Olympus SZ-15 review

A serious-looking compact camera with an impressive zoom

Olympus SZ-15 review
The Olympus SZ-15 has a 24x zoom

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As part of our image quality testing for the Olympus SZ-15, 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 Olympus SZ-15 is capable of resolving up to around 22 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

For a full explanation of what our resolution charts mean, and how to read them, check out our full explanation of our camera testing resolution charts.

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

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Olympus SZ-15 review

Full ISO 100 image, see the cropped (100%) versions below.

Olympus SZ-15 review

ISO 100, score: 22 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Olympus SZ-15 review

ISO 200, score: 22 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

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ISO 400, score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

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ISO 800, score: 18 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

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ISO 1600, score: 18 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

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