Olympus E-30 Review!
December 15, 2008 by Admin
Filed under Digital Equipment
The Olympus E-30 is close to launch. Check out the reviews from these folks on the E-30 before you head out to buy it!
DPReview - Olympus has today announced the E-30 digital SLR. The mid-range DSLR features a 12MP Live MOS sensor and 2.7″ tilt and swivel LCD. It also incorporates Live View with Contrast AF, Image Stabilization, 5fps continuous shooting and shutter speeds of up to 1/8000th sec. The E-30 also introduces a set of six ‘Art Filters’, a Multiple Exposure mode and offers a choice of 9 aspect ratios. Click here to read the full review.
PhotographyReview – The Olympus E-30 is a 12.3-megapixel digital SLR positioned between the Olympus E-520 and the top-of-the-line Olympus E-3, both of which are 10-megapixel cameras. The E-30 actually shares a lot of features and technology with the E-3. The most important of the shared features, in my opinion, are the tilt/swivel LCD and the 11-point auto focus system. Click here to read the full review.
PCWorld – The E-30 is equipped with an internal Digital Level Sensor that detects the camera’s pitch and roll and indicates it in the optical viewfinder, on the control panel and during Live View operation. Olympus says that his Digital Leveler is a tremendous benefit for architectural photographers who must ensure that images they take of buildings are as centered and true as the walls of the buildings themselves. Click here to read the full review.
I have upgraded from the E-520 to the E-30. Apart from magnesium body and water proofing, the E-30 is far superior to the E-3 and may I say i am very pleased with this camera. But I wonder how much further this jostling for front place between camera brands will go on for. lets face it the digital SLR’s today would have 6yrs ago been worth $1000′s. Now today we hear arguments that this camera has 5 frames per second and this one only has 3.5, or the noise of this olympus is more than a nikon, but lets be honest here, the people making all this noise and complaints are only amateurs, the differences between some of these camera’s is only slight and while they lack in one area they excel in other areas. These critics ARE ONLY AMATEURS and if they were really professionals they would be looking at much better cameras like the Leica S2 Digital SLR etc.