Olympus SP-620UZ review

Budget priced 21x superzoom suitable for beginners and the broke

Olympus SP-620UZ review
This 16MP superzoom produces good results for under £200

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As part of our image quality testing for the Olympus SP-620UZ, we've shot our resolution chart.

If you view our crops of the resolution chart's central section at 100% (or Actual Pixels) you will see that, for example, at ISO 100 the Olympus SP-620UZ is capable of resolving up to around 20 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

Examining images of the chart taken at each sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 100

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 100

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 80

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 80

ISO 80, score: 22 (see full image)

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 100

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 100

ISO 100, score: 20 (see full image)

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 200

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 200

ISO 200, score: 20 (see full image)

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 400

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 400

ISO 400, score: 18 (see full image)

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 800

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 800

ISO 800, score: 16 (see full image)

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 1600

Olympus sp-620uz review resolution iso 1600

ISO 1600, score: 12 (see full image)

Follow this link for a full explanation of what our resolution charts mean.

Gavin Stoker
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When not wrestling wild bears or leaping tall buildings in a single bound, Gavin Stoker can be found editing British Photographic Industry News, the UK's longest running and only photo trade title. He has over 25 years of camera testing and reviewing under his belt.