Pma 2009: Olympus E620 Preview By What Digital Camera


Mark Thakara of Olympus UK demonstrates the new Olympus E620 DSLR to Nigel Atherton of What Digital Camera magazine.

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  1. drapz77

    yes it takes xD  :)

    February 9, 2010 1:59 am | #1
  2. sardo97

    slow loading time

    February 9, 2010 2:39 am | #2
  3. davidtheguitarman

    I don’t like the 4:3…. I like the traditional 2:3

    February 9, 2010 2:43 am | #3
  4. xmeda

    because they have small 4/3 mount.. there is no way how to put bigger sensor there. Now they stated, that 12Mpix is the edge…few years before they boasted, that 20Mpix on this sensor is not a problem… heh

    February 9, 2010 2:48 am | #4
  5. dvamateur

    The 4/3 sensor is still ten times larger than a compact camera sensor, so there’s space for more pixels. However, I think that the best olympus camera was the E-1 with 5 megapixels, because it had the largest pixels of all Olympus cameras. In addition, it also had a CCD, which is less noisy then MOS. But general public thinks that the more pixels the better, so they have increase number of pixels so that they stay in mainstream business. I’d take E-1 or Panasonic LC-1 or Leica Digilux 2

    February 9, 2010 3:33 am | #5
  6. xmeda

    There is no space for more pixels because of difraction physical limits.. 4/3 – 10Mpix sensor is limited at F6.3.. more pixels = worse score.Compact P&S are not serious photographic machines, those are just some special sort of toys. 1/2.5 sensors from P&S are limited by difraction even with lens wide open + those zoom lenses are quite bad. They can put 20mpix at 1/2.5 sensor, but real captured resolution would be same as on 5-6Mpix sensor of same size. Only more image points, no more details.

    February 9, 2010 4:00 am | #6
  7. dvamateur

    Well, that’s why I am not upgrading my Olympus E-500. There’s no point.  Why would I need more pixels on the same sensor size? I can’t even print larger image than 13×19″ on my printer, and 8 megapixels is plently for that size. I never saw any pixelation. I see noise, for sure, but never seen any pixelation. In fact, with a 4 megapizel Nikon D2H you can make fantastic letter size prints. It’s clear, that since the megapixel is an exponentially growing number, it makes great for marketting

    February 9, 2010 4:37 am | #7
  8. spankrider93

    They dont wand 20 Mpix…Who the hell need this?now its the fight arount ISO…

    February 9, 2010 4:54 am | #8
  9. xmeda

    7-14/4 (14-28eq) is only one wide lens + 8mm fisheye (16eq) and look how much that zoom costs – more than E30!.. and then check DA10-17(15-25,5eq) or sig 10-20(15-30eq) or tamron 10-24(15-36), DA12-24.. 2-3 times cheaperyou have to multiply 2xcrop on oly lenses, but aps-c nik/pentax has 1.5xAnother big pain on olympus are fast lenses.. only sigma 30/1.4 and 50/1.4 are usable.. they need to build something like 25/1.4 or 20/1.4 to have at least usable DOF on normal range.

    February 9, 2010 4:58 am | #9
  10. 2009zigi

    The real pain is getting a decent telephoto on “big” crops. You can get 600mm at F4-F5.6 with a light and cheap zuiko.

    February 9, 2010 5:34 am | #10