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Olympus SP 565UZ 10MP Digital Camera with 20x Optical Dual Image Stabilized Zoom

Olympus has given the SP-570 UZ the worlds most powerful ultra zoom digital camera an extreme makeover by creating the new SP-565 Ultra Zoom, a smaller and lighter version with the same amazing precision-crafted 20x wide-angle telephoto zoom lens (26-520mm equivalent), but the ease-of-use of a point-and-shoot camera. Photographers searching for an even more portable and approachable ultra zoom to take anywhere will rejoice in the cameras new form factor, and with 10 million pixels and Dual Image Stabilization delivering superior, virtually blur-free images, the SP-565 UZ is proof that good things do come in small packages.
The cameras enhanced Face Detection can now track up to 16 faces within the frame and optimize exposure even when subjects are moving, ensuring that family reunion group portraits will come out well-focused. In addition, the SP-565 UZ ensures sharp, brilliant images with a host of other features.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars I am please with my new camera
I purchased this camera for the zoom capability and have been pleased with everything about it. I still am learning about it as I use it, it is user-friendly.

5 Stars super good!
Great camera! Great pics. A littel more than I want to have to do but I like a point and shoot! It’s not much more complicated though.

4 Stars Excellent camera for the price.
EASY TO USE CAMERA WITH A LOT OF AUTOMATIC SETTINGS AND FEATURES; FOR THE EVERYDAY PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WANT’S A BETTER PICTURE THAN TAKEN WITH THOSE LITTLE CAMERAS. I TRIED THIS CAMERA IN DIFERENT LIGHT CONDITIONS INTERIORS AND (GREAT PICS).

I SPECIALY LOVE THE WIDE ANGLE LENS, THE SOON, FOCUS AND BETTER FLASH THAN THE LITTLE CAMERAS.

J.L

5 Stars Beautiful pictures
I purchased this camera after much research. I didn’t want an SLR with the camera bag, lenses, etc because I’ve been down that path. I wanted something easier to use and less bulky, but more than a small point and shoot. I also wanted a view finder. I opened the box and immediately liked the way the camera felt in my hands. I played with it a couple of days before going on vacation to really test it out. I Love it! It is so easy to use and takes great pictures. I had several printed and have had people look at them and comment that they need to buy a new camera now that they have seen my pictures. I was amazed at how nice the pics are even in low light conditions. This camera is a good one for the price.

4 Stars Olympus SP-565UZ
I have had the camera for about a month now and am spending a lot of time learning how to use it. It is a liitle smaller than I imagined but as I only have full use of one hand, it is very satisfactory. There are many very nice features, one that I really like is Panorama. It works very well. I especially like the fact that it uses “AA” batteries. Good rechargables give me many pictures and I haven’t run out of power, yet. I normally keep 2 sets of batteries available and after shooting photos, replace the used ones with ones that have been recharged.

I am still undecided about a focusing issue where it doesn’t seem as sharp as it could be but am experimenting with different settings. I guess, time will tell.

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Nikon 50mm f 1 4D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras

Fast enough for shooting in just about any type of light, this is an ideal first lens; perfect for full-length portraits, travel photography or any type of available-light shooting. The Nikon 50mm f/1.4D AF Nikkor lens delivers distortion-free images with superb resolution and color rendition. Accepts 52mm filters.

The AF-Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4D is Nikon’s current version of their fast ’standard’ prime lens, and while this specific model was introduced in 1995, the basic optical design dates back to the manual focus 50mm 1:1.4 AI of 1977. It features a traditional layout of 7 elements in 6 groups utilizing spherical surfaces only, which Nikon claims will deliver distortion-free images with superb resolution and color accuracy, plus high contrast even at maximum aperture. The 50mm focal length is considered a ’standard’ lens on the FX format, with none of the ‘perspective distortion’ characteristic of wideangle or telephoto lenses, whilst on the vastly more popular and widespread DX format it behaves like a short telephoto, ideal for portraiture.

The 50mm 1:1.4 is one of the older lenses in Nikon’s lineup, and this is reflected in several aspects of its design. The lens features a traditional aperture ring, which will be appreciated by photographers who grew up with mechanical manual-focus 35mm SLRs; however autofocus is ’screw-drive’ from the camera body.

Headline features

• 50mm focal length
• Fast F1.4 maximum aperture

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Awesome
The is the best lens I own, if your into photography buy this one, it take fast and tack sharp pictures.

3 Stars little disappointed
The lens itself works good, but until you can use them…

To connect it to the camera (Nikon D300) it needs some work because the connection points are poorly fabricated, the thread is sluggish.

Also the cap itself is a mess. No Nikon cap, only a white plastic thing that hardly covers the sensitive connecting points, nothing to screw, only to plug.

If you are somewhere dusty or your camera bag is not 100% dust free – you will get no protection.

So I have to buy a real Nikon cap to protect my new NIKON lens. That is pretty crazy.

When I had a look onto the lens, it was completely clear: made in China.

This has been a lesson to me.

Before I buy lens, I definitely will ask where they had been made,

I do not want to have poor fabricated cheap things for that costs.

4 Stars Excellent all-purpose lens
I got this 50mm 1.4 lens to take low light pictures of our upcoming baby on my D90. I needed a fast lens to keep flash from going off my newborn’s face. Test shots with this lens are amazing. Opened up to 1.4 you can nearly take pictures in the dark. The shallow depth of field you get at 1.4 allows you easily select a focus point and blur out the background and foreground.

I could have purchased the cheaper 50mm 1.8 but I wanted the extra stop and since it’s a full frame lens it will work when I upgrade to an FX camera bodies. Get the best glass you can afford don’t abuse it and you will save money in the long run.

3 Stars This is not my old Nikon 50mm F/1.4
When I purchased this lens I was looking for a low light lens with the solid construction and exceptional performance I enjoyed with the 50mm F/1.8 lens I used 20 years ago with my Nikon F series. What I got instead was a mediocre made in China lens that hunts and is noisy when focusing. Very disappointed.

I already have a the 18-200mm AF VRII lens from Nikon which is an exceptional lens.

I was looking to use the 50mm in lower light situations but the lens is not worth the $350 so I’ll be returning this one to Amazon.

5 Stars This lens meets expectations
I expected a tack sharp, fast lens with excellent autofocusing…and guess what? It does all those things very well indeed. It also makes for very clean shots straight into the sun. Almost no reflections are present in the end photos. Geometry is the best of all the lenses I own.

This is the fastest lens I own. Playing with a shot at f1.4 is tight depth of field on a whole new level. I shot a pic of my daughter at f1.4 at a distance of about 24′. She appeared to be facing me almost directly. One eye was in focus and one was out. All the rest of her face was out as well. I have found that portraits where you want the background as out of focus as possible at best shot at about f2.8

This lens will meet or exceed all of your expectations.

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