The 24x super wide optical zoom lens on the SZ-16 takes you from “Wow, look at this valley” all the way to “Oh, what a beautiful butterfly!”, without you moving at all. What’s more: you can capture the butterfly in just as much detail as the valley thanks to Super-resolution Zoom that boosts still-photo magnification to 48x without any loss of image quality. Another clever feature makes sure you don’t disturb the butterfly before you get your shot. With Telephoto Macro, you can zoom in for larger-than-life close-ups from up to 40cm away so there’s no risk of scaring off your subject.The SZ-16 gives you the power to capture brilliant stills and Full HD movies with excellent frame-by-frame clarity – thanks to the high-sensitivity CMOS sensor and high-speed processor that come with next-generation iHS technologies. You can also film high-speed HD movies at 120 frames per second, which gives you the option to play back fast-action scenes in dramatic slow-motion. Other creative options include Photo with Movie Clip that automatically records video before or after taking a shot, or the Smart Panorama feature, which stitches together multiple photos when you pan the camera. Sharing your images on social media or the web is easy – via an external FlashAir™ card and your familiar smartphone interface. The SZ-16 makes everything beautifully simple, be it shooting or sharing, up close or far away.
24x Wide Optical Zoom and 48x with Super Resolution
Get phenomenal close-ups with the 24x optical zoom and 48x with Super Resolution. Compact and lightweight, the 24x optical zoom has an impressive focal length range of 25-600mm*, giving you superb flexibility. With super resolution zoom you can double zooming power to 48x and get exceptionally close to far-away subjects without any remarkable loss of image quality.
*Equivalent to a 35mm camera
Intelligence, High-Sensitivity and High-Speed
Make light work of dim shooting conditions. Originally designed for DSLR cameras, iHS technologies combine high-speed TruePic V processing with a high-sensitivity CMOS Sensor – for faster response and a dramatic improvement in low-light performance.
Intelligence iHS technologies drive intelligent features that make sure you capture just the shot you want. Like Advanced iAuto, that automatically selects high sensitivities for perfect-looking night scenes.
High-Sensitivity The CMOS Sensor delivers excellent images in low light with less noise and more detail in dark areas. Even with handheld shots, powerful image stabilisation eliminates blur*.
* In extreme conditions, blurring may occur.
High-Speed The TruePic V processor starts your camera quicker and focuses faster. It powers high-speed sequential shooting and high-speed movies, which you can play back in dramatic slow motion.
Full HD Movies & High-Speed HD Movies
Maximise the frame-by-frame quality of your filmmaking. As well as Full HD Movie quality, high-speed shooting capabilities at up to 240 fps now capture even the fastest moving objects in super slo-mo clarity. Record movement that isn’t even visible to the human eye – then play it back in slow motion on a big TV.
Get close up – even far away
Shoot tiny subjects at a distance with telephoto macro shooting. Complementing the ultra-powerful 24x zoom, the SZ-16 lens lets you zoom in on detail and get as close as 40cm to your subject without disturbing it – for amazing, blur-free macro shots.
Photo with Movie Clip
Automatically record videos before or after you take a photo. Looking to record stills and make a movie of the same special moment? With the SZ-16 you can do just that, thanks to its advanced TruePic V image processing engine.
Smart Panorama
Capture sweeping stills just by panning your SZ-16. Shoot breathtaking panoramas in one frame and at the touch of a touch button, simply by panning the camera across the scene. The SZ-16 knits the separate stills together automatically.
TRUEPIC PROCESSOR This powerful image processor forms a part of the in-built iHS technologies dedicated to high overall image quality. Not only does it offer image processing capabilities with high resolution while maintaining high-level colour reproduction. It also provides improved colour controllability in specific colours such as emerald green and yellow. The image processing speed are also increased, along with startup and shooting speeds.
MAGIC FILTERS Olympus’ Magic Filter technology empowers you to take extraordinary pictures without the need for tedious editing on your computer. Pre-programmed into the camera are creative filter effects that transform your photo from normal to striking in one click, right before your eyes.
12 – 16 MEGAPIXELS For high-quality full-size movies, stills and prints up to 16 Megapixels. Using a backlit CMOS Sensor, gain better image quality with less noise for improved image detail, especially in low-light situations.
CMOS Forming a part of his image technologies, CMOS is a specific type of sensor that is designed to produce a level of image quality with particularly high sensitivity and low noise – giving you enhanced image detail, especially in low light.
FLASHAIR COMPATIBILITY Using both a FlashAir in a compatible camera, and the OI.Share application on your smartphone, your stills and movies can now be quickly and easily transferred to your mobile device wirelessly, stills can be edited directly in the app with the addition of Art Filters and shared with friends and family through your social networks. Your FlashAir settings can be controlled from the dedicated menu incorporated in your camera, making smartphone linkage easy even without using a PC.
EYE-FI COMPATIBILITY An Eye-Fi card enables you to automatically upload images using WiFi. Being compatible with your camera, you can activate and deactivate this card as you wish directly in your setting menu. Whenever the need or moment arises, you can then share photos and movies on your camera directly with other devices. You can transfer them to your mobile device and then share them with friends and family through your social networks.
HAND-HELD STARLIGHT MODE WITH FLASH Hand-held Starlight Mode counteracts picture noise and camera shake to capture razor-sharp photos by taking multiple images at different exposure settings. It then selects and merges the most suitable gradation for each part of the photo, resulting in a perfectly exposed photo that you couldn’t normally shoot in poor light without using a tripod. The flash is also enabled for Hand-held Starlight mode, meaning that images can be merged from various background shots and the foreground shot taken with the flash – allowing you to capture both the foreground and background beautifully, and ensure absolutely optimum foreground lighting in non-scenery photos.
SUPER-RESOLUTION ZOOM Unlike normal digital zooms, which trade off image resolution and sharpness against zooming power, Olympus’ Super-Resolution Zoom digitally extends the range of the optical zoom. For example, it can boost a 12.5x Optical Zoom to 25x without any noticeable loss of image quality.
3″ DISPLAY Olympus 3″ Displays are the first choice for easy framing, reviewing and sharing of photos and movies. The imaging power of these monitors is characterised by vivid colour reproduction and high levels of contrast with improved resolution up to 1.030k dots and great new technologies like OLED for even further improved viewing and framing possibilities.
FACE DETECTION TECHNOLOGY A technology that searches for faces in a composition and recognizes them as the main subject. It then automatically puts them in focus and optimally adjusts exposure to create an image that’s sharp in the right places and ideally exposed. Available for photos and videos, Advanced Face Detection Technology can detect up to 8 faces.
AF TRACKING This system tracks a moving subject automatically and keeps it continuously in focus for optimally exposed pictures. It even memorizes the subject when it goes out of frame and resumes tracking when it reappears.
SHADOW ADJUSTMENT Take beautiful photos of people in high-contrast situations that would normally be difficult to capture. Harnessing the power of the TruePic processor, Advanced Shadow Adjustment Technology automatically adjusts the brightness and gradation, reducing picture noise in dark areas to create a natural-looking photo.
BEAUTY MAKE-UP MODE Apply different facial effects to the people’s faces in your photos, almost instantly, before even taking their picture. Choose from 18 different effects including eyeliner, lipstick, eye brightening, cheek lift and soft focus. Up to three different faces, for each photo, can have facial effects.
DUAL IMAGE STABILISATION Providing two-fold protection, this special function helps to avoid image blur caused by camera shake. It combines high ISO values with a sensor- or lens based mechanical image stabiliser, where a built-in sensor detects camera movement and adjusts the image sensor or lens accordingly.
FAST AF FAST AF (Frequency Acceleration Sensor Technology Autofocus) is a super-fast autofocus system and a breakthrough in autofocus technology. FAST AF is fed by a new sensor that supplies the necessary video signals at double the read-out speed (120fps) of previous sensors. The electrifying performance of FAST AF is enhanced by Full Time AF that ensures the camera constantly adjusts the focus, even before a photo or movie is taken. Not only does FAST AF guarantee lightning quick focussing, it also speeds up the AF system boot response following shutter release.
MULTI-MOTION MOVIE IS Multi-motion movie image stabilisation is a system that effectively counteracts blurring – even while you are walking and filming at the same time, and even with slow-moving subjects, long shots and pans. It’s ideal for making dynamic, spontaneous movies when you’re on the move and invariably don’t have a tripod.
ULTRA-WIDE OPTICAL ZOOM LENSES Compact and portable, yet extremely powerful, Olympus zooms in up to 40x for extremely dramatic close-ups and backs out for sweeping wide-angle panoramas. Wide-angle lenses from 24mm to 28mm combine incredible tele-zoom performances of up to 896mm without any digital zoom effects.
iAUTO Recognizing a greater variety of scenes and automatically applying the correct settings to create the best possible shot, the enhanced new version of iAuto makes it easy to take professional-looking photos and movies at the touch of a button, even underwater.
Specifications
No. of effective mega pixels
16M
Removable memory
SD/SDHC/SDXC Card (supported for UHS-I speedclass)
Internal memory (for shooting )
43MB
Recording image size (pixels)
MAX.
4608x3456
MIN.
640x480
Lens focal length (35mm camera equivalent)
25-600mm
Optical zoom
24x
Digital zoom (total zoom ratio in still mode (optical x digital))
96x
Super Resolution Zoom (x2)
Yes
iHS
Yes
Focus range
Normal
W:0.10m-∞/T:0.40m-∞
Macro
-
Super macro
0.03m-∞ f=14.3mm(focal length fixed)
LCD monitor
Type
LCD
Size (inch)
3.0 Inch (4:3)
No. of pixels (approx.)
460000
Touch panel
No
Maximum ISO sensitivity
6400
Magic Filter
POP ART, PIN HOLE, FISH EYE, SOFT FOCUS, PUNK, SPARKLE, WATER COLOR, REFLECTION, MINIATURE, FRAGMENTED, DRAMATIC
Body in panorama
Yes (Smart Panorama)
Image stabilizer
CMOS Shift
AF mode
Face Detect iESP/Spot/tracking
AF Tracking
Yes
Face Detection (Faces may not be detected correctly in some cases)
Yes(up to 8)
Pet Detection
Yes
Shadow Adjustment Technology
Yes
Movie recording with sound
MOV/H.264
Movie recording size (pixels)
1080p, 720p, VGA, HS120fps, HS240fps * Use SDHCclass6(speed class) / SDXC class6 or higher. * High-Speed Movie Size (HS120fps: 640x480 / HS240fps: 320x240)
