Olympus E-410 - Expert Reviews

Award: Highly Recommended!

Review summary: Olympus has today announced an upgraded and improved version of the E-400 digital SLR which was revealed at Photokina. The E-410 has a ten megapixel Live MOS sensor which provides it with a Live View capability as well as improved high sensitivity ...

Pros: Compact and lightweight digital SLR which is comfortable despite the lack of grip, Good image quality and resolution if not optimum straight out of the box, Low noise across the ISO range by default, turning down noise filter doesn't spoil images, ...

Cons: Dynamic Range less than competition (highlights by about three quarters of a stop ; 0.7 EV), Small viewfinder (difficult to see fine detail, difficult to check focus), Live View usefulness countered by LCD which doesn't tilt, not bright enough ...

Review summary: Olympus enters the sub-$1000, 10MP DSLR market with the E-410 and the sensor-stabilized E-510.

Review summary: If you don't know about the E-410, it's a 10-megapixel digital SLR packed into a remarkably slim body, selling for an impressively low price ($700 for body only, $800 for one lens, $900 including two lenses). The value proposition increases when you ...

Review summary: The new Olympus E-410 is not only one of the smallest D-SLRs in the world but it also comes complete with Live View technology, allowing you to see your subject and frame up using the LCD monitor. However, despite the small size, retro-styling and ...

Verdict: The moment it globally sunk in that the first real digital compact SLR camera - the Olympus E-400 - would not be available worldwide, everybody was disappointed. But with the worldwide introduction of the Olympus E-410 Olympus certainly made up for it ...