Olympus E-410 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The E-410 is loaded with an impressive 10 million pixels for high-resolution photos. The 10-megapixel sensor gives users the flexibility to blow-up their prints to the large sizes supported by many of today's printers, or crop the image to print only ...

Verdict: The E-410's big and bright 2.5-inch LCD display with approximately 230,000 pixels includes HyperCrystal™ technology, which offers many times the contrast of conventional LCD monitors, and enables images to be beautifully displayed in vivid color - ...

Review summary: Finally, a D-SLR with live preview, but does that really help?

Pros: Light and compact Body, Live preview, Excellent colors, Good scene modes

Cons: Lack of mechanical buttons, LCD display not right for live preview, Customizations set back to defaults in scene modes when camera is turned off

Verdict: Overall, the Olympus E-410 is a great camera to move on to from a superzoom, but if you have used a D-SLR before, then the camera will only seem like its slowing you down. In all honesty, I could hardly ever be comfortable using the live preview ...

Review summary: World's smallest digital SLR is upgraded

Pros: Compact and lightweight, Compact and lightweight, Lightning fast operation, New sensor cuts down on noise, Sharp colourful images

Cons: Kit lens suffers from distortion, Kit lens suffers from distortion, Size and shape of grip could be improved

Verdict: The E-410 addresses the concerns we had about its E-400 forebear - the most infuriating being visible image noise at higher ISO settings - and comprehensively rights its wrongs. It's faster, its images look better and equally importantly it's cheaper ...

Review summary: The 10-megapixel Olympus E-410 is the kind of entry-level camera that will appeal to newcomers to single lens reflex digital photography. Based on the Four Thirds System, it's comparitively small and light for a dSLR, even with the lens attached

Pros: Quick performance ; light weight ; live view LCD screen

Cons: Excessive noise reduction ; some poor automatic and default settings ; supplied lens too short

Verdict: The Olympus E-410 combines the automatic functionality, preset options and simple interface of a high-end compact with the manual flexibility of a dSLR. Aside from some automatic exposure issues and intrusive noise reduction, image quality is good ...

Review summary: The 10-megapixel Olympus E-410 updates the E-400 with a new Live MOS image sensor, and new TruePic III image processor.

Pros: Excellent noise control, small and light, live view

Cons: Highlights blow easily, limited burst depth

Verdict: There's no doubt the E-410 is a significantly 'better' camera than the E-400. Fundamental upgrades to the sensor, processor and LCD screen have led to improvements in both the handling and image quality, and the reduction in noise is astounding. It ...