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As I said with the Olympus E-330, any camera that has auto modes should have a pop up that the camera can activate when necessary. The camera also makes twice the noise in Live View B mode. Live V. Olympus FE-100. Just hold down the IS button for a few moments and suddenly the live image will be stabilized.

"We haven't tested its optical quality, but its feel and focusing speed were quite good."

Smaller lenses. Other '830 features include both hardware image stabilization and software anti-blur, a whopping 23 scene modes, an ISO range of 80 to 1600, 15MB of built-in memory, and an xD-Picture card storage slot.

Olympus C-5060 Zoom. As such, they chose a small sensor and designed their lenses to make that goal easier to achieve. Tinkerers who have been waiting for a small SLR and like to make good products better with a little attention to detail will love the Olympus E-410. Has a 6-megapixel sensor, while the. Still, image quality was definitely a mixed bag. Olympus D-380.My biggest complaint was the poor speed of the autofocus system. Optical / LCD.

Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ED Lens (kit only). The lens that appears in both bundles is the 3x, 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, a very small optic that is equivalent to a 28-84mm lens on a 35mm camera. Read user reviews (203).I was particularly impressed shooting the E-510 with its kit lenses, which are small and sharp even in the corners, and the 40-150mm telephoto lens makes for a small 10.7x combo that will fit in a very small camera bag. Olympus FE-120. 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. If you decide you want to change the Picture Mode item, you press the right arrow to bring up the next screen.

On the other hand, this mode is so limited, and using it so involved, that you could just as easily capture a shot, zoom in to look at it to check focus, then refocus and take another shot. Read user reviews (161). Sensor-shift optical and digital (high ISO, fast shutter) image stabilization. Those who want to be a little more creative can quickly convert color to black and white or sepia, choose from a small assortment of decorative frames and add a text message (Congratulations, Happy Birthday, etc.), all without a computer. The cool part is that you can customize which direction you use to focus in the menu. See our Imatest page for more on the different tone curves generated by these two cameras.If you pop up the E-410's flash, you can see the same shape found on the OM-1's pentaprism housing. So I worked with the FL-36 at first, then switched to the on-camera flash. But it's just the right size when you want to pack light, as it's also the lightest camera on the market.

That same five spot now gets you the Olympus SP-550 UZ, which has an 18x zoom with image stabilization. Dave Etchells talks to Toshiyuki Terada, Olympus's Digital SLR Planning Manager, at the October 16, 2007 launch event. Dave Etchells talks to Toshiyuki Terada, Olympus's Digital SLR Planning Manager, at the October 16, 2007 launch event. But in Live View mode, the E-410 is slower than most digicams, let alone most SLRs. Outdoor enthusiasts may well be able to overlook some of its performance and image quality shortcomings, as well as its basic feature set, knowing that the Olympus Stylus 770 SW can handle whatever physical challenges are thrown its way. As with the E-410 model it is announced alongside, the Olympus EVOLT E-510 offers rather more "traditional" styling than some of the past EVOLT line, but the two don't share identical bodies.

• Some users may find the lack of manual controls frustrating, but considering that the Olympus 770 SW is designed to be used under challenging conditions, such as underwater or at the beach, the on-board editing features to adjust brightness and saturation will come in handy for minor adjustments.
• The 790 SW is simply boosting ISO sensitivity to gain a faster shutter speed and using software deblurring, both of which will reduce blur at the expense of added noise and/or obscured image detail.
• The battery is a little small for a sports camera, unfortunately, but there's a sturdy metal tripod socket nearby.
• Olympus FE-250.
• Small and light compared to competing designs.
• I could also see him over the camera from this vantage.
• E-System Pro Backpack.
• The E-410's pop-up flash actually had better success focusing, but it took a lot longer, with several bursts of illuminating flash.

Olympus D-390. Image stabiliser for enhanced shooting confidence. ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses meet the high demands of digital SLR photography providing edge-to-edge sharpness and high light utilisation. Overall, it's a better camera for the enthusiast photographer, a decision I came to reluctantly after using both in several different situations with some of Olympus's other lenses and accessories.

Add it all up, and the Olympus E-510 is worthy of a. Electronic viewfinder with dioptric correction. Its 2.5-inch LCD has approximately 230,000 pixels, great for checking focus. Individuals who have themselves downloaded this page may print a copy on their personal printers for convenience of reading and reference. > Olympus Stylus 830.Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual exposure modes, plus 20 Scene modes. • For all Mju-SW cameras.

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5.4 million sensor photo detectors. Other EVOLT E-510 features include a 49-segment iESP metering system, plus center-weighted average, spot, and two further spot metering modes called "Highlight Spot" and "Shadow Spot". However it had a body shape resembling a high-end compact camera, which may have put some people off. I don't say it's impossible to remember to close the eyepiece shutter, nor do I judge it as bad; I just don't think the E-330 is for the point & shoot photographer wanting to take snaps of the kids. Electronic viewfinder with dioptric correction.28 mm - 140 mm (5x) zoom lens. Shot-to-shot time was sluggish, and was noticeably slower when the flash was engaged. Olympus E-510 digital SLR body. Continuous mode is fast at 3.1 frames per second. It's more comfortable than using the smallish optical viewfinder, and the AF points are more visible on the LCD than they appear in the optical viewfinder.

I do think it's a good choice for those who need the smallest camera possible, and don't mind tinkering with camera settings, and tweaking pictures after. The complicated viewfinder arrangement has gotten in the way of my review of the E-330, really; and I think they'll get in the way for users as well.Tinkerers who have been waiting for a small SLR and like to make good products better with a little attention to detail will love the Olympus E-410. But what's that little brown spot? Dec 28, 2007. It's more comfortable than using the smallish optical viewfinder, and the AF points are more visible on the LCD than they appear in the optical viewfinder.

Top Pro Lenses. 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. Olympus says they hid a little tribute to the OM-1 under the E-410 and E-510's pop-up flash.Olympus C-4000 Zoom.

As for settings, the E-410 has special underwater Scene modes that make adjusting your camera for underwater photography as simple as selecting one of the modes. Olympus Stylus 720 SW. Other features include a VGA movie mode (with no sound, at a rate of 15 frames per second), USB computer connectivity, and video out to let you see your photos on a television.Read user reviews (1). A few other manufacturers have also signed up to develop 4/3 format cameras and lenses, but so far Olympus is the only one to have launched actual products, starting with the E-1 professional SLR in 2003, which was well received but priced too high to compete with the consumer-oriented digital SLRs that are now starting to dominate the market. Olympus C-2040 Zoom.

I had fewer difficult images with the E-510, so I feel better recommending the camera to those who will be tweaking their settings and images anyway. And the Olympus SP-550 UZ did, but I also saw a lot of contrast in some of these shots.

• Olympus E-510.
• Shadows were usually deeper in the images than they appeared to my eye.
• With Live View, people will expect the E-510 to work just like their digicam; and further, because it's an SLR they will also expect it to have lower shutter lag than their digicam.
• I found the best focus with the center point, but often moved it around when there was time.
• Read user reviews (106).
• The elongated shutter button is easy to identify by feel, resting as it does in a wide, sculpted notch.
• Olympus FE-180.
• Other EVOLT E-510 features include a 49-segment iESP metering system, plus center-weighted average, spot, and two further spot metering modes called "Highlight Spot" and "Shadow Spot".
• The Olympus 830 packs its features into an all-weather metal body that can handle rain, sleet and snow.

Be aware that no current dust reduction technology can completely remove dust from a sensor, but Olympus's system is quite good. Some of my flower shots really surprised me with the quality of the color and detail.