Olympus Stylus SH-2: travel zoom camera in retro design

The Olympus Stylus SH-2, the manufacturer has announced a new travel zoom camera. With its 24x zoom and 16 megapixels handy Compact promises scan almost every design in poster size in proper style retro style. The Olympus Stylus SH-2 is supposed to be particularly suitable for night scenes and other low light situations. The SH-2 will be available in a two-tone silver and black models and in an all-black edition. Regardless of the color scheme you choose, its top plate and control panel are made from aluminum alloy

Olympus Stylus SH-2

Olympus Stylus SH-2: Good stabilized is half the photo

With the words "unbeatable even in difficult lighting conditions" is Olympus Stylus before the SH-2. But what can I do? Maybe on a particularly bright lens or an astonishingly high light sensitivity? Neither The manufacturer justifies this statement with the built-in 5-axis image stabilizer. An effective anti-shake performance seems to be absolutely necessary in the travel zoom camera. With a maximum aperture of F3 to F6,9 the lens shows little bright. If clear, high zooms in small picture format of 25 mm to full telephoto to 600mm, required for handheld shots even under the glaring sunlight most of stabilization.

Olympus Stylus SH-2: Which way leads on what's new?

But perhaps it is the image stabilization in the Olympus Stylus SH-2 at the same effective model as the DSLM OM-D E-M5 II , which you can see in the video. Otherwise it would be a direct transfer from the SH-1 well in this case. In any case, candidates must seek innovations with the microscope: 3-inch touch screen with still sharp 460,000 subpixels, Full HD video mode at 60 frames per second, WiFi for wireless data transmission, minimum shutter speed of 1 / 2.000 seconds as well as a fleet of shooting with 11 , 5 frames per second - all that is already contained in the previous camera SH-1 . Apparently has the Olympus SH-2, only two new shooting modes: time-lapse video recording and night mode. . That's also the price is planned for April Olympus Stylus SH-2 is based on well-known figures: Around  $399.99 will travel zoom camera quote - just like the old SH-1. Since the current model yet but already has a few months to the box, there's a good piece already under manufacturer price. So whoever saves himself the two new modes, save a few dollars