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. Effective Pixels: 10 Megapixels Image Sensor Type: 4/3 Live MOS sensor LCD: 6.4 cm / 2.5 HyperCrystal LCD Scene Modes: 20 Sensitivity: ISO 100-400 Auto Media: Dual slot for CompactFlash card (Type I and II) Microdrive and xD picture card USB 2.0 HI-Speed: Yes Box Contents: BLS-1 rechargable lithium-Ion battery BCS-1 battery charger EP-4 eyepiece cover Shoulder Strap USB Cable Video cable Olympus Master 2.0 (Software CD-ROM) Basic Manual Advanced Manual (CD-ROM) Warranty Card ED 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 lens ED 40-150mm 1:4.0-5.6 lens
Customer Reviews:
I'm extremely pleased with it. .......2008-01-02
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 camera.......2007-11-12
Am a relative beginner in this field. Have been dithering for ages about which DSLR to get and finally ended up with this one. It is superb. I cannot fault it so far, and the photos produced are really excellent quality. My first camera was an Olympus OM10, and nothing has ever quite lived up to it since. Have tried Canon, and whilst impressed with their superb IXUS 40 compact camera, the digital SLRs leave me cold. Too heavy, and not the picture quality I get with this Olympus. The E410 is so light and nifty in comparison. Can imagine taking it out and about, unlike its heavier counterparts. Am not even a serious amateur, but straight from the box this camera was taking superb pin sharp shots, even before I had fully mastered the settings. The only downside is the manual, which I do find confusing at times. However, the superb camera review available on dpreview's website does answer a lot of my questions. Would suggest a visit there for the low down. They 'Highly Recommend' this camera, incidently! One thing they suggest, to increase image sharpness is to turn off the Noise Reduction and set the Sharpness to (-2). I did this and they are right!
Anyway, my advice is to take the plunge, don't go with the Clunky Canon Crowd. Get a neat and stylish Oly 410 and I am sure you won't be disappointed.
New DLSR user.......2007-09-30
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!
An excellent SLR system.......2007-08-11
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.
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. Effective Pixels: 10 Megapixels Image Sensor Type: 4/3 Live MOS sensor LCD: 6.4 cm / 2.5 HyperCrystal LCD Scene Modes: 20 Sensitivity: ISO 100-400 Auto Media: Dual slot for CompactFlash card (Type I and II) Microdrive and xD picture card USB 2.0 HI-Speed: Yes Box Contents: BLS-1 rechargable lithium-Ion battery BCS-1 battery charger EP-4 eyepiece cover Shoulder Strap USB Cable Video cable Olympus Master 2.0 (Software CD-ROM) Basic Manual Advanced Manual (CD-ROM) Warranty Card ED 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 lens
Customer Reviews:
E-410 kit.......2008-01-12
I bought the Olympus E-410 some days ago. I must say I realy like this camera. It is small, light, takes beautiful pictures, has a farely good kitlens and a lot of features.
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