Small and light compared to competing designs.

Because I'm used to shooting more conventional SLRs, I default to the optical viewfinder, and I use the LCD after capture, just like I do with other SLRs. Read user reviews (32). I wouldn't mind a little more of a lip under the shutter button, though, because it feels a little insecure when picking up the camera at first.(Mju 725 SW Digital). Also small and light, these two Canons take great shots and also work well in low light. Minimal shutter lag when prefocused. My doll shots in the darkness of the garage were simply among the best I've ever gotten with any camera.

You press the Shutter button. No eye cup for the electronic viewfinder (EVF), but what's there is rubberized. With Studio 2.0, you can remote control the camera and instantly upload pictures from the camera to the computer. No other brand makes a camera that compensates for my nearsightedness out of the box, with compensation from -3 to +1.0; that's good for me, but your results will vary. The Olympus 830 packs its features into an all-weather metal body that can handle rain, sleet and snow.But the controls I most wanted were at hand on the Olympus SP-550 UZ's control pad, so I wasn't much discomfited on my various shoots. Olympus E-410 digital SLR body. With and without flash, the camera's auto white balance did a good job of producing accurate colors under a variety of lighting conditions. Though it seems huge compared to the E-410, this 150mm f/2.0 lens is short compared to others of the same length and power. (4 shots).

Most pro SLRs use CF, so E-1 owners will already have storage for these new cameras; but consumers who own a digicam that uses xD can also step into the E-510 with less initial cost. Olympus Stylus 700. Images are slightly soft overall. Excellent lens beats others in its class. Olympus C-3000 Zoom. The Olympus Stylus 830 has a clean, pocket friendly chassis, and includes both an eight megapixel CCD image sensor and Olympus-branded 5x optical zoom lens - a more useful range than the 3x zooms in most digicams.Review: DCViews Side by Side of the Panasonic DMC-FZ8 compared to the Olympus SP-550 UZ.

At wide angle, the flash doesn't even come close to covering most of the 14mm frame area. (EVOLT E-410). 35 mm - 105 mm (3x) zoom lens. The Olympus SP-550 offers a VGA movie mode (with QVGA also available), capturing clips at 640 x 480 pixels at up to 30 frames-per-second in AVI format (Motion JPEG) with sound, for as long as the xD-Picture card, or internal memory has space. Olympus D-600L.

"Olympus C-7070 Wide Zoom."

The body of the Olympus E-3 is sealed against dust and water, even the flash and swiveling LCD. Because of its small size, I was able to carry the Olympus 770 SW around easily, whether on a long walk or just around the neighborhood. Despite its foibles, the Olympus E-510 is a very good digital SLR, one I'd recommend to photographers who want to travel light, anyone with a need for Live View on occasion, and anyone wanting to learn more about photography with a digital SLR.

Olympus D-620L. Thanks to the new Olympus remote control (RC) wireless flash units FL-50R and FL-36R, cordless lighting set-ups are a convenient reality. The Olympus 790 is also waterproof to a depth of three meters. To focus when in Live View mode, you have to press the AEL/AFL button, or just press the shutter release and the Olympus E-3 will focus before it captures the image. Olympus C-5000 Zoom.A Full Review covers everything, including operation.

The Olympus E-System is radically different to other Single Lens Reflex (SLR) Systems. Read user reviews (56).Unfortunately, while most higher-end SLRs, like the Canon 20D or Nikon D80, have a second control dial to control aperture while the first controls the shutter speed when shooting in Manual mode, the E-510 has only the one Control dial. Olympus C-7000 Zoom. Though the Olympus E-330's sensor is the same size as the E-300 and E-500, it is not the same 8 megapixel Kodak sensor we liked so much in those cameras. Olympus FE-210. The viewfinder is cramped, unfortunately, and Olympus puts the status display off to the right of the viewfinder window, rather than across the bottom, which means I can't see it without pressing my glasses into the rubber eyecup and peering to the right of the viewfinder.

Olympus never produced an autofocus SLR system with interchangeable lenses, which is why it was easy for them to let go of the manual-focus OM-series and build an entirely new system designed around a smaller sensor, which they dubbed Four-Thirds (you can find out more about the Four-Thirds system at www.four-thirds.org.) Unlike other manufacturers, all with an existing base of AF lenses to support with their new digital SLR designs, Olympus could afford to start fresh. The gallery shots have several examples of this -- but you really have to be told that the shots go together (look at the file names for close sequences). Read user reviews (116). But the monitor exhibited very little grain under low light. We're in the process of starting our tests of Olympus Four-Thirds optics on.Lens is sharp corner to corner.

Camera Reviews. Excellent close-up shooting, especially in Super Macro mode. Inside is a real glass pentaprism that's bigger and brighter than any Olympus has offered on its Four-thirds cameras. Mids of images are often underexposed. Though it increases shutter lag, Live View offers some intriguing possibilities. • Is compact, more stable and light.And of course the Olympus SP-550 UZ has optical image stabilization. Olympus C-3030 Zoom. Dave Etchells talks to Toshiyuki Terada, Olympus's Digital SLR Planning Manager, at the October 16, 2007 launch event. The Olympus E-System is the first professional SLR system designed completely from the ground up for digital photography which:.

My mode saves up to four camera configurations for later recall, handy on a camera with so many options. • Fixed focal macro lens.The longest digicam zoom available with a usable digital zoom that takes it even further into the realm of scopes. It remains to be seen just how well these two systems will work together in the SP-550 UZ, but I applaud Olympus for finally including hardware-based image stabilization.

Olympus D-425. Contrast, Saturation, Monochrome (with several filter options), and Graduation image adjustments. Same with Shutter speed mode. Still, image quality was definitely a mixed bag. It was pretty easy, just set the mode and press the button. You can also set a high ISO limit with the E-510, define a color space, turn on shading compensation, and an array of other custom functions that are left out of the E-410 to keep it simple.

• Manual and automatic focus modes, with adjustable AF area and.
• Canon Talk.
• Weighing far less than the camera's crushproof threshold of 220 pounds, I even stood on the camera with one foot for a few minutes.
• Choose a variety of accessories which can be used with different Olympus camera models.
• Olympus was also the first to take on this challenge.
• We're in the process of starting our tests of Olympus Four-Thirds optics on SLRgear.com, and the initial results show that my experience and Olympus's claims for their edge-to-edge sharpness are indeed valid, at least in the first lens we've tested.
• Interchangeable lens mount accommodates Olympus Zuiko Digital lenses.
• Camera home.
• Olympus has managed to re-expand its line, long dominated by compact Stylus models, and resurrect its long zoom.

Read user reviews (38). It seems like the spring on the retention latch is a little strong, and the pack doesn't come out far enough to grasp. Canon Rebel XT. Whereas the Canon XTi on top left much chroma noise to preserve detail, and the D40 effectively smooshed out chroma noise along with some detail, the E510 strikes a balance between the two extremes.

Image noise was also a problem at higher ISOs, further exacerbating the images' soft quality. The EVOLT E-410 kit package contains the following items:. Visit our discussion forum for the Olympus E-3! (14 shots). Olympus Stylus 810.

"The E-500 offers only one viewfinder, is lighter, and is a joy to use, for $200 to $300 less."

Read user reviews (52). Optical viewfinder is small and information is displayed off to the right, rather than beneath the image.

The original OM-series spanned three decades, culminating in the OM-4T, an innovative, albeit manual-focus camera that was finally discontinued in 2002. E-System Pro Backpack.Teleconversion Lens. Lens hood for each individual lens (kit only). There also seems to be less weight on the left side of the body, making for less twisting force when you're holding the camera one-handed.

Where the E-330 could do this in two different ways (each with certain limitations), the E-510's live view function comes solely courtesy of its ten megapixel Live MOS image sensor. Hot Shoe for attaching external flash units, compatible with Olympus' own line of dedicated flash units for better-integrated exposure control. They'd have had to move the four buttons on the screen's left to accomplish this on the Olympus E-330, but I think it would have been worth it for the greater versatility considering all the trouble to achieve a mere 45 degrees down and 90 degrees up, for 135 degrees of arc.A special built-in LED lamp can be used to illuminate macro shots, or else serve as a flashlight. Dubbed TruePic III, the new processor is said to offer a one stop reduction in image noise over past variants at higher ISO sensitivities, and today's new EVOLTs are the first cameras to include the technology. On one hand, no other camera can check focus this thoroughly before capture, as modern optical digicam viewfinders do very little to help your eye confirm focus like the big bright ground glass focusing screens on 35mm cameras used to do. The first mirror reflects light onto a focusing screen, and from there into a prism or mirror assembly that directs the final image to the optical viewfinder where the photographer can see a real-time image of what they're about to capture.

The viewfinder is cramped, unfortunately, and Olympus puts the status display off to the right of the viewfinder window, rather than across the bottom, which means I can't see it without pressing my glasses into the rubber eyecup and peering to the right of the viewfinder. This does mean that autofocusing isn't possible without first dropping the reflex mirror, briefly interrupting the live view for the duration of the autofocus process. Olympus has managed to re-expand its line, long dominated by compact Stylus models, and resurrect its long zoom. In addition to its ability to withstand a drop from five feet, the latest SW model is now waterproof to a depth of 33 feet -- a depth that no other camera can achieve without an underwater housing.The Olympus E-410's ISO 1,600 performance was pretty good, producing somewhat soft images, but with little noise. 7.5-megapixel NMOS solid state image sensor. Read user reviews (50). Update: 11/15/2007 Full test results and analysis posted.

The gallery shots have several examples of this -- but you really have to be told that the shots go together (look at the file names for close sequences). Standard Lenses. Live View B. You'll have to switch back to meter and make one final framing check, either through the optical viewfinder or on the LCD, then take your shot.Fireworks mode.

Read user reviews (89). Olympus C-4040 Zoom.Read user reviews (50). Supersonic Wave filter removes dust from sensor when camera is turned on. Olympus C-2000 Zoom.

• Special digital dedicated & near telecentric design for good image quality from maximum aperture on. Olympus D-450 Zoom. Scuba divers and snorkelers will appreciate the Olympus Stylus 770 SW's negative buoyancy, which means that it won't float up and hit your mask while you're underwater.36.7 mm - 35 mm (0.9x) zoom lens. The new RC Data Transfer System built into the E-3 allows the built-in strobe to control up to three groups of RC flashes inside a 120 degree area in front of the camera without requiring an separate on-camera commander unit. This is especially useful at longer focal lengths, where the slightest camera movement can result in a blurry image, or in low light, when shutter speeds can be too slow for the typical user to hand-hold. Shadows were usually deeper in the images than they appeared to my eye. Otherwise, the Olympus clearly outperforms Nikon and Canon's Kit lenses in terms of corner sharpness.

Dim optical viewfinders aren't comfortable to use over time. Read user reviews (5).According to our tests, the Olympus E-510 captured 15 Large/Fine JPEG images before the buffer filled, then it took only two seconds to save all images to the card. Olympus Stylus 740.

Olympus C-720 UZ. Manual focus is electronic, not physical. Well, Live View introduces significant and widely varying shutter lag, ranging from a half second to three or more seconds depending on whether the camera can focus on the subject. 400 shots.

• (Mju mini Digital).
• The Power button just behind the Shutter and Model dial.
• Live V.
• Olympus D-200L.
• Kit includes Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ED lens as well as Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f/14.0-5.6 lens.

I should also note that there's quite a bit of distortion with the Olympus SP-550 UZ's lens at both ends.

Like its simpler and more affordable brother, the E-500, the E-330 accepts both CF and xD cards, a great move that leaves the camera open for Olympus digicam upgraders and E-300/E-1 users as well. Read user reviews (24). Read user reviews (11). Compact, sleek design.8.5 million sensor photo detectors. (Mju 500 Digital).