Buy Olympus E-410 Digital SLR Camera (ED 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 & ED 40-150mm 1:4.0-5.6)Olympus E-410 Digital SLR Camera (ED 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 & ED 40-150mm 1:4.0-5.6) Product Description:
Product Description
This new D-SLR is compact and light-weight, yet provides photographers with the additional comfort of a Live View viewing, so you can use the large 2.5/6.4cm HyperCrystal LCD to frame your shots easily. Also new is the image processing engine, which boasts superb noise performance and speeds up overall processing times. Moreover, the new 10-Megapixel image sensor means even better-quality, more detailed shots. Furthermore, it is equipped with the patented Supersonic Wave Filter, the original proven technology for protecting the image sensor from dust.
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69 of 70 people found the following review helpful.
An excellent SLR system
By Dai Dant
I am very impressed with this digital SLR. For years I used Olympus OM series film cameras with satsfaction. As digital camera image quality improved, I decided to go digital and have tried Nikon, Canon and Fuji SLRs. All were bulky and heavy, showing their heritage as modified designs for 35mm film adapted for use with smaller digital sensors.Having design their E-series as digital from the outset, Olympus seem to me to have far superior handling qualities. Carrying an E-410 all day is far preferrable to any of the rival makers models I bought. I first used an E-400, and agreed with the reviews which found images taken at high ISO "filmspeed" settings somewhat noisy. This problem is resolved in the E-410 which uses a different sensor. Another improvement is in the autofucussing which is again, much improved.As well as the conventional SLR viewfinder, the E-410 gives one the option of composing shots in the LCD screen on the camera back as a "live preview". It would be great if this worked as quickly as on a pocket digital camera, but there is in fact quite a delay between pressing the shutter release and the image being focussed and captured. Notwishtanding this, I have found the live preview invaluable for macro work and I would hate to be without it now.Another good feature of the recent E-series models is the "supersonic wave filter for dust reduction". Unlike film SLR cameras, digital ones can be ruined by dust on the sensor introduced when lenses are changed. Nikon offers sofware which maps and then cancels out the specks - sounds like a rubbish "solution"! Olympus and Canon offer sonic systems which shake the sensor at start up to keep dust away. I'm ultra cautious when changing lenses, but I'm greatly reassured by reviews which suggest that the Olympus system really can be effective.Finally Olympus seem to be developing a truly comprehensive system with a great (if expensive) selection of lenses and flash units. For clinical medical and dental photography they have an excellent 50mm (equivalent to 100mm in a 35mm format camera) macro lens which can also capture potraits or full body views. This can be coupled to a ring flash or twin macro flash with TTL metering and capable of taking perfectly exposed images straight out of the box. The only weak part of the system is the flash ring FR-1 needed to couple the flash head to the lens. I have bought three of these, and all three have broken in normal use!The problem with the FR-1 is that the front element of it is held on to the main body by three TINY screws which just aren't up to the job. As I needed to keep working in three different centres I didn't return the units (what would be the point in exchanging one badly designed bit of kit for an identical one anyway). My solution is to permanently glue the front to the main body with Araldite. I hope that this shockingly poor piece of design isn't indicative of other problems elsewhere in the range.Finally, pricing. Because the UK economy is OK at present, we seem to fair game for overpricing in lots of areas. There is not a huge difference between the cost of Olympus camera bodies and kits in the UK and other markets but lenses and accessories are up to twice the price here. Like many others, I buy a lot my hardware in the USA. If Olympus are serious about developing the full potential of the UK market, they need to look at the way their distributors and dealers price their products here.I look forward to trying the E-510 with its' in camera image stabilisation soon.
37 of 38 people found the following review helpful.New DLSR user
By Durham Lad
I recently purchsed this item, having had a Pentax ME Super for many years.Unfortunatley it needed repairing and the cost seemed to expensive compared to the advantages a new DLSR gives you.You don`t have to buy films and wait to get them developed to see your results,also you are not limited to the amount of pictures you can take.(subject to the memory card size).I am still learning how to use the camera,but have found the picture quality stunning.I have used the`live view`function but find it easier to focus through the view finder,as i find it easier to track the subject this way.The camera is easy to hold being very light and even with the large lens it pretty easy to focus.If anything it has to many functions for someone new to DLSR photography. but the manual covers everything you need to know,but you do need to read it a few times to know what you are doing.You always find it will do something else each time you pick it up.I would also sugest that you purchase a spare battery as a backup.Finally for any one wishing to take the step up to DSLR photography i would reccomend you look at the E410,but do shop around as the price difference between suppliers is huge!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.Olympus E410 Great little DSLR
By Sn Baines
Purchased this camera about 6 months ago too replace a Nikon D80 which was a fantastic camera but just too large for me carry around off the cuff so 2 speak.Great thing about the E410 is the size and weight and the spec is better then similar priced nikons and canons.Live view and dust reduction for starters,The burst mode is very very fast and actually performs better then the spec sheet ie 3 fps, i,m getting more like 3.5 fps.User interface is very easy to master and has lots of nice features included.It,s def a camera that grows on you and i quite often find myself playing with it just for the sake of it.Only drawbacks the camera has is the default settings need adjusting too get the best out of it, this has been confirmed by a couple of reviews i,ve read lately from respected camera experts such as DP reviews and the like.First thing that should be changed is the noise filter ie turn it off !! it,s kicking in quite strongly even a low iso and you loose a lot of sharp detail as the camera smoothes away the image , also turn the sharpness to -2 in all modes as the processer applys more sharpness to combat the smearing i mentioned but of course the problem is noise again.The only complaint i have that can,t be changed is the method of using a strobe effect from the flash to focus in low light conditions, most subjects seem to hate it and i must admit i don,t like it either, i,ve therefore turned it off and the camera still seems to focus well without any help. I would of much preferred a Focus assist lamp as found on other brands. This may be a personal dislike and may not bother some others but you should be aware.The positives far out weigh any negatives that i may off mentioned and to get the perfect camera is impossible in my opinion as higher spec costs more and will def mean a bigger camera.So to conclude if size is important and you want very fast shutter speeds and excellent spec including the live view which i personaly don,t use but is there never the less this is an excellent choice and with the E420 out soon this is now a bargain and hardly anymore to buy then a half decent compact.
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