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Review of the Olympus E-330
Olympus E-330
Olympus continues to push its FourThirds system, with the fourth camera in the line-up.
The E-330 follows the innovative design of the E-300, which allows Olympus to play with the form of what a digital camera could be and introduce new and unique features.
This new model, for example, has several features never seen before on digital SLRs, or traditional SLRs come to that. Not least is a live-view monitor; this is not quite a world first, as Fujifilm has one on the Finepix S3Pro, but the Olympus one is colour and is applied to an adjustable hinge for easy viewing.
It also incorporates a new sensor not previously seen on a camera, of which more anon.
The E-330 follows the innovative design of the E-300, which allows Olympus to play with the form of what a digital camera could be and introduce new and unique features.
This new model, for example, has several features never seen before on digital SLRs, or traditional SLRs come to that. Not least is a live-view monitor; this is not quite a world first, as Fujifilm has one on the Finepix S3Pro, but the Olympus one is colour and is applied to an adjustable hinge for easy viewing.
It also incorporates a new sensor not previously seen on a camera, of which more anon.
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Specification
| MAKE Olympus MODEL E-330 PRICEAT LAUNCH £900 SENSOR Live MOS 7.5 MP effective, 7.94MP total, 4/3, 17.3 x 13.0mm, 3136 x 2352 pixels MAX PRINT SIZE 15.68 x 11.76-inch at 200dpi LENS 4/3 mount SHUTTER SPEEDS 60 – 1/4000 ec & Bulb ISO 100-1600 1/3 stop increments EXP MODES M, A, S, P, 20 Scene modes FLASH Hotshoe, Pop up flash GN 13 DRIVE MODES Single, continuous 3fps over 15 HQ | JPEG, 4 RAW |
