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Whither Olympus SP-100

Started Sep 14, 2015 | Discussions thread
Henry Falkner
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Re: Whither Olympus SP-100

Michael Meissner wrote:

I was browsing around and I noticed the SP-100 seems to have disappeared. B&H says that it is discontinued. Adorama only has the bag for sale. Olympus USA still lists it, but it is out of stock. Only one seller (MIcrocenter) from Amazon is selling a new version with warranty.

Now, while I do like long zoom bridge cameras, it just never gelled with me, as I can get equivalent resolution with my E-M5 (using the 70-300mm and the x2 digital zoom). And frankly, the 600mm I can get with my Stylus-1 is usually good enough except for special circumstances.

I don't recall many users of it stopping by in this forum. I wonder if Olympus had much luck in selling it.

This is the most recent SP100 video within the first two YouTube pages -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9qMCNwM9XM

I thought about it, but decided that a complement for my SH-50 would be more practical - and that is what it turned out to be. Now the SH-2 gives me RAW as well - and the SP100 sort of recedes into the mists of time.

Henry

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