Olympus SP-310 - UK Digital Camera Review

Olympus SP-310 Review

With 7.1 megapixels, 3x optical zoom, 5x digital zoom and a wide range of options, the Olympus SP-310 lets you exercise your creative abilities to the full to produce superb photos. This camera also has a multilingual menu and comes in six languages, English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish with additional languages available for download.

The Olympus SP-310 has a large 2.5" LCD monitor which gives a very good example of how your shot will look and images are stored on the internal 32MB memory or on xD-Picture Cards. Viewing can be slide-show, calendar and album.

Olympus SP-310 Front
Olympus SP-310 Back

You will find that there are 24 scene modes to choose from on the SP-310. These cover a multitude of situations from the more familiar modes such as portrait, landscape, night, fireworks to the more unusual; documents, behind glass, cuisine and auction. There are also three underwater modes, wide 1, wide 2 and macro.

Focusing with the Olympus SP-310 can be automatic, manual or standard with a working range between macro and supermacro and has AF illuminator.

Using auto, white balance is adjusted automatically but there are also 7 pre-set modes available together with full manual. Pre-set modes include overcast, evening sun, sunlight, tungsten and three fluorescent choices.

ISO can be automatic or, when adjusted manually, has a range of ISO 64/100/200/400.

The Olympus SP-310 has built in flash in auto, red-eye reduction, fill-in, fill-in and red eye, and off.

QuickTime Motion JPEG movies with sound at 15 or 30 fps can be taken up to card capacity.

The SP-310 comes with 1 lithium battery, LB-01 (CR-V3), but can also take 2x lithium or AA alkaline one-time-use batteries or 2 rechargeable AA batteries, either Ni-MH or NiCd. There is also an optional AC adaptor available.

Being PictBridge and PictBridge EasyPrint compatible, the Olympus SP-310 can print direct with compatible printers.

Olympus SP-310 Specifications & Features

  • 7.1 Megapixels
  • 3 x Optical Zoom
  • 5 x Digital Zoom
  • 15 x Combined Zoom
  • 2cm Focusing Distance
  • Overcast, Sunlight, Evening Sun, Tungsten, Fluorescent1, Fluorescent2 and Fluorescent3 White Balance settings
  • 2.5" TFT, 115,000 pixels
  • Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Fill-in, Fill-in and Red-eye Reduction and Off flash modes
  • Maximum Image Size 3072 x 2304 Pixels
  • 640 x 480, 30fps Movies
  • PictBridge Compatible
  • xD-Picture Card with 32MB Internal memory
  • 2x Size-AA NiMH Batteries
  • Approximate Weight 180g

Olympus SP-310 User Reviews

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Reviewer: Georgie Cullum - UK
When I picked this camera up to see how it felt I was very surprised to find that it was, in fact, made of plastic. It certainly doesn't look plasticy and the styling is good. I found it very easy to use as everything is well presented and I very much like the bigger 2.5" LCD. Also the LCD has a plastic protective covering which I think is a great idea. It produces superb photos as well.

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Reviewer: Abigail Fisher - UK
This is an amazing camera and it is so small and light that I can carry it around in my jacket pocket.

It doesn't take long for the camera to power up, the menus are easy to access and the features offered are plentiful. Photo quality is excellent.

Best battery to use is the CR-V3, I have taken over 100 photos so far and it is still going.

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Reviewer: Julian - UK
My sister was looking for a camera that would suit her better now that she has had some digital experience. The guy in the camera shop suggested that she try this one out as it offered quite an upgrade on her previous one. I know that she has been very pleased with her purchase and I have seen some of the photos she has printed off and they are of superb quality. She has also found it relatively easy to get to know this camera and feels comfortable with it.

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