Olympus Evolt E620 12.3MP Live MOS Digital SLR Camera with Image Stabilization and 2.7 inch Swivel LCD w/ 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED Zuiko Lenses
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Manufacturer: OlympusModel: E-620 Dual Lens
Product features:
- 12.3-megapixel Live MOS sensor for photo-quality, poster-size prints
- Lightweight ergonomic design; kit includes 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko lens and 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED Zuiko lens
- TruePic III for superior image quality in all lighting situations; Supersonic Wave Drive (in-body sensor shift)
- 2.7-inch HyperCrystal III Swivel LCD; Smooth Live View allows you to change the frame rate of the Live View display
- Stores images to Compact Flash (Type I and II), Microdrive, xD Picture card (not included)
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- Aperture 3
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Digital camera reviews of Olympus Evolt E620 12.3MP Live MOS Digital SLR Camera with Image Stabilization and 2.7 inch Swivel LCD w/ 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED Zuiko Lenses
Digital camera Review: A mid entry camera ready for a professional level photography
Summary: 1 Stars
I researched 4-5 cameras alongwith E620 before I purchased it. Pretty much every review that I read was pointing towards Olympus E620 as being a most bang for money product. So I purchased it and after using it for close to 9 months I realised that the reviews were not biased. Olympus surely is a great bang for money since with 2 kit lens I get the most compared to D5000 or Xsi. The kit lens are not only good, if someone starts capturing with RAW format you will have better control when you do post processing.
PROS:
Weight - Since E620 is a 4/3rd sensor camera, it gets the advantage of using smaller diameter lens. My friend using D5000 was surprised to see the size of the lens. Reason 4/3rds gives you 2x magnification on a 35mm sensor (full frame format). One more aspect is Zuiko lenses runs with firmware. So if there is some enhancements that needs to be done on the lens functionality all you need to do is download the latest firmware on the lens and it works accordingly. Which means these lens can have longer life and utility since upgrade is through the firmware and not the lens body.
Build - Seriously compare D5000 and Canon Xsi with E620, the build is more compact and don't have plastic feeling. All buttons are positioned in a way where you can reach them with your fingers while keeping your eye on the eye hole. For people with large hands, the camera might feel small due to it's compact size, but shutter is still at a convenient place. If this camera had a dust or water protection feature, that would be a mid entry level camera killer.
Colors: I have to mention this, the colors are coming out better than I expected. Specially Blue and orange. If you love to shoot landscapes, then sky color will turn out great. I am not mentioning other colors, sicne I have recently clicked some fall colors and they have come out crisp and sharp.
Useability: Camera navigation is easy, may be I am used to it, but I really do feel they were constructed intelligently. Think about it the D5000 has a swivel screen at the bottom of the camera, why ??? Olympus pulled it off by having it on the side. It helps swivel the LCD anyway you want at difficult camera positions, however with Nikon there are some positions that's not possible with the swivel coming down. It may not matter to many people, but on 3 differnt occassions I was like thank god I had this on the side. Since the camera is light it can be carried seamlessly without much neck pain all around. Autobracketing is nice and useful you need to shoot HDR pictures. 3 frames per second is not too bad but again this can be a con to some professionals who covers sports or racing events
Features: I personally do not use filters since I shoot everything in RAw format and they are great. It gives me more power while doing post processing. First time users will find these filters useful in creating great out of cam jpegs and honestly they turn out extremely good. Image stabiliation is built in body which means you will get stability upto 2-3 f-stops. Which menas compared to D5000 you will be able to get no-blur picture at lower aperture values. Helped me so far, I struggled to click a low light picture using D5000 at 5.6 aperture value, whereas at same a-value I could click without a blur.
CONS:
1. Autobracketing on/off should have been more easy. Everytime I have to go from AB to none AB, I have to go through some configurations. Since I shoot HDR photos, hence it is important for me to have this, but may not be important to most people.
2. Under low light the lens keeps on metering nd infact you have to struggle a bit to get the shot going without flash. So I increase the IOS to 800 and up. What happens is at high ISOs the photos get noise in them. This is a concern for me since at large photo dimensions these noises will be too obvious and may disrupt the overall quality of the photo. D5000 outperforms everyone else in this field. This is an issue with all 4/3rd sensor cameras though. I hope in their next upgrade they come up with better noise reduction technique. This is a concern but not a worrying point since most of my pics are shot in lighted areas.
3. Oly lenses are expensive too. I though since these lenses don't have to include IS in their lens as the canonikons do, these would be cheap, but wrong. The camera body with kit lens is cheap (good bang for money) but when you buy good aperture'd telephoto lenses those are expensive.
4. Some distortion at corners when clicked at wide angle of some object or scenario. This can be fixed in the software though
5. all mid-entry level cameras have video, both canon and nikon have. E620 does not have. This is one thing I was bit bothered about, sicne the future is with still and video photogrpahy in one device.
CONCLUSION:
In the end if you are buying your first camera then go for E620 as it will help you in your learning curve and ofcoursw the good bang for money. But if you are for an upgrade from 520 or want to switch camera brand and you are at an advanced stage (professional level), then you may as well look out for D7000 (which is always a better option than D5000 and E620).
Ok after using it for 9 months I have to change my outlook to Olympus cameras. While i was travelling cross-country, I had to capture the rural parts of the country. I could not shoot any pictures. Why ? my stupid E620 LCD screen doe snot show any picture. All I see is green and orange lines. The shutter button is not clicking pictures in non-live view mode either. All in all a crap camera form a crap company. the camera stops working within warranty period. Service centre doesn't know what has happened and told me to wait before they examine it and that would take some time. So DISAPPOINTING
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