How about Olympus sp-100ee?

PChome Digital Imaging Channel Currently, large-zoom digital telephoto cameras are quietly leading traditional compact cameras in sales by virtue of the superior performance of the overall body. Even mobile phones that are catching up at full speed can only lag behind telephoto cameras. The high magnification of digital cameras exaggerates the zoom performance. The Olympus SP100EE telephoto digital camera that arrived on this site today is very different from traditional telephoto cameras. It seems to take me back to the U.S. military in a movie called Normandy Invasion. A battle scene of a soldier holding an M4 infrared sight gun.

Equipping an infrared sight can more accurately detect and lock on the opponent to win with one move. This military technology was actually used by Olympus in a telephoto camera for the first time. I like to shoot telephoto shots with cannons. Players of this subject matter should be very aware that at the farthest end of the telephoto range, changing the focus due to too long a focal length often results in cataracts turning completely white, not to mention suddenly blocking flexible objects such as flying birds. The emergence of Olympus SP100EE makes this possible. We can truly achieve more lethal and precise shooting at the telephoto end.

Olympus SP100EE digital camera main performance:

1. Equipped with 1/2.3-inch 16 million back-illuminated CMOS sensor element

2. High performance Image processing engine TruePic VII

3. The highest ISO sensitivity can reach 6400

4. 50X optical zoom equivalent focal length 24mm-1200mm

5. Built-in eagle eye High-precision Eagle's Eye dot sight

6. High-precision electronic EVF viewfinder

2. Tough military leather body details and menu introduction

Olin The front of the Olympus SP100EE fuselage

The Olympus SP100EE gives people a very tough military aircraft feel. In terms of performance, it is equipped with a 1/2.3-inch 16-megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor, and its maximum lethality is 50X. The equivalent focal length is 24mm at the farthest end and 1200mm at the longest focal length. This makes it possible to capture everything with one camera.

Olympus SP100EE zoom effect at the longest end

The camera adopts a three-stage zoom method. At the farthest end, the lens is extended to the longest. In handheld shooting, the left hand mainly drags In the position of the zoom ring, the designer uses soft rubber anti-slip treatment on the periphery of the lens ring, which provides better handholding comfort when shooting. The zoom is also very rationally designed in two types, one is through the right side of the fuselage. The shutter dial can be adjusted by using the zoom lever behind the non-slip rubber ring to achieve rapid advancement. However, it is a pity that this camera does not have a one-touch magnification function like the Canon SX50.

The back of the Olympus SP100EE fuselage

The back of the fuselage uses a 3.0-inch 460,000-pixel LCD screen and supports an independent EVF orbital viewfinder function. The button layout is mainly on the machine. It is located on the right side of the body, and the top of the display is equipped with an FN button that allows photographers to quickly adjust the control. After setting it to commonly used options, it can avoid hurriedly pressing it in intense shooting scenes.

Olympus SP100EE top of the fuselage

Looking from the top of the fuselage, due to the addition of the original eagle eye design and orbital framing, it looks like the top of a warship is slightly longer from this angle. , and the right side of the top is equipped with a mode switching dial and a zoom shutter button.

Olympus SP100EE fuselage side

There are two buttons on the left side of the top of the fuselage. The one on the front is the built-in flash ejection button, and the other is the eagle eye control activation button. .

Olympus SP100EE Eagle Eye Control Viewfinder

Olympus SP-100EE Eagle Eye Technology

Released as early as Olympus in the spring I came into contact with this product at the conference. I filmed the performance on the stage at the very back of the stage. Netizens can see the effect displayed on the LCD screen.

Olympus SP-100EE Eagle Eye Technology

We can clearly see the position of the infrared focus point from the Eagle Eye viewfinder. During the trial experience at the press conference It feels very easy to use. For this special focal length of a telephoto camera, Olympus has once again made a new breakthrough through new technology.

Olympus SP-100EE battery

The battery is 1270mAh, which is quite satisfactory.

Olympus SP100EE shooting interface

In the shooting menu interface, you can adjust the selection up and down through the OK button of the button block. Commonly used options such as color, flash, ISO, etc. are all available. Quick switching can be done in this interface.

Olympus SP100EE MENU menu GIF list

Scope settings

The Eagle Eye scope is undoubtedly the biggest highlight of this machine. In the menu Players can adjust the brightness and accuracy of this sight according to their own visual experience, which is very user-friendly.

Scope settings

3 Olympus SP-100EE ISO sensitivity test

Olympus SP-100EE ISO sensitivity test

The highest sensitivity of Olympus SP100EE can reach ISO6400, and the lowest is ISO125. From the test results, the low-sensitivity ISO125 to ISO400 image quality is very delicate. As the sensitivity climbs to ISO800, slight noise begins to appear at this level. During the test session, noise began to intensify from ISO1600, and the colors in the color card area began to appear whitened and grainy. It is recommended to use ISO800 or less when shooting during the day, and do not blindly exceed ISO1600 in low light.

4Watch where you go and take the actual sample shots with Eagle Eye focus

The biggest highlight of this machine is the Eagle Eye eye control infrared technology, which can achieve more accurate shots at the telephoto end. The shooting success rate not only allows you to shoot birds but also smaller insects. Even small bees shuttle back and forth among flowers and can be easily found with the infrared eagle eye. This sample was taken using the eagle eye at 1200mm. I didn’t frame the photos through the screen at all, as that would have been too time-consuming.

Converted to a 35mm equivalent focal length, the widest end is 24mm and the longest focal end is 1200mm after 50X zoom. Let’s experience the amazing effect of photos taken from wide angle to telephoto through on-site shooting.

PChome review editor’s full summary: After a period of testing and sample shooting, the Olympus SP100EE gives me the feeling that it is a camera that will surprise you when you hold it in your hand. The biggest advantage is that it has great coverage. The wide telephoto feature. Within the 1200mm focal length, there is always a theme picture of the subject you want to shoot. The coverage is so wide that I can’t stop sometimes, because you often stand in the same place and can get what you want through the wide-angle and telephoto composition. For more works, even if you put it in your bag for less than a minute every time, you will want to take it out and continue to compose pictures.

The revolutionary Eagle Eye control technology greatly improves the accuracy of flexible objects such as insects, birds, pets, etc. at the telephoto end, but this camera does not incorporate the five-axis Olympus is proud of. The anti-shake technology is really a pity. If the Eagle Eye were equipped with five-axis anti-shake, what a terrible telephoto weapon it would be? Fortunately, the price/performance ratio of this machine is very high. Some e-commerce companies currently sell it for only about 2,000 yuan. Compared with competitors Canon SX50 and Fuji S1, which cost 3,000 to 4,000 yuan, it is nearly 1,000 yuan cheaper. How can it not be so cost-effective? Make consumers excited?