I am twenty years old this year, but still young at heart, and competent enough to deliver, for CCD enthusiasts, the high-quality, low-noise, creamy film-like images that the sensors are acknowledged for. I am a normally low-cost option on auction listings, you can get me dirt cheap, I use 4x AA (NiMH, NiCd, alkaline, lithium) batteries to run, and an xD card to store images, aside from the 10MB internal memory I already have. Aside from JPEGS, I even shoot in RAW.
I am the Olympus SP-500UZ, a compact ultra-zoom digital bridge camera released in 2005. The camera has a 6.0MP CCD sensor and a 10x optical zoom lens, equivalent to a 38-380mm zoom on a 35mm full-frame camera.
The compact ultra-zoom, measuring 106 x 75 x 71 mm, has a shutter speed range of 15 - 1/1000 (up to 8 minutes in Bulb mode), ISO sensitivity from 80 to 400, a 2.5-inch LCD screen with 115,000 dots and a 201,600-dot electronic viewfinder (EVF), and a body weight of 285 grams without batteries.
The well-built and robust SP-500UZ, designed to appease hobbyist photographers who want manual control functionalities and casual users who prioritize point-and-shoot, has an extensive array of features and controls listed within the layers of its menu system. While casual shooters access the basic functionalities with one or two key presses, advanced enthusiasts do so with a range of camera setup features.
The top-mounted dial carries exposure mode settings for Auto and PASM modes, a customizable My Mode setting, 21 Scene selection modes, Movie, and Playback functions, and an AEL (for its default function) button that can be assigned other shooting variables, including ISO or white balance.
To the right of the LCD screen on the back of the camera is a joystick pad for function selection. The top, left, and bottom 'shortcuts' are assignable to almost any function. The right arrow takes you to the menu pages, with four tabs for the camera, picture, card (formatting), and setup settings.
The menus have options for virtually every shooting variable, from macro, burst, time-lapse, and drive mode to ISO, white balance, focus mode, sharpness, saturation, and contrast. Above the pad are the flash, display, and quick view buttons.
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