Am not going to write about the specification, size etc because it has all been written before and am sure you would have read it so i will just state my experience with this gem of a camera. Have had this camera for 6 months and to be honest, was initially very disappointed with the pictures produced but being a bloke it didn't occur to me to look at the instructions. Taking the time to go through the manual and familiarise myself with the camera properly proved to be well worthwhile.
Suddenly my average pictures where coming out superbly and giving me the image quality i was looking for and more. Have given this camera a 4 star rating purely because it lacks image stabilisation. It has a feature in the auto settings that does this but restricts creativity as you cant use it in any other modeam now so happy with olympus now, that i have just upgraded to the e-620, passing my e-410 to my enthusiastic son :).
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.
Pros
- An excellent SLR system
- I'm extremely pleased with it.
- Superb Value For Money
- Great entry level SLR
Features of Olympus E-410 Digital SLR Camera (ED 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 & ED 40-150mm 1:4.0-5.6)
- Ultra-compact and ultra-light
- Live View with 7x / 10x magnification for accurate focusing
- 10 Megapixels Live MOS sensor
- Strong dust reduction (Supersonic Wave Filter)
- Exceptional ease of use
- 6.4cm / 2.5" HyperCrystal LCD
- Built-in pop-up flash
- Lens:3x wide angle standard zoom
- ED and aspherical lens elements for excellent quality
- Compact and lightweight
- Close focusing distance of 25cm
- Lens2:3.8x telephoto zoom
- ED lens for excellent quality
- Compact and lightweight
- Close focusing distance of 90cm
The Live View function incorporated in the E-410 and E-510 displays the information required for photography on the rear-panel LCD monitor:MF, exposure correction and white balance can all be adjusted more intuitively, as they can be viewed on the LCD monitor.This also enhances the camera's mobility and flexibility. High image quality 10 Megapixel Live MOS Sensor: The newly-developed Live MOS sensor ensures superb image quality even of fine details An energy-efficient technology, the Live MOS sensor reduces battery consumption and heat development and thereby pleases the photographer with a minimum of noise while ensuring maximum performance. Dust reduction system; Dust is a serious problem for DSL-R cameras. With every lens change, tiny dust particles enter the camera body and can settle on the sensor. Subsequent photographs are affected and need to be retouched. The Supersonic Wave Filter from Olympus ensures worry-free operation This unique dust reduction system delivers strong ultra-sonic vibrations to clean the sensor. The pictures will be spotless at all times. After all, a photographer's job is hard enough worrying about aperture and shutter speed! HyperCrystal LCD for perfect viewing:On the HyperCrystal LCD th images can be viewed comfortably straight-on, from below, above or the side. 176ยบ viewing angles ensure visibility in extreme shooting conditions It provides a clear view - even in bright sunshine Four Thirds - a forward-looking standard:Four Thirds is a completely new standard devised for the specific requirements of digital imaging Lens and camera construction are based on a mechanical, optical and data exchange standard, allowing for impressively-high aperture lenses, fantastic image quality and an extremely compact form The Four Thirds Standard ensure compatibility with components from different manufacturers for a broad range of equipment and the greatest flexibility. Four Thirds Standard:Four Thirds is the answer to the uncompromising demands of professional photography. It represents a break from the past and frees digital SLR photography from the confines of conventional camera technology. Angle of View:When you use the lenses designed for 35mm film with digital camera bodies that incorporate sensors smaller than film there is the potential problem of a loss of wide-angle capability. When you use lenses designed for 35mm film with digital camera bodies that incorporate sensors smaller than film there is the potential problem of a loss of wide-angle capability. Four Thirds solves this phenomenon. As the lens if always fully optimised to suit the sensor, you don't have to contend with expensive wide-angle lenses that do not attain their intended specification - the angle of view you expect is the angle of view you get. The standard focal lens of the Four Thirds standard is around 25mm.So to compare for the 35mm format with a standard focal length of around 50mm, you have to use the factor 2 to have the angle of view compared (50mm = 100mm related to 35mm equivalent focal length). Lens Resolution & Corner-shading:Because the medium of film is very tolerant, there was no need to equip lenses with very high resolving power in the past. But with digital sensors, this has changed. Conventional lens systems simply do not deliver the lens resolution necessary for electronic sensors.They often have a resolution of only around 10 microns. However, because modern multi-megapixel cameras often have a pixel pitch of just 5 or 6 microns or less, overlapping and quality losses are the result. Therefore, the full theoretical performance of the sensor cannot be used. The problem is exacerbated with a greater number of pixels and a smaller sensor size. All lenses designed for the Four Thirds standard ensure the image sensor is not left wanting. The ultra-fine resolution attained through special manufacturing processes guarantees full sensor performance. For Edge to Edge Clarity:All Four Thirds-optimised lenses feature so-called near telecentric optics. Due to the nature of the electronic sensor construction, image data is lost and there is a susceptibility to interference if light hits the pixels at a high angle of incidence. IT causes a situation called corner-shading, a loss in quality at the edge of the frame. This is associated particularly with cameras using full-format sensors, where lenses must spread the light widely to reach each corner. However, the near telecentric construction of lenses optimised for the Four Thirds standard ensures light hits the sensor at right-angles. This guarantees edge-to-edge colour, clarity and brightness. Standardisation:Four Thirds is a technological standard dedicated to the needs of digital SLR camera systems. It has been designed to maximise the performance of both image sensors and lenses. To achieve this, it sets definitive standards on three levels:Mechanical, Optical and Communication. Mechanical Standards:The type, size and shape of the bayonet mount and mount bore are standardised to permit lens inter-changeability. Also the distance between the focal plane and the lens flange surface (flange back) and the position of the image sensor in relation to the rear of the lens have been defined. Optical Standards: The Four Thirds Standard fixes the size of the image circle, i.e. the diameter of the circle projected by the lens onto the focal plane. The lens mount is roughly twice as big as the image circle, a feature necessary to allow the light to fall at almost perpendicular angles onto the entire image sensor via the near telecentric lens elements, thus virtually eliminating corner-shading. A Communication Standard:The lens and body are no longer separate entities. now, through the standardised communications protocol established by Four Thirds, the two can communicate and exchange information. An Open Standard:The Four Thirds standard has been deliberately designed as an open stnadard.That means the more body, lens and accessory manufacturers adopt the standard, the greater will be the degree of product compatibility. As a result, the range of equipment and options available to photographers will be greater.
ReviewCamera Labs - Highly Recommended Award May 2007 'Like its predecessor, the Olympus E-410 has a lot going for it; it's very small and light without compromising comfort or usability, there's quick and easy access to all the settings, the resolving power and noise levels are comparable to the best 10 Megapixels DSLRs, and the SSWF anti-dust system remains unmatched.' -- Camera Labs
I'm Extremely Pleased with It.. This is my first digital slr. I did a-level photography many years ago and used a pentax slr so familiar with the concept. I've been using a compact digital camera in the last few years but now want to take more adventures and creative pictures. The e410 i bought came with a dvd which ran thought most of the features which i found extremely helpful. If you go to youtube and search for e410 you can find reviews from a few camera magazines and one from the gadget show (channel 5). I'm extremely pleased with it. .
Superb Value For Money. Am not going to write about the specification, size etc because it has all been written before and am sure you would have read it so i will just state my experience with this gem of a camera. Have had this camera for 6 months and to be honest, was initially very disappointed with the pictures produced but being a bloke it didn't occur to me to look at the instructions. What a big mistake! taking the time to go through the manual and familiarise myself with the camera properly proved to be well worthwhile. Suddenly my average pictures where coming out superbly and giving me the image quality i was looking for and more. Have given this camera a 4 star rating purely because it lacks image stabilisation. It has a feature in the auto settings that does this but restricts creativity as you cant use it in any other modeam now so happy with olympus now, that i have just upgraded to the e-620, passing my e-410 to my enthusiastic son :).
Superb!. I received this as my first slr camera so i don't that much about them. But i knew this camera is excellent in every way, light, small, different types of photo shots. The only small problem with the camera is that the flash will sometimes flip up in light images and especially when taking on the close-up setting, and the flash will continue for a few seconds before the camera will capture a shot. Ofcourse these are just small problems and are of small importance thats why i decided it was amazing!.
Product Info
- Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 13 x 9.1 cm ; 381 g
- Boxed-product Weight: 1.9 Kg
- Item model number: E-410 Double Lens Kit
- ASIN: B000OKJN6I
Conclusion of Olympus E-410 Digital SLR Camera
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. Having design their e-series as digital from the outset, olympus seem to me to have far superior handling qualities. 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.
Unlike film slr cameras, digital ones can be ruined by dust on the sensor introduced when lenses are changed. 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. 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. I look forward to trying the e-510 with its' in camera image stabilisation soon.
The camera is easy to hold being very light and even with the large lens it pretty easy to focus. I've been using a compact digital camera in the last few years but now want to take more adventures and creative pictures. Have had this camera for 6 months and to be honest, was initially very disappointed with the pictures produced but being a bloke it didn't occur to me to look at the instructions. Taking the time to go through the manual and familiarise myself with the camera properly proved to be well worthwhile. Have given this camera a 4 star rating purely because it lacks image stabilisation.
It has a feature in the auto settings that does this but restricts creativity as you cant use it in any other modeam now so happy with olympus now, that i have just upgraded to the e-620, passing my e-410 to my enthusiastic son :). I received this as my first slr camera so i don't that much about them. The only small problem with the camera is that the flash will sometimes flip up in light images and especially when taking on the close-up setting, and the flash will continue for a few seconds before the camera will capture a shot. Ofcourse these are just small problems and are of small importance thats why i decided it was amazing. First and foremost, this is a very nifty, lightwieght digital slr, which makes it perfect as a first camera for aspiring photographers. There are only two minor hitches that are easily fixable 1)the pop up flash can get slightly annoying as it flashes several times before taking a photo and it's best to have it on manual pop up as the automatic pops up too regularly. 2) the auto focus takes a little while to focus and can get slightly irritating when it refuses to focus for various reasons (ie too close to object.
As a relative newcomer i have jumped in the deep end with an slr camera.
Olympus. So glad i bought this! it takes great photos is easy to use & has rekindled my interest in photography as a hobby.
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