PMA 2009: Olympus E620 preview by What Digital Camera

March 17th, 2010 | by admin |

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

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  1. 25 Responses to “PMA 2009: Olympus E620 preview by What Digital Camera”

  2. By vrcraft on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    wel aps-c sensors …
    wel aps-c sensors are wider while the lenses are still round. what that does telling you ? well on aps-c you got a lot more corner distrortions than you will ever have in 4/3 format. what that says again ? well it says that you will have to do a lot of cropping anyway so on an 15mp aps-c you’ll end up using 10 mp. Plus to tell you something, the Zuiko Olympus glass can only be matched by leica. The others are a match for one another, ZD is other league.

  3. By Dominant23Concept on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    I totally agree …
    I totally agree with you… I’m a graphic designer and we have photography classes too… nowadays all the compact digital cameras have 10MP, that doesn’t mean that the quality of the picture is very good. The quality and the size of the pixel is the thing that makes the difference

  4. By blkunity2 on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    Oh please! 4/3 …
    Oh please! 4/3 sensor is small and cannot take any more pixels. Not that I advocate more pixels but yes it can. Canon T2i and 7D have 5.4MP per squared centimeter, E620 is just 5.1MP. Regular P&S have loaded up to 10X with even smaller sensors.

    Yes it can take more pixels but no they should not do it.

    If you like Nikon/Pentax/Canon stay with your format. Olympus/Zuiko glass is some of the best in the industry.

  5. By drapz77 on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    yes it takes xD :)
    yes it takes xD :)

  6. By spankrider93 on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

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

  7. By sardo97 on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    slow loading time
    slow loading time

  8. By davidtheguitarman on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

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

  9. By dvamateur on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    Well, that’s why I …
    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

  10. By xmeda on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    There is no space …
    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.

  11. By dvamateur on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    The 4/3 sensor is …
    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

  12. By 2009zigi on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    The real pain is …
    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.

  13. By xmeda on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    because they have …
    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

  14. By xmeda on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    7-14/4 (14-28eq) is …
    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 cheaper

    you have to multiply 2xcrop on oly lenses, but aps-c nik/pentax has 1.5x

    Another 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.

  15. By 2009zigi on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    Yes, but it’s still …
    Yes, but it’s still a DSLR which means it’s BIG compared to p&s.

  16. By 2009zigi on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    7-14mm zuiko, 9- …
    7-14mm zuiko, 9-18mm zuiko, 11-22mm. Wider than what pentax offers and surely better. Olympus has the best lenses of ANY DSLR system.

  17. By JOAQUINCHW on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    oe es una camara …
    oe es una camara vacan

  18. By PreviewHD on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    E620
    E620

  19. By lsmith1981 on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    lol…the next one …
    lol…the next one is gonna be a nano Dslr, and the only live view is your eyes..and the shutter is going too be planted in your thumb and index finger..the memory is stored in your brian with WiMax, Wifi, and Bluetooth connections from the brain too any device…no need for the mega pixel count. you see is what you get lol..

  20. By lsmith1981 on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    im stuck between …
    im stuck between the two as well….

  21. By yyyy2999 on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    woah, sorry kid i …
    woah, sorry kid i thought u said d90, btw p90 is shit

  22. By yyyy2999 on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    DUDE ARE YOU …
    DUDE ARE YOU KIDDING? LMAO small ugly peice of dslr, a d90 is a great feel and its so comforatable in your hand

  23. By efrette on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    and nikkon p90 is a …
    and nikkon p90 is a bad choyce or a good one compare with this camera????

  24. By GreaseMonkey360 on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    Should I get the E- …
    Should I get the E-620 or Xsi??

  25. By davidcharlesbaker on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    I have both the 510 …
    I have both the 510 and 520 and I LOVE them. I would buy two of the 620s the day it came out if they had just kept the battery the same. Since they changed it, and I have 7 batteries for the 510/520 (same batter), I’ll wait until I break one again before upgrading. I don’t know why companies don’t keep the batteries the same longer – it would help sell the new cameras. But don’t forget the lens. Get the 12-60 for truly stunning pictures. The two tiny lenses that came with 510/520 were crappy.

  26. By bfflon8 on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply

    they’re making …
    they’re making small SLRs because it’s a great option if you don’t want to carry a big camera, especially with the 25mm pancake. Except for not having HD video the 620 seems like the best easy-travelling, everyday camera: IS, live view, SLR sized sensor, manual focus and interchangeable lens, all good things.

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