There's a improved of both an electronic viewfinder (specification unknown), fortitude a 2.5-inch LCD sample with a result of 230,000 pixels. Autofocus is via variety detection, and the camera subjection also be focused manually. ISO sensitivity ranges from 50 to 6,400 equivalent, controlled automatically or manually, and the Olympus SP-560 UZ also offers what the company calls "Dual Image Stabilization" mode, which combines both hardware image stabilization and software anti-blur. By default, exposures are determined with Olympus' Digital ESP multi-pattern metering, with spot and center-weighted metering options also available.

The dash power act as linked to the camera's frontage detection autofocus, metering on the end selected due to focusing. Users responsibility tweak the exposure with +/-2.0 EV of exposure compensation, in 1/3 EV steps. Shutter speeds range from 1/2,000 to 15 seconds, and the Olympus SP-560 UZ offers automatic or preset white balance control via six presets, plus a custom white balance mode. The Olympus SP-560 also includes a six-mode internal flash that is good to a distance of 21 feet at wide-angle, and offers beginner-friendly control over images courtesy of around twenty scene modes.

As perfectly through soothing images, the Olympus SP-560 UZ rap choose movies at VGA or subordinate resolution, at a proportion of 30 frames per second. The Olympus SP-560 has a 12-second self-timer to let you get into your own pictures. The camera stores images on xD-Picture cards, or a reasonably generous 47MB of built-in memory, and also offers both video and USB 2.0 Hi-Speed computer connectivity (rather faster than the USB 2.0 Full Speed connections that some cameras are still using). Power comes from four standard AA batteries, with disposables of unspecified type in the product bundle.

    
Basic Features

• 8.0 megapixels 1/2.35 inch CCD
• 18x zoom (27-486mm 35mm equivalent)
• EVF viewfinder with 2.5 inch LCD with 230,000 pixels
• ISO sensitivity from 50 to 6,400 (6,400 at reduced image size)
• Shutter speeds from 15 seconds to 1/2,000 second, plus Bulb to 8 minutes
• Max Aperture of f/2.8 at wide-angle and f/4.5 at telephoto
• xD Picture Card support up to 2GB
• Four AA batteries for power