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It has a couple of eyelets on the side that first require you to attach special rings, to which you attach the shoulder strap. Olympus didn't skimp on the grip with the E-510. Olympus FE-140. Power switch is easy to flip while still gripping camera. But not seeing the shutter speed prior to depressing the shutter fully is one of my pet peeves and I was disappointed that this information was missing from the LCD in Record mode. Olympus EVOLT E-330.36 mm - 180 mm (5x) zoom lens. Visit our discussion forum for the Olympus Stylus 770 SW! Read user reviews (16). Olympus D-580 Zoom.

If you put a lamp behind you, you end up with a fuzzy image of a lamp appearing on your LCD. Like all Olympus SLRs, the E-3 has the company's Super Sonic Wave Filter, which shakes the sensor's cover glass at more than 30,000 times per second. Olympus Stylus 725 SW. The Olympus E-410 is a handsome and handy little SLR, one I could have easily fallen in love with. High ISO images are relatively usable even at ISO 800 and 1600 when printed at 4x6. Olympus FE-280.High levels of chromatic aberration, but expected for a lens with this range.

Olympus E-3. ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses developed specially for digital SLR photography. Olympus - Digital SLR.If you're the gadgety type who needs a hybrid digital camera, the E-330 is that camera. I did feel comfortable knowing that I didn't have to treat the Olympus 770 SW with kid gloves when I was outdoors. If you plan to use the camera underwater, you may want to purchase an adjustable wrist strap to help prevent it slipping off your wrist when you're swimming. You can also just trust that the Olympus E-410 will focus properly, press the shutter all the way, and it will usually focus right before it fires.

Get more information about the lenses! (EVOLT E-500). I played with a few during this review, and enjoyed both their size and overall sharpness. Four new lenses and a 2.0x teleconverter were also announced with the Olympus E-3: the Zuiko 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 SWD; the Zuiko 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 SWD; the Zuiko 14-35mm f/2.0 SWD; and the Zuiko 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6.

• The E-410, like the E-510, uses both CF cards (CompactFlash) and xD cards.
• 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 Stylus Verve S.
• I should also note that there's quite a bit of distortion with the Olympus SP-550 UZ's lens at both ends.
• Excellent close-up shooting, especially in Super Macro mode.
• ISO 3200 and 5000 at reduced (3.1Mp) image size.
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6.4 million sensor photo detectors. The sensation really does bring back the old days of slim, gripless camera bodies. Technically, the Olympus EVOLT E-330 has not one image sensor, but two. That same five spot now gets you the Olympus SP-550 UZ, which has an 18x zoom with image stabilization.

Jim Tanner, our lens technician, tested the Zuiko 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, and plotted the average results against the average results from Canon's EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 and Nikon's Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G. With Live View mode off, the E-510 can capture around 650 shots with its 7.2V, 1500mAh lithium-ion battery (Model: PS-BLM1). First Shots.At wide angle, the flash doesn't even come close to covering most of the 14mm frame area. Other features include face detection autofocus and auto exposure; a Perfect Shot Preview mode, which enables users to preview and select various photographic effects on a live, multi-frame window on the LCD before snapping the shot, and Digital Image Stabilization (DIS), which freezes action with high ISO sensitivity and fast shutter speeds to help prevent blurry images caused by a moving subject.

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. You can select focus points manually, let the Olympus E-3 do the picking, or confine the pattern to a group of four to five AF points across the array, and again let the camera do the selection from those points. Images saved on CompactFlash cards and Microdrives, as well as xD-Picture cards. The Olympus E-3's new mechanism can deliver up to 1/8,000 second shutter speed, and can actually stick with you for up to 60 seconds on long exposures, twice as long as the usual 30 seconds. Olympus Bright Capture Technology for low light situations.But as I've spent time with both cameras, I have been surprised by just how often I use Live View mode. Olympus E-410 digital SLR body.

Shutter speed from 1/2 sec. There's not much else new to Live View, it works just like the E-510, except that there are more autofocus points. Olympus created this elaborate system to give consumers the live LCD view that they've grown accustomed to; the only problem is that the view isn't really live. I should also note that there's quite a bit of distortion with the Olympus SP-550 UZ's lens at both ends. Both have dust reduction, but only the E-410 has Live View. Still, I know that I can make great images with the Olympus E-410, because I have.Get more information about the lenses! • Macro flash system.

I'd recommend the FL-50, as the FL-36 doesn't recharge quickly enough after a full-power shot, probably due to its use of only two AA batteries. 650 shots. I did feel comfortable knowing that I didn't have to treat the Olympus 770 SW with kid gloves when I was outdoors.Nevertheless, images shot at lower ISOs will be fine for smaller sized prints where the lack of sharpness and fine detail won't be as visible as they might be with larger output. In its favor, it's essentially the same as the one on the Stylus system, although the Olympus SP-550 UZ's menu system has quite a few more options. 5.6 million sensor photo detectors.

The Olympus 770 SW certainly won't break any speed records when it comes to performance. Add it all up, and the Olympus E-510 is worthy of a. Small camera case for outdoor and in-bag protection. While it's a little bigger, we found the.Live LCD preview allows shots from odd angles.

Olympus E-3 Digital Camera - Review - The Imaging Resource! 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. 6.2 million sensor photo detectors.

The Olympus E-330's LCD is big, very much dominating the back of the camera, but all controls are still where they ought to be.

Full Review: 7/31/07. No image of the lamp will appear on the captured image, because the main mirror will be flipped up, blocking this light from the capture sensor, but it will be underexposed. The E-410's pop-up flash actually had better success focusing, but it took a lot longer, with several bursts of illuminating flash. In order to avoid throwing off the meter when in Live View A mode, the user must close a manual shutter over the optical viewfinder to keep stray light from affecting both the LCD image displayed and the exposure. Olympus Stylus 1200.

• Our test model featured a duotone stainless steel body with black accents; but the camera is also available in bronze or royal blue for photographers who want to add a little more style to their picture-taking.
• Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual exposure modes, plus 20 Scene modes.
• You can flip the shutter and mirror out of the way and draw the live image directly from the sensor--destroying the SLR's normal ability to auto-focus and meter.
• Olympus Stylus 820.
• Even low ISO images exhibit mushy color.
• Given the right shooting conditions (bright light, with good contrast) and perhaps a little sharpening in Adobe Photoshop or Elements, 8 x 10 inch prints hung on the wall should be okay, too.
• For comparison, the Canon 40D weighs 1.86 pounds, or 29.8 ounces (844 grams) with card and battery, and the Nikon D300 weighs 1.8 pounds (825 grams).

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• Splash-proof Top Pro lens. I was pleasantly surprised by how little I had to do to get great results. So long as there's sufficient contrast under one of the three AF points, and I hold the camera still, the mirror will flip down, the camera will focus, and the mirror will flip back up to capture the image. 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.I won't actually compare the two, except to say that the OM-1 is wider and thinner, with a shorter prime lens. If you put a lamp behind you, you end up with a fuzzy image of a lamp appearing on your LCD. The Olympus 770 SW's shockproof, waterproof, freezeproof, and crushproof attributes are its most distinguishing features, and there's no other camera like it on the market. The refresh rate on the Olympus 770 SW's display was a little slow and the visual blurred for a split second when I moved the camera to re-compose. Built-in pop-up flash with six operating modes and intensity adjustment.

• Aspherical lens elements for. Tendency to underexpose images indoors, requiring +1.7 EV compensation. If I take off my glasses and press my nose in against the left of the camera, I can get right in there, and the diopter can compensate for my vision.And the Olympus SP-550 UZ did, but I also saw a lot of contrast in some of these shots.

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. Only information resulting from rigorous testing and actual use will earn the title of "Review" on Imaging-Resource.com.">more. But even these enthusiast photographers should be warned that each mode is a compromised version of what you can get in full on a more conventional digicam or digital SLR. Image resize.Built-in sliding pop-up flash with six operating modes. I hesitate to recommend the E-410 to the rank amateur, because I think too many of their images will be disappointing, especially indoors or in shadow. 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. Olympus D-510 Zoom.

Autofocus and exposure. The Olympus E-3 is by far the most advanced Olympus digital camera I've used, very satisfying to shoot with, and one of the more compelling SLRs launched this season. Olympus FE-210 Digital Camera - Preview - The Imaging Resource! Camera home. This might not be the ideal test, but the camera was no worse for the wear after I completed my circus-like balancing act. Olympus Stylus 300.

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• The third iteration of Olympus's compact shock and waterproof cameras, the Olympus Stylus 770 SW, takes the "SW" classification up a notch.
• Olympus Stylus 1200.

I also found that the E-410 didn't always make the right decision for proper exposure, producing underexposed, flat images. Read user reviews (224). Though other manufacturers have come out with their own digital-specific lenses, it seems these two new lenses outperform the two most popular manufacturers' kit lenses.

ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses meet the high demands of digital SLR photography providing edge-to-edge sharpness and high light utilisation. (Mju 800 Digital). Dave Etchells talks to Toshiyuki Terada, Olympus's Digital SLR Planning Manager, at the October 16, 2007 launch event. Though it increases shutter lag, Live View offers some intriguing possibilities. 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.

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• Live LCD preview allows shots from odd angles.
• The FE280 product bundle includes a LI-42B Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery and Charger, USB Cable, Audio/Video Cable, Wrist Strap, Manual, CD-ROM with OLYMPUS Master 2 Software and Warranty Card.

As the smallest SLR on the market, the Olympus E-410 brings to mind the revolution started with the company's first full-frame 35mm SLR back in 1972: the M-1, later renamed the OM-1. 38 mm - 106 mm (2.7x) zoom lens.

Also compare favorably to the Olympus E-410. (Mju 770 SW Digital). The Olympus EVOLT E510 stores images either on xD-Picture cards, or on CompactFlash cards (Type-I or Type-II, inclusive of Microdrives).Olympus has marketed--and priced--this camera to prosumer and enthusiast photographers. No other brand makes a camera that compensates for my nearsightedness out of the box.

Olympus E-510. Add that delay to your shutter lag delay, and you end up with a pretty peculiar shooting experience, especially when shooting action. 2.1 million sensor photo detectors. Olympus Bright Capture Technology for low light situations.While it's a little bigger, we found the.

Dust can still get into the E-510, and it does. The E-410 is a good camera in the hands of an experienced photographer, but not the best choice for the average consumer. 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. Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ED Lens and Olympus Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f/14 - 5.6 (kits only).Read user reviews (38). In Program mode, there's nothing. Read user reviews (86).

Olympus took an extra step to invoke the memory of their OM-series cameras. This was taken with the 50-200mm f/2.8 zoom lens. At wide angle, the flash doesn't even come close to covering most of the 14mm frame area. Its 1.15x viewfinder is big and bright, appearing just slightly larger than the Canon 40D, despite the E-3's smaller sensor size.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. Paired with the nifty little FL-36 accessory flash, the Olympus E-330 exposes images very well. Software CD with Olympus' Master utility software (includes necessary drivers). Digital image stabilization.

Holding the E-410 for long periods of time is not as easy as holding an E-510 or even the Rebel XTi, whose grip is very small, and it gets even harder if you attach a long zoom or heavy prime lens to the E-410, but when I'm just headed out for some casual shooting, the E-410's small profile and small lenses are just right. Aimed squarely at the Nikon D300 and Canon 40D, it's no surprise that the Olympus E-3 is big and teeming with buttons and controls.

"Live View is a feature of the Olympus E-510 that you won't get many other places, but it's not the main mode you should use."

If you pop up the E-510's flash, you can see the same shape found on the OM-1's pentaprism housing.

Flash does not deploy automatically in Auto modes. Olympus lenses. I finally just stopped trying to anticipate the next shot and kept press the shutter over and over.This is the mirror that you first see when you peer into the Olympus E-330's optical viewfinder. This image is reflected by two fully silvered mirrors until it hits the pellicle mirror. 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 pop-up flash is manually activated with a well-placed release button, which causes it to slide forward and up, as it did on the E-300. Read user reviews (61).

Software CD containing Olympus Master and USB drivers. Read user reviews (14).

"Its design, though big, is ergonomically pleasing and handsome, and it gives you a feel of confidence and control."

I should also note that there's quite a bit of distortion with the Olympus SP-550 UZ's lens at both ends. If you hold the camera with a bright light source behind you with this shutter open, the problem becomes most apparent. Olympus was also the first to take on this challenge. Shadows were usually deeper in the images than they appeared to my eye.