The Olympus gives us the SP-800UZ with an absolutely whopping 30x optical zoom. This is the largest zoom we've ever seen on a fixed-lens camera (a distinction shared by the new Fuji HS10), and the $349 price tag is still lower in many cases than that of last year's 18/20x superzoomers. It's still relatively compact, too, and like a bunch of Olympus' 2010 cameras, has a generous 2GB of built-in memory. We'll have to wait until March to see how the picture quality and image stabilization fare before we can make a fair analysis (the Fuji HS10, for example, has a higher-quality sensor, but is also much more expensive), but at first look, this seems to be a very cool camera.
- 14 megapixels
- 30x optical zoom
- Dual image stabilization
- 3-inch LCD monitor
- 720p HD video mode (MP4 format)
- HDMI output
- 2GB built-in memory
- Captures to SD/SDHC memory cards
- Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- $349.99
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