Why so little about the sp-100ee here?

I am an E-M1 user and already have excellent, fast lenses (12-40 f/2.8, 20mm f/1.7, f/3.5 fisheye, 50mm adapted f/1,8 Nikon) with only one all rounder with some reach (Pana 14-140mm f/3.5-5.6) that is not very fast. A recent illness pretty much robbed me of the savings I had for longer lenses but not of G.A.S. So I need a stop-gap.

Yesterday I got an email from Oly Canada offering refurbished sp-100ee at the equivalent of US190$. So I came here hoping to read about its user's experience but the discussions about it are almost none. Why? Is it such a bad camera?

Thanks for your time.

LearningForeverIHope wrote:

I am an E-M1 user and already have excellent, fast lenses (12-40 f/2.8, 20mm f/1.7, f/3.5 fisheye, 50mm adapted f/1,8 Nikon) with only one all rounder with some reach (Pana 14-140mm f/3.5-5.6) that is not very fast. A recent illness pretty much robbed me of the savings I had for longer lenses but not of G.A.S. So I need a stop-gap.

Yesterday I got an email from Oly Canada offering refurbished sp-100ee at the equivalent of US190$. So I came here hoping to read about its user's experience but the discussions about it are almost none. Why? Is it such a bad camera?

Thanks for your time.

I presume few actually own it.

I have played about with it in a shop.  I liked it but don't need another camera.

ludwik123 wrote:

LearningForeverIHope wrote:

Yesterday I got an email from Oly Canada offering refurbished sp-100ee at the equivalent of US190$. So I came here hoping to read about its user's experience but the discussions about it are almost none. Why? Is it such a bad camera?

Thanks for your time.

I presume few actually own it.

I have played about with it in a shop. I liked it but don't need another camera.

It is not unusual for models of any manufacturer or range not getting a mention here. Over the years I also got the impression that the majority of camera buyers never look at DPReview.

As to the SP-100EE - I just typed it into the search box on YouTube. There are a number of reviews, like this one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXsD_D2D1_s

I do like the red dot sight on the SP-100EE. But I actually only need it about five times a year. For most of the stuff that I do, a travel zoom is more useful for me (SH-1).

This said, here we don't get any complaints about the SP-100EE either. Compare this to the constant bleating about the XZ-1, XZ-2 and Stylus 1. I would say that at US$ 190.- you can't go wrong with the SP-100EE.

Henry

As long as your expectations are reasonable, you'll have a blast with it.  I LOVE the dot sight on the SP100.  I've been trying out one of the new Nikon P900 cameras as well.  Not sure which I will keep - I find the P900 is fantastic for moon images (the 83X optical zoom is crazy good).  I find the SP100 to be easier to use, the dot sight is a winner, and it is a lot smaller (yet still 50x zoom).  It's been a challenge to get good bird shots with the new Nikon, but I suspect that is mostly operator error.  At $200 the SP100 is a very good deal.  As long as you aren't expecting DSLR performance or don't do too much pixel peeping, you should find the SP100 just fine.

Have fun!

I still don't know when the camera will be delivered since I ordered it last Friday, which means that it won't be processed until Monday, at best and because they may have to import it from the USA.

I guess that I'll have time to re-read the manual.