Olympus SZ-20

performance, image quality

size, zoom, shutter

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Extensive zoom range, Loads of features, Cheaper than most super zooms, Has 3D shooting mode

General soft images, Unreliable metering and focussing

Good image results ; Palette of Magic Filters ; Full HD Movie Capture ; Smart Panorama mode ; Easy-to-use

Poor battery life ; Lacks a number of impressive assets other Olympus cameras benefit from ; 3D mode difficult to line up ; High-continuous shooting mode less impressive than advertised ; Chunky design means it is too big for your pocket

The Olympus SZ-20 isn’t a bad camera by a long chalk, but apart from a noise-free performance at upper ISO settings and fun effects achievable with the Magic Filters, it’s distinctly average. The price seemingly reflects that and if the 12.5x reach...

In summing up our impressions of the camera, the positives with the SZ-20 are a best in class resolution, better than average (but not class leading) 12.5x optical zoom range, decent feature set, best in class pricing and that striking retro/futurist...

High speed shooting 7fps, shots, full resolution; Excellent screen, high resolution, excellent colour; Very compact, and pocket-able camera; 12.5x optical zoom lens, wide to telephoto; Easy to use menus and controls; Good image quality, good colour,...

Struggles to focus even with focus assist lamp in low light

The Olympus SZ-20 is a glossy, well-featured 16MP super-zoom with good picture quality, Full HD movies and encouraging bias towards low-light photography - but its control layout is disappointing, and it's heavily overshadowed by its big sister, the...

Pictures from the review camera showed the usual boosted saturation and contrast that characterise shots from most small-sensor digicams. However, colour reproduction was generally good and although the autofocusing system wasn't particularly fast, it...

Qualitäts­urteil: gut (2,5) ; Bild: gut (2,3) ; Video: befriedigend (3,2) ; Blitz: gut (1,7) ; Monitor: befriedigend (2,9) ; Hand­habung: befriedigend (2,8) ; Vielseitig­keit: gut (2,1)

Bildauflösung und Rauschen bis ISO 400, Ansprechender Videomodus, Scharfes Display, Flott im Weitwinkel

Abbildung feiner Details, Auslöseverzögerung im Tele, Menüführung

Die Olympus SZ-20 bietet handliche Abmessungen und ein 12,5fach-Zoom. Dabei kostet die Reisezoom-Kamera nur halb so viel wie viele Mitbewerber. Ein echtes Schnäppchen?

Fazit: Die Olympus SZ-20 hat viele nützliche und auch ausgefallene Features. Die starke Glättung und Kantenaufsteilung der Bilder ist Geschmackssache.