The
Olympus E400 - Reviewed
Meet
the Olympus E400, Olympus' latest addition to the E-System range and
the World's Smallest & Lightest D-SLR! This is Olympus'
ultra-compact Digital SLR with an interchangeable lens system!
It may be small, but Olympus
has certainly been busy filling the Olympus E400
with features.
The Four Thirds Standard
model features a new CCD
with 10MP and a fast, state-of-the-art
amplifier circuit to combat noise.
The E-400
can shoot up to three frames per second with a five image RAW buffer in
burst mode, and weighs in at just 380g
with measurements excluding protrusions of W129.5 x H91
x D53mm.
Of course, Olympus' Supersonic
Wave Filter is packed into the E-400 too, but with
smaller dimensions and a higher frequency of vibrations, so it's even
more effective. Olympus has made the E-400
especially beginner-friendly with 31
scene modes, including Underwater, Macro,
High Key and Low
Key, in addition to the usual full range of manual
controls. The camera also features colour modes and allows you to apply
various black and white filters to your images.
The E-400 takes both CompactFlash
and xD-Picture Cards and is powered by a
new high-power rechargeable battery. Beingreleased with the camera are
two new compact Four Thirds lenses; the EZ-1442 ED
14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 (28-8' equivalent)
and the longer EZ-4015-2 ED 40-150mm f4.0-5.6
(80-300mm).
These light lenses weigh
190g and 25
respectively and feature a blue ring design, which is the new insignia
fort) E-system lens line-up.
As well as these new
lenses, almost all of the existing optics and all accessories in the
E-System range can be used with the E-400.
Olympus is also releasing
an
underwater case for the camera, the PT-E03,
which allows you use it as deep as 40 meters.
Timing can be very
important.
If the E-400 had been
introduced two years ago, before the
E-300 launch, it would've been very impressive to see its features in
such a small package.
This
may just make the Four Thirds format look like the next big thing. A
small, compact, high-resolution digital SLR with dust prevention
technologies. Sounds great eh? However the E300 was first, and so only
time can tell if the impressive size and features of the E400 will
really compete with its predecessors.
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