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Olympus SZ-11

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4 stars
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3 stars
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2 stars
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The Olympus SZ-14 is a budget travel-zoom compact camera, featuring a 24x lens, 14 megapixel sensor, 720p HD video recording, and 3 inch LCD screen. With a current street price of less than £150, read our detailed Olympus SZ-14 review to find out if it's all the camera you need...Read more
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Pros

  • Battery life is good for XXX shots from a full charge
  • navigation feels intuitive and straightforward enough
  • Image quality is good

Cons

  • ultra slippery control is the biggest black mark with regards to this camera
  • Olympus SZ-11 have Image Stabilization
  • doesn't have any connections for external microphones and headphones

Key specs

  • CCD
  • 6.17x4.55 mm
  • 14 Mpx
  • 4288, 3216 px
  • 3
  • Face detection, Spot Auto Focus, Tracking Auto Focus
  • 3.0 in
  • no

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Olympus SZ-11 - Pros & Cons

Olympus SZ-11

Pros

  • Battery life is good for XXX shots from a full charge
  • navigation feels intuitive and straightforward enough
  • Image quality is good
  • colours are bright and the build quality and menus are excellent

Cons

  • ultra slippery control is the biggest black mark with regards to this camera
  • Olympus SZ-11 have Image Stabilization
  • doesn't have any connections for external microphones and headphones
  • Olympus SZ-11 have Touch Screen
  • Lack of a viewfinder can be problematic
  • The panorama mode is a little fiddly
  • significantly smaller than a CompactFlash memory card
  • The flash caused a little bit of red-eye
  • There s no separate mains charger provided
  • the display offers no touch support
  • Olympus SZ-11 has no manual focus

Olympus SZ-11 - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
3 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconISO maximum
1600
Best:
Pentax KP
ISO maximum: 819200
IconEffective pixels
14 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
IconMax resolution
4288 x 3216 px
Best:
Leica M11
Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

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Olympus SZ-11 - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCCD
Sensor size0.24 in
Effective pixels14.0 Mpx
Image ratio w:h
  • 4:3
  • 16:9
Max resolution4288 x 3216 px
Other resolutions
  • 4288x2416
  • 3264x2448
  • 2560x1920
  • 2048x1536
  • 1600x1200
  • 1280x960
  • 640x480
ProcessorTruePic III+
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom20.0 x
Digital zoom4.0 x
Minimum aperture3
Maximum aperture3
Focal length equiv25 - 500
Focus adjustmentAuto
Autofocus
  • Face detection
  • Spot Auto Focus
  • Tracking Auto Focus
Manual focusNo
Normal focus range23.62 in
Macro focus range0.39 in
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Photography features
Shooting modes
  • Auto
  • Movie
  • Scene
Minimum shutter speed4.0 s
Maximum shutter speed1.0 s
Shutter priorityno
Aperture priorityno
Manual exposure modeno
Exposure compensation plus2
Exposure compensation minus-2
Expousure compensation steps1/3
Self-timer delay
  • 2
  • 12
Histogramyes
WB BracketingNo
Subject / scene modesyes
Built-in flashyes
Flash range9.3
Flash modes
  • Auto
  • Fill-in
  • Flash OFF
  • Flash ON
  • Redeye Reduction
External flashno
Continuous drive7.0 fps
Scene modes
  • Beach
  • Candlelight
  • Cuisine
  • Documents
  • Fireworks
  • Night landscape
  • Night portrait
  • Party
  • Portrait
  • Self-portrait
  • Snow
  • Sports
  • Sunset
  • Landscape
Self-timeryes
Metering modes
  • Multi
  • Spot AF-area
3D supportyes
Self-timer options
  • 2
  • 12
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Audio features
Built-in microphoneyes
Microphone typeMono
Voice recordingyes
Supported audio file formatsAAC
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Dimensions
Weight7.97 oz
Width4.19 in
Height2.7 in
Depth1.56 in
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Power
Power source type
  • Battery
  • DC
Battery life (CIPA)200
Battery technology
Lithium-Ion
On/off switchyes
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Other features
Timelapse recordingno
GPSno
Energy Star certifiedno
Frameyes
Image editing modes
  • Resizing
  • Rotating
  • Trimming
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Image
ISO
  • 80
  • 100
  • 200
  • 400
  • 800
  • 1600
  • Auto
ISO Autoyes
ISO high autoyes
ISO minimum80
ISO maximum1600
Maximum image resolution4288 x 3216 px
White balance presets6
White balance modes
  • Auto
  • Fluorescent
  • Sunny
  • Tungsten
Custom white balanceno
Image stabilizeryes
Image stabilization typeSensor-shift
Supported aspect ratios16:9
Uncompressed formatNo
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size3.0 in
Articulated LCDno
Screen technologyLCD TFT
Screen dots460000
Touch screenno
Live viewyes
ViewfinderNone
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Videography features
Maximum resolution1280 x 720 px
Video recordingyes
Recording resolutions640.0 px
HD typeHD
Supported video file formatsMJPEG
Camera playback
  • Movie
  • Single image
  • Slide show
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Design
Body typeCompact
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Silver
Environmentally sealedno
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Storage
Internal storage59.0 mB
Compatible memory cards
  • SD
  • SDHC
  • SDXC
Memory slots1
Storage types
  • SD
  • SDHC
  • SDXC
Camera file system
  • DCF 2.0
  • DPOF 1.1
  • Exif 2.21
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Connectivity
HDMIyes
HDMI ports quantity1
USB version2.0
DC-in jackyes
Remote controlNo
PictBridgeyes

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