I've never owned an ultra-zoom prosumer digital camera before, but have been thinking about it. At the time of writing, the Oly SP550 and Panasonic DMC-FZ50 appear to be the reigning cameras in the big-zoom niche.
If I were to pick one, which would it be? Both have optical image stabilization, so no blurry pictures from [...]
Reviewing the various SP550 image samples available on the internet is a good exercise in determining whether the photo-taking capability and image quality you get from this latest camera from Olympus meets your requirements or not.
For convenience sake, I'll link up to review samples, as well as photos and galleries of images shot by Olympus [...]
At the time of writing, the Canon G7 and Olympus SP550 are two of the most popular prosumer digital cameras. Both are extremely feature-packed and competitively priced around USD499, so which one to choose?
I've compiled below a summary of various discussions surrounding both cameras.