Olympus SZ-14 review

A 14MP 24x superzoom camera with HD video for under £200

Olympus SZ-14 review
A 24x wide-angle zoom make this travel superzoom an impressive camera

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As part of our image quality testing for the Olympus SZ-14 we've shot our resolution chart.

If you view our crops of the resolution chart's central section at 100% (or Actual Pixels) you will see that, for example, at ISO 100 the SZ-14 is capable of resolving up to around 18 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

See a full explanation of what our resolution charts mean, and how to read them please click here.

Examining images of the chart taken at each sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 100

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 100

JPEG images

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 80

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 80

ISO 80, score: 20 (see full image)

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 100

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 100

ISO 100, score: 18 (see full image)

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 200

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 200

ISO 200, score: 16 (see full image)

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 400

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 400

ISO 400, score: 16 (see full image)

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 800

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 800

ISO 800, score: 16 (see full image)

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 1600

Olympus SZ-14 review: resolution ISO 1600

ISO 1600, score: 12 (see full image)