Olympus CAMEDIA E 20 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: WHAT'S HOT: Through-the-lens viewing tops this camera's extensive list of features; unlike the tiny, straight-through optical viewfinders on most digital cameras, the E-20N's is big, bright, and more precise, especially for macro shooting. A second ...

Verdict: For shooting outdoors in bright sunlight, the E-20N comes with a large plastic lens hood that clips onto the front. When you stuff the E-20N into your camera bag, the hood is designed so you can turn it around and slide it over the lens barrel ...

Review summary: The E20 is a nice improvement over the E10, and there's no doubt that the camera's design gives it a professional feel. Until Olympus improves its performance, though, we can only view the E20 as a luxurious, expensive prosumer camera.

Pros: Excellent optics ; well built ; very good image quality

Cons: Too slow

Verdict: Poor Performance Hampers Professional Feel and Price

Review summary: At the very top of Olympus' digital camera range sits the E-20, a fixed lens SLR camer

Verdict: The E-20 is a very capable camera and will be ideal for people looking for image quality approaching pro standards at a reasonable price. The lens, tough light weight body, SLR functionality and image quality should appeal to anyone wanting to buy a ...

Pros: Good interface ; lets you trade resolution for speed ; well-designed body ; high resolution

Cons: Can't focus closer than eight inches ; buttons somewhat randomly placed

Verdict: Despite its flaws, this E-20N feels great and produces 5-megapixel images that should satisfy most.

Review summary: The RAW mode saves raw, unprocessed CCD data to the memory card. In order to view it, you must use the Olympus software. You can then save it into more familiar graphic formats. The RAW format only saves about 33% over TIFF on the E-20. On the Canon ...

Pros: Very sturdy, well designed body ; All the manual controls you'll ever need ; Excellent photo quality ; SmartMedia and CompactFlash Type II slots ; Handy backlit LCD info display and swiveling LCD ; Ability to preview shots on LCD as well as viewfinder ...

Cons: Slow write / shot-to-shot speeds ; Somewhat sluggish in menus and playback mode ; Disappointing LCD quality ; Expensive

Verdict: Since the E-10 and E-20 are so similar, this review is largely based on the E-10 review