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'As with most compact digital cameras, higher ISOs tend to suffer from noise and image detail loss.'

'When powered down, the Olympus SP-550UZ is a squat, bulky looking camera, with an appearance very similar to competing Canon and Sony models.'

'lack of sharp focus.'

'manually enabled popup flash is fairly weak - maximum flash range (in auto ISO mode) is just short of 15 feet; not very impressive for a camera with a 10X zoom.'

'Low light focusing performance was poor'

'regardless of whether the Z10 was badly bullied as a prototype, there's no excuse for a grown-up camera carrying a design joke this far.'

'Low light focusing performance was poor -- guess that Rapid AF sensor isn't so hot for those conditions.'

'You can avoid blockage problems by using the LCD instead of the optical viewfinder, and an external flash instead of the built-in flash'

'the select dial has 12 different positions, for example, and many controls are labeled with icons rather than with words.'