How the Olympus SP-565UZ fared in DPReview's 'Super Zoom' Camera Group Test (Q1 2009) Review – In this Digital Photography Review's test, the Canon SX10 IS emerged as the second-placed test winner, and was categorized as "Middle of the road" in 2 out of 3 test categories.
The review states:
The SP-565UZ packs an awful lot of power into its diminutive body. The huge 20x zoom gives you the widest wideangle and the second longest telephoto here, it's very well built, has reliable focus, metering and white balance and plenty of manual overrides for the more serious photographer. It fails to make it all the way to the winners podium simply because the it's not as good as the Panasonic FZ28 (particularly in flash, low light and image stabilization performance). This is the best Olympus compact we've used in a long time and – for walking around shooting in daylight – it's well worth serious consideration.