Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
SZ-12
Olympus
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 14 megapixels
- Sensor size
- 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Max resolution
- 4288 x 3216
- ISO
- Auto, High Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
- Uncompressed format
- No
Lens and focus
- Focal length (equiv.)
- 25–600 mm
- Maximum aperture
- F3–6.9
- Optical zoom
- 24×
- Manual focus
- No
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 4 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/1700 sec
- Continuous drive
- 0.6 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiSpot
- Aperture priority
- No
- Shutter priority
- No
- Built-in flash
- Yes
- External flash
- No
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 180 (30fps)
- Format
- MPEG-4, H.264
- Microphone
- Mono
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- None
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 460,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- Lithium-ion rechargeable LI-50B battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 220
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 226 g (0.50 lb / 7.97 oz)
- Dimensions
- 106 x 69 x 40 mm (4.17 x 2.72 x 1.57″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (Type D)
- Remote control
- No
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
An independent review has not yet been added to this record.
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →