. Taking photos for real estate presentations has been simplified by the excellent wide angle views that are possible, and the panorama shots are very useful and easy to produce. The 20x telephoto lens take excellent photos of the moon at 10mpx with the moon filling the entire frame.
The only thing I don't care for is that the camera uses AAA batteries. This is eased by using LiMH rechargables but less convenient than having a built-in charger. I have used most but not all of the many fine features and find the menu navigation the easiest and most intuitive I have seen in any camera.
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