Digital SLR Camera EVOLT OlympusLike the Olympus EVOLT E-410 digital SLR the Olympus EVOLT E-510 digital SLR is “a great camera to help you evolve as a photographer” in a hard plastic body, a little bulkier than the E-410 while remaining a compact digital SLR. Featuring Olympus’ 2.5″ HyperCrystalâ„¢ Live View LCD technology which works even in the sunlight and has proven very popular despite not being quite point and shoot, proven Dust Reduction System with the exclusive Supersonic Wave Filter and powerful, 10-megapixel LiveMOS imager, sensor-shift image stabilization (which works using a gyroscope inside), two memory slots that hold Compact Flash Type I and Type II, Microdrive and xD picture cards, Zuiko “digital” lenses (the camera also comes as body only), three selectable AF points, and redeye reduction and manually assisted removal.
The E410 lets you shoot in RAW mode and edit although the default settings are not up to par. You can then use Olympus Studio 2 or other software (the included software is not so great and trial only) on the RAW image. Otherwise you can expect pretty good image quality even under low light conditions particularly up to ISO 1600.
On the plus side you can expect long battery life and great prices right now, under $1000 with lenses, making this one of the best DSLRs for this Christmas season. Processing speed is fast and the camera support the Four Thirds Standard lens mount. There are 29 exposure modes.
Product type: Single-lens reflex Live View digital camera with interchangeable lens system
Dimensions: 5.35 in.(W) x 3.6 in. (W) x 2.67in. (D) / 136 mm (W) x 91.5 mm (H) x 68 mm (D) (excluding protrusions);
Weight 16.2 oz. / 460 g (body only).
RAW:3648 x 2736 compressed Approx. 11MB
SHQ: 3648 x 2736 Approx. 1/2.7 compressed Approx. 6.8MB
AF system: TTL phase-difference detection system
Sequential shooting speed: approximately 3 frames per second
December 13th, 2007
Olympus Voice RecorderLooking for a small device to record lectures or business meetings, yourself, and other important stuff like maybe a concert? For $150 the Olympus WS-321M Voice Recorder digital recorder with music player comes highly recommended. Coming with modern amenities this little device can also play MP3s so it’s got all of your audio needs covered (it records and also plays back WMA). And great for transcriptionists, detail-oriented students, and people who wish others would just talk little bit slower or maybe a bit faster is the feature to playback recordings pitched up or down up to 50% and you can also speed up to the important parts. A gig of memory allows for the storage of up to 250 songs for 277 hours of recording. Other features: stereo, USB, LCD screen, built-in speaker, weighs 1.7 ounces including battery, 3.7″L x 1.5″W x 0.4″D.
December 6th, 2007
Digital Camera Olympus ReviewOlympus SP-560UZ Digital Camera comes with great components; 18x optical zoom lens; 8.1 megapixels, optical image stabilization; TruePic Turbo III image processor with face detection technology; can photograph large group portraits, faraway football goals, and everything in between; feature-laden; $499 price tag, about $100 more than its competitors; two other models have come out with nearly identical specs, but cost much less: the Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 ; pricey SP-560 didn’t fare well; doesn’t have much to offer compared to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18, the Canon S5, and the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H7; suffers from inaccurate and undersaturated colors, disappointing resolution performance that shows obvious barrel distortion, very ugly blue noise that makes ISO speeds of 1600 and 3200 essentially unusable, and malfunctioning long exposures that make the right corners of the photos glow; has very low noise at ISO 50 and 100, as well as excellent dynamic range at those ISO speeds. Most telling, however, is the 560UZ didn’t even perform better than its predecessor, the Olympus SP-550UZ, in most image quality categories; high-quality components; 2.5-inch LCD screen with 230,000 pixels and very wide viewing angles, an electronic viewfinder with a smooth view, and a pop-up flash that hardly ever catches a red eye; long lens [unable] to function in Movie mode when the audio is turned on, only when the audio recording is off; recognized three faces at a time but didn’t track as well as similar technology on the Canon S5 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18.
The Olympus SP-560UZ has a lot of great features, exposure modes, and components packed into a comfortable body, but its pictures don’t turn out as well as they should. The autofocus system is slow, so fleeting moments are missed. Many captured images are plagued with noise and have horrifically inaccurate colors. It’s not worth the $499 price, especially considering the less expensive competition outperforms it.
Washington Post
November 23rd, 2007
Olympus
“Color rendition is dependably accurate and chromatic aberration (purple fringing) is very well controlled in both lenses. … If I were buying a mid-level dSLR today I would probably purchase the competitively priced, compact, capable, and responsive Olympus E-510. For casual photographers, Canon Powershot S3/S5 owners, and Panasonic FZ7/FZ8 owners looking to move up to a dSLR – the E-510 is the camera you’ve been searching for. For Olympus E-300, E-330, E-400, and E-500 owners looking to upgrade, the E-510 is the camera you hoped Olympus would build.”
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July 23rd, 2007
Olympus
“Photos taken with the Stylus 770 SW were better than what the Stylus 720 SW produced. Our test shots were only slightly undersaturated, and the colors were accurate. Noise at ISO 200 and 400 wasn’t an issue on our tests. When we bumped the ISO up to 800 or 1600, however, quality suffered, and the sharpness dropped considerably. … If you’re looking for a svelte but tough digital camera that can go everywhere–and we mean everywhere, including underwater and in the snow–the Olympus Stylus 770 SW is definitely worth a look.”
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June 24th, 2007
OlympusMegapixel has a review of the Olymous E-410 and writes, “With its excellent image quality, be it at the lowest JPEG compression or with the RAW format, its complete set of shooting modes, its advanced Live View mode, or even its effective dust reduction system, the Olympus Evolt E-410 has one of the best price to value ratios of cameras currently on the market. Moreover, the advantage and value that the 2-lens kit offers should place this camera high on the list of any person wanting to move to a digital SLR camera.”
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June 4th, 2007
Olympus
Pros: Excellent photo quality; low noise levels through ISO 800; redeye not a problemLive view feature lets you shoot in ways not possible with other D-SLRs (though see the numerous issues below)Large, high resolution, tilting LCD displaySolid construction, no
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May 7th, 2007
Digital SLR Camera Olympus
Pros: Lightweight, Good colour and sharpness, Fast and accurate autofocus, Dual format, xD and CF, Good shutter speed range, Lots of picture modes for beginners, Ultrasonic CCD cleaning, Good Exposure Compensation range, Built in flash works well (more…)
May 1st, 2007
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