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Olympus SP-350

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Performance
The Olympus SP-350 doesn't come close to breaking any speed records in burst mode, although at a little better than 1fps, it beats the camera's sluggish single shot-to-shot times, which can reach almost 5 seconds with flash. If you're shooting in RAW format, you'll have to wait about 12 seconds before you can shoot again.

Shooting speed
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
 Typical shot-to-shot time  
Time to first shot  
Shutter lag (typical)  
Sony Cyber Shot DSC-N1
1.6 
1.8 
0.3 
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1
1.4 
3.8 
0.6 
Olympus Stylus 800
1.7 
2.0 
0.6 
Olympus SP-350
2.7 
1.6 
0.7 
Nikon Coolpix P1
4.0 
5.2 
0.7 
Canon Digital IXUS 750
2.0 
1.6 
0.7 
Note: Seconds.

Typical continuous-shooting speed
(Longer bars indicate better performance)

Image Quality




Shots look good overall, but the camera tends to clip highlights and poorly resolve detail, which can result in some painterly-looking artifacts.
Image quality is good but not great. The camera produces vivid colors, and the dynamic range favors slight underexposure, which sometimes results in clipped highlights; however, exposures are generally accurate.

But images lack detail, and although noise remains relatively low throughout the ISO range--even without noise reduction turned on--details become even softer as light sensitivity increases. We noticed some purple fringing, but it wasn't particularly offensive.

 
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