Olympus SP-820UZ Specifications, Tests and Review

Product Type
Digital camera - compact
ISO (Max)
6400
Sensor Resolution
14.0 Megapixel
Sensor Type
CMOS
Optical Zoom
40x
Display
3" LCD display
Battery Type
AA - Alkaline - standard form factor

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DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Olympus SP-820UZ
Product Type Digital camera - compact
Height 9.3 cm
Width 11.69 cm
Depth 7.8 cm
Weight 485 g
Enclosure Colour Black
Digital Zoom 4x
Optical Zoom 40x
SENSOR Olympus SP-820UZ
Sensor Resolution 14.0 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS
Total Pixels 15,300,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 14,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size 1/2.3"
Image Stabiliser Optical (image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser Yes
PROCESSOR Olympus SP-820UZ
Image Processor TruePic V
LENS Olympus SP-820UZ
Type Zoom lens - 40x zoom - 4 - 160 mm - f/3.4-5.7
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 22.4 - 896mm
Focus Adjustment Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance 10 cm
Macro Focus Range 1cm
Zoom Adjustment Motorised drive
Lens Construction 9 groups / 14 elements
Features ED glass, aspherical lens
FOCUSING Olympus SP-820UZ
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF
Face Detection Advanced Face Detection technology, Pet Detection
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Olympus SP-820UZ
ISO (Max) 6400
Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 80, ISO 1600, ISO 6400, ISO 3200, ISO auto
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, spot
Exposure Modes Programme, automatic
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, beach/snow, self-portrait, PET, fireworks, night scene, sports mode, sunset, indoor, cuisine, beauty, night scene with portrait, documents, handheld starlight, backlight correction HDR
Special Effects Fisheye, soft focus, Water Colour, miniature, Drawing, Pop Art, pin hole, Punk, Sparkle, dramatic, Reflection, Fragmented
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Fluorescent, sunlight, tungsten light, overcast
Max Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 4 sec
Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
Retouch Face retouch
DISPLAY Olympus SP-820UZ
Type 3" LCD display
Display Format 460,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in
Display Features Display brightness control
FLASH Olympus SP-820UZ
Camera Flash Pop-up flash
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red-Eye Reduction Yes
Features AF illuminator
Effective Flash Range 0.2 m - 15 m: ISO 3200 (wide lens)
3 m - 8.9 m: ISO 3200 (tele lens)
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Olympus SP-820UZ
Digital Video Format H.264, MOV
Image Recording Format JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080
Microphone Operation Mode Mono
MEMORY Olympus SP-820UZ
Memory Card Slot SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Image Storage JPEG 4288 x 3216
JPEG 3264 x 2448
JPEG 2560 x 1920
JPEG 2048 x 1536
JPEG 1600 x 1200
JPEG 1280 x 960
JPEG 640 x 480
JPEG 4288 x 2416
JPEG 1920 x 1080
Video Capture H.264 - 1920 x 1080
H.264 - 1280 x 720
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 60 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 120 fps
H.264 - 320 x 240 - 240 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Olympus SP-820UZ
Battery Type AA - Alkaline - standard form factor
Details 4 x AA alkaline battery (included)
AA NiMH rechargeable battery (optional)
CONNECTIONS Olympus SP-820UZ
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0
Print Standard Direct print, Exif Print support, PictBridge support, PRINT Image Matching
Connector Type USB 2.0
HDMI output
Composite video/audio output
FEATURES Olympus SP-820UZ
Self-Timer Delay 2sec, 12sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 3 frames per second, 1.5 frames per second, 10 frames per second (3MP), 30 frames per second (3MP)
Additional Features Audio recording, built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, digital noise reduction, date/time stamp, camera orientation detection, histogram display, cropping an image, resizing an image, saturation control, in-camera red-eye fix, Automatic Pixel Mapping (APM), face detection, built-in help guide, dual image stabilization, Shadow Adjustment Technology, Backlight Correction HDR, Shade Correction, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), Eye-Fi Card Ready, Smart Panorama, distortion control, high-speed recording, Multi-motion Movie Image Stabilisation (IS), Intelligent High Speed (iHS) technology
OTHERS Olympus SP-820UZ
Included Accessories Carrying strap, lens cap, USB cable
Software Drivers & Utilities, [ib] software

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