As the annual CP+ tradeshow in Japan approaches, Olympus has taken the wraps off two of the more unusual fixed-lens cameras we've seen recently. At first glance, the Olympus SP-100 ultrazoom and the rugged Olympus TG-850 compact might not seem particularly unusual, but each brings with it firsts not just for Olympus, but for their respective categories. Perhaps the more surprising is the Olympus SP-100, a 16-megapixel ultrazoom camera with a brand-new 50x optical zoom lens. At the heart of its design was the goal of...
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