27 January, 2006
Olympus Announces Evolt E-330 DSLR
Olympus has made a lot of new product announcements this week, including their new Olympus Evolt E-330 digital SLR.
The E-330 is a ’4/3 System’ 7.5 megapixel DSLR, basically refining the previous model E-300′s feature set with improvements seen in the later E-500. The most striking new feature, though, is its ability to do full-time live preview on the rear LCD, something not available on any other digital SLR. There are two live-preview modes: A-Mode (full-time live view) allows for full use of the optical viewfinder as well as the rear LCD; B-Mode (macro live view) locks the mirror up preventing use of the optical viewfinder, is manual-focus only, but gives very accurate depth of field and framing with a 10x magnification option.
Obviously A-Mode will be useful for general photography and for handing the camera to bystanders to take a shot, while B-Mode is designed for more technical tripod-based photography such as macro and still life work.
DPReview has posted an Evolt E-330 Preview examining the features of this interesting new camera, including a very good look at how live view works.
Edit: fixed the link to DPReview. Thanks to those who emailed to let me know it was wrong!
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