7.9 million sensor photo detectors.
The test results do indeed show the corners to be quite a bit sharper than the competition's kit lenses, so it's likely that Olympus's digital-specific lenses do indeed offer an advantage. Digital Camera Reviews. To enjoy the beauty of the E-510 or E-410, you'll want to use the optical viewfinder for most shots, because you want to eliminate as much shutter lag as possible. You can view it from in front of the Olympus E-3, from the left or right, and from above and below, and you can fold it in toward the camera to protect it. Its small size and light weight let me take it along more often, and it was nimble and easy to adjust to my needs.In bright sunlight, we found that reducing the contrast to -2 in the Normal mode kept shadows from clipping too badly, but highlights were still too strong. Olympus E-500 - Digital SLR - TrustedReviews. 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.
Live View B mode shows no exposure information or preview; is also noisy. Spot, Center-Weighted, and Digital ESP metering systems. Back at the computer, it was the first shot that was the most accurate.I'm happy to report that the Olympus E-510 had less trouble with shadows than the E-410, though its tone curve is still less than adequate at keeping detail in highlights and shadows. It is heavy, but it gives you a lot of light gathering ability in a small package. There's an Illumination sensor in the upper left corner of the Olympus E-3's LCD that can be set to dim or brighten the LCD automatically depending on the ambient light. Then you have a still image on the screen for two to three seconds, then there's another click as the mirror and shutter open again to give you the Live View B display again. Recommended Accessories.
Software CD with Olympus' Master utility software (includes necessary drivers). Olympus E-20. Olympus FE-230. 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.
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- Digital image stabilization.
- The Olympus E-3's Power switch is located in a familiar place for Canon prosumer SLR owners, just off the lower right corner of the LCD display.
- The E-510 has a better tone curve than the E-410, though it could still be better.
Read user reviews (35). On one hand, the Olympus E-410 is cute, quick, fun to shoot (used with Live View off), and stows easily. The Pentax K100D, the Rebel XTi, the Nikon D40, and the Olympus OM-1 come to mind. Shutter lag in this mode is 0.88 second, provided it has a good target and sufficient light to focus.
Sample Galleries. The image is softer overall, however. If you're the gadgety type who needs a hybrid digital camera, the E-330 is that camera. Read user reviews (2). At the same time, you won't have any problems slipping this tough but slender camera into a shirt pocket.Olympus D-595 Zoom.
38 mm - 190 mm (5x) zoom lens. We had a little trouble with the camera's image quality when zoomed in close on a computer monitor, but few shooters actually use resolution this high, even printing up to 8x10 size, and few of these defects are strongly visible at those resolutions.
| "When the highlights are blown and shadows are plugged in the lab's Sunlight Extreme test, I point it out and write in the appropriate warning to watch out for direct sunlight situations; but when it's a shot I'd like to post or print, I have to go through the rigors of trying to salvage the blown highlights or deep shadows, while making sense of the mid-tones." |
Olympus E-510. Found this little dragonfly to be unusually cooperative, flying back to this favorite flower over and over so I could make use of the 150mm f/2.0. Waterproof down to 131 feet (40 meters), the E-410 is a great choice for diving, not only because its small size allows for a smaller housing, but because the Live View mode makes composing images underwater much better than having to squint through a viewfinder or use an awkward frame. 27 mm - 110 mm (4x) 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. The Live MOS sensor, made by Panasonic, enables a true Live View mode, allowing image composition on the LCD, much like the common digicam most have grown used to (note that I don't say "just like the common digicam"). The Top Pro lenses are designed for highest professional requirements.My biggest complaint was the poor speed of the autofocus system. The Olympus Stylus 790 SW also offers what the company calls "Digital Image Stabilization" mode - which should not be mistaken for true hardware image stabilization, where either lens elements or the image sensor are moved based on sensors that detect camera shake.
The "SW" in the name hints at two of the camera's more unusual features - both shock- and water-proofing. The E-510 has a little more than the E-410, though, starting with White balance bracketing and Flash bracketing. Olympus EVOLT E-330 digital SLR body. Teleconversion Lens.The Olympus E-330 had no trouble picking him out and focusing when I pressed the shutter halfway. Olympus D-595 Zoom. Olympus E-3 Overview. A Preview includes basic specs and a brief description. Flash does not deploy automatically in Auto modes.
