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Review summary: Want the beefy skills of a digital SLR, but without the bulk? Lucky for you then the

Review summary: Olympus's second pass at the super-small digital SLR, the E-420, gets a lot more features, with a new hybrid Live View autofocus system that includes contrast detection, a new daylight-viewable LCD, and even Face Detection technology. The Olympus E ...

Pros: Pocketable size (particularly with 25mm pancake lens) ; great walk-around camera, 11-point contrast-detect autofocus in Live View (but slow, and works with only a few lenses), Digital-specific lens line offers advantage in edge-to-edge sharpness, ...

Cons: Small grip can make it difficult to comfortably handle camera ; becomes much more pronounced when long lenses are applied, Shutter lag in Live View (can reach at much as 2.6 seconds), LCD show odd metallic-like sheen in bright daylight, can be ...

Review summary: Olympus launched a new camera - E420 DSLR in March 2008. It is said to be a follow up of its earlier model, E-410.