# \[DIGITAL CAMERA\] Olympus SP-500 UZ

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/digital-camera-olympus-sp-500-uz/184621>\
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**Created:** [April 6, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/digital-camera-olympus-sp-500-uz/184621 "2006-04-06T10:56:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![pete\_zahut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pete\_zahut](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pete_zahut)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/digital-camera-olympus-sp-500-uz/184621/1 "2006-04-06T10:56:03Z")

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Hi,

I want to buy my first digital camera and learn a bit more about photography.

So while searching I found [this camera](http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1189):

![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/2350/4962d3ce44d9617f.jpg)

6 MP  
10x zoom  
large LCD screen  
…

Anyone experience with this camera?

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**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/digital-camera-olympus-sp-500-uz/184621/2 "2006-04-06T19:14:15Z")

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No, but you can check this out: [dPreview](http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Olympus/oly_sp500.asp)

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**Author:** ![chriskalani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@chriskalani](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chriskalani)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/digital-camera-olympus-sp-500-uz/184621/3 "2006-04-06T21:44:09Z")

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It’s a pretty nice camera actually. Not EOS 20D good… but I think it would do you fine.
