Not long ago, Olympus introduced the SP-810UZ to the international photography market. The camera is equipped with ½ .3 CCD image sensor with an effective resolution of 14 MP, and can produce images with dimensions of 4288 x 3216 pixels. Olympus offers the longest zoom, a 36X optical zoom on the Olympus SP-810UZ. Thus, the SP-810UZ has the world's longest zoom lens in a compact and prosumer-class cameras. The lens comes with actual focal lengths ranging from 4.3 to 154.8 mm, equivalent to the range of 24 mm wide angle to telephoto 864 mm, it is really impressive. The maximum aperture is quite varied, ranging from f/2.9 to f/5.7 across the zoom range.
This camera has no optical or electronic viewfinder, so all interactions can be viewed on the LCD screen 3.0-inch display with a resolution of about 230,000 pixels, equivalent to about 320 x 240 pixels, with each pixel consists of red dots, green, and blue separately. SP-810UZ uses contrast detection auto focus iESP by default, with the ability to switch to the AF settings if desired, including face detection function. Exposure on the meter with digital ESP metering by default, and spot metering modes are also available + / -2.0 EV exposure compensation. For shutter speed, about 1 / 850 to 4 seconds, with decreased quite dramatically.
White balance setting has been provided in the camera, including auto WB, 5 preset and 2 custom settings in WB. Besides, it is available several other features such as, intelligent auto and program modes. Olympus SP-810UZ offers 16 choices of the scene modes which include portrait, beauty, landscape, night, sport, indoor, candle, self-portrait, sunset, fireworks, cuisine, documents, beach & snow, pet (cat), and pet (dog) . Also there are several filters including miniature, reflection, and that creates a 3D image with 3D effect of 2 photos sequential simulation of the same subject is static. Olympus SP-810UZ is available on the market in September 2011, and probably will go to Indonesia in November, with an estimated price of under five million dollars.
