Olympus SP-560 Ultra Zoom?

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Anyone have any familiarity with this camera?

It seems to fit all my needs except I can bet very much information on movie mode. I simply want to know if Image stabilizaiton and Zoom are available in movie mode.

[David Metsky]

From the SP-550 review here:

If you want to record sound with your movies (as most people would), you'll have to forget about using the optical zoom or the image stabilizer, as both will be disabled. Turn off sound recording and you can use both to your heart's content.
I suspect the same is true for the SP-560, but I don't have any hands on experience.