Olympus E-30 DSLR Camera
It could be called advanced amateur, “prosumer,” semi-pro DSLR camera. It is the Olympus E-30 that appears to cover the gap the consumer-focused E-520 and the professional E-3.
The E-30 features a newly designed 12.3 megapixel Live MOS imager that works in conjunction with the same open-format Four Thirds lens and body system that previous Olympus DSLRs have participated in. borrowing a variant of the professional. It offers an upgraded version of Olympus’s well-known live view technology and a large, bright optical viewfinder that provides 98 percent coverage. The 11 point AF system and a 2.7 inch display the E-30 has borrowed from the E-3.
The size-wise E-30 is built in a composite body unlike upper tier advanced cameras like the Nikon D300 and Olympus’s own E-3 that feel too bulky.
Olympus also claims to have improved the E-30’s live view system in the arena of contrast-detection AF. It is said to be surprisingly quick - not quite as fast as Panasonic’s new G1, but when most live view DSLRs still take several seconds to lock focus using contrast-detection AF, the E-30’s consistent sub-second performance feels like a big jump forward. Apart from it, live view gives a possibility to see your framing in real-time which is especially in case you are using 1:1 aspect ratio, for example.
Among the camera’s features one can find a pretty one hidden in art filters shooting mode that provides a range of in-camera emulators for things like high-grain black-and-white film and pinhole camera shooting. But what a pity – in this mode you are locked in with program auto exposure control and no more! Moreover, I’d rather art filters functioned as a separate setting.
Detailed analysis of the E-30’s performance will be coming later this month, say dpreview.com. Sample images are available already now, at imaging-resource.com.
And now - what could be told for sure about The Olympus E-30 - its features:
- Imaging Sensor (Megapixels): 13.10
- Maximum Image Resolution: 4032×3024
- No Digital Zoom
- Auto Focus Assist Light
- Manual Focus
- Optical & LCD Viewfinder
- ISO Settings: 100-3200
- Shutter Speed Range: 60 - 1/8000
- Metering Modes: 49-zone Digital ESP, Center Weighted Average, Spot
- Aperture & Shutter Priority
- Full Manual Exposure
- Sensor-shift Image Stabilizer
- Digital Leveler
- Internal Flash
- Ext Flash Connection: Hot Shoe, PC sync socket
- Usable Memory Types: CF1 / CF2 / Microdrive / xD
- Uncompressed Format: RAW (.ORF)
- Weight: 655g/23.1oz
Sample Photos Gallery: digicamreview.com.
Full Reviews: steves-digicams.com, dpreview.com.
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