SP550 UZ Test Footage - Deer in the Morning

I just got this new camera a couple of days ago the 'Olympus SP-550 UZ' and was looking for an opportunity to test out the video mode. Luckily this morning I had a chance to capture this stag which bolted out of a wood that I was walking next to. Unfortunately in order to adjust the zoom you have to stop the microphone so for the last 25 seconds while I demonstrate the zoom you're out of sound (you only lose the birds singing).

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Deer
• buck
• stag
• Olympus
• SP550
• SP-550
• UZ

[khaled1murrar]

hello foxTM .

i want to ask you what you did to your camera to make the zoom in the video like this cus i have on but when I Record a video i cant make a fine zoom just a digital zoom ?????? so help me please if you know why? or i must do some thing in the camera menu . ur frind khaled. and nice deer.

[FoxTM]

Hey there, if you would like to adjust the zoom while recording you have to disable the microphone in the menu. In this video I just combine two separate clips one with audio and no zoom control and one without audio but with zoom control. If you look carefully at 0:53 you can see the change.

Hope this helps!

[FoxTM]

Does anybody know what kind of deer this is? I belive it to be a Fallow Deer but I'm not certain.

Here is a frame taken from the original video before YouTube killed the quality: putfile[DOT]com/pic[DOT]php?im­g=5261637

[chupamipico2000]

so are you saying that the quality of the picture is actually much better than it appears? Im getting one of these soon and I just wanna know, thanks!

[FoxTM]

Yes, absolutely. I just took these two short clips from my window to demonstrate the difference:

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Both videos are at 30fps (50meg total).

To enable High quality recording you'll need a type 'H' memory card (not 'M'). If you wish to use the 'Panorama' feature you'll need an official Olympus card. The only downside I found is that you can't zoom if you enable the microphone.

[christinieboom]

@MrWAKAKAKAKAKAKe did you get a memory card?

[SadlyCheerful]

lovely! :) Im looking for a digital camera, but Im thinking about olympus SP-590 UZ

[kcpod12481]

thats because you have it on SHQ super high quality. Change it to HQ and yu should be fine.

[MrWAKAKAKAKAKAKe]

hey on mine it stops recording after 15 secs! I looked through the settings and there is nothing there that says i can fix it! Plzz help! It didnot always happen, just recently¬!

[tipoomaster]

that is false advertising on this camera. to get 15 pics/second you need to reduce the resoloution and the ISO.

[cadabram]

dude ... can u tell me how on earth can i capture 15 pics/sec ??.

[parrotfishko]

nice camera..the 18x optical zoom is great!!.

[chupamipico2000]

sweet thanks .... i got my camera 3 days ago. I live a block away from railway tracks and theres a carpark on the other side of the tracks. I zoomed in and took a crystal clear photo of someone plate number! :-)