Olympus SP-560 UZ

1. CNET

CNET reviews hundreds of digital cameras and assigns them numerical scores that provide easy comparisons for shoppers. The Olympus SP-560 UZ is rated "good" -- about 10 user ratings score it a bit higher -- but there are other cameras with better scores here.

Review: Olympus SP-560UZ, Will Greenwald, March 28, 2008

2. Imaging-Resource.com

Not only is testing thorough, but Imaging-Resource.com is quick to identify discontinued models like the Olympus SP-560 UZ even when they are still widely available. The gist is it's "nearly irresistible" because of its 18x lens, image stabilization and "respectable" image quality.

Review: Olympus SP-560UZ Overview, Mike Pasini, Nov. 29, 2007

3. DPReview.com

Richard Butler says the Olympus SP-560 UZ is crammed with more "often frankly pointless" features than you could possibly discover, let alone use, and that you might be better off with a Fujifilm S8000FD (*Est. $300) or Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 (*Est. $300).

Review: Olympus SP-560UZ Review, Richard Butler, Dec. 21, 2007

4. DigitalTrends.com

Reviewer David Elrich says that the Olympus SP-560 UZ is much slower than the 18x Panasonic FZ18 and that he's not wild about the image quality.

Review: Olympus SP-560 UZ Review, David Elrich, Dec. 19, 2007

5. StevesDigicams.com

The Olympus SP-560 UZ is called "an OK value" but disappointing on rapid-sequence sports shooting. "The high speed-sequential shooting modes offer astonishing capture rates, but have limitations on image size, quality and ISO," the review says.

Review: Olympus SP-560 UZ, Editors of Steves-Digicams.com, Nov. 5, 2007

6. Amazon.com

Only about 15 percent of the approximately three dozen user reviews score the Olympus SP-560 UZ less than four out of five. One negative review has been updated (you can't change the score) to say that with some practice, she got much better results.

Review: Olympus SP-560UZ, Contributors to Amazon.com, As of June 2009