{"id":855,"date":"2009-02-24T20:30:57","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T10:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=855"},"modified":"2009-03-25T23:02:31","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T13:02:31","slug":"olympus-announces-a-new-dslr-the-e-620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=855","title":{"rendered":"Olympus announces a new dSLR &#8211; the E-620"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/news\/0902\/09022401olympuse620.asp\">dpreview.com<\/a> has a preview of the newly announced Olympus E620 dSLR which has some of the features of the E-30 in the size nearer the E420 and with optional vertical grip and underwater housing.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nFeatures include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12.3mp sensor, 4.0 fps, swivel LCD, image stabiliser<\/li>\n<li> 7pt AF including 5 cross-type (not 11pts as with E-30 but better than 3 pts in E420\/520 and better than only 1 cross-type as in the Canon 450D\/500D)<\/li>\n<li>three mode live view AF as with E-30 including face recognition<\/li>\n<li>no top panel LCD, 1\/4000th sec (not 1\/8000th as with E-30), x-sync 1\/180th (not 1\/250th as with E-30), 95% field of view (not 98% as with  E-30)<\/li>\n<li>6 art filters as with E-30 but no electronic spirit level<\/li>\n<li>multiexposure mode allows 2 frames (not 4 frames as with E-30)<\/li>\n<li>4 aspect ratios (not 9 as with the E-30)<\/li>\n<li>521g incl. battery (E-30 is 768g, whilst E-520 is 552g)<\/li>\n<li>lower capacity battery (BLS-1 instead of the BLM-1)<\/li>\n<li>no PC sync socket or DC-in socket<\/li>\n<li>still no movie mode as with Nikon D90 or Canon 500D &#8211; perhaps Olympus is reserving that for a Four Thirds Micro body which should do movie mode much better with its improved contrast detect live AF capability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sounds like it will kill off the E420 and E-520 pending price competitiveness, as it combines the advantages of each of these and then adds features of the E-30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does it match with the Canon 450D?<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>450D has 9 pt AF but only 1 is a cross point and requires f\/2.8 or brighter for cross point to work &#8211; and most EF-S lenses do not have a f\/2.8 or brighter aperture<\/li>\n<li>no built-in image stabiliser in the 450D &#8211; a big advantage to the E620<\/li>\n<li>450D has 3.5fps whilst E-620 has 4.0fps<\/li>\n<li>450D max. timed exposure only 30sec while it E620 offers 30sec and 60sec<\/li>\n<li>450D allows only +\/- 2 stops exposure compensation, while E620 offers +\/- 5 stops<\/li>\n<li>many other features lacking on the 450D such as swivel LCD, art filters, multiexposure mode, face recognition live view AF<\/li>\n<li>MUCH better lenses designed for cropped sensor dSLRs available for the E620<\/li>\n<li>450D is approx. same weight as the E-620<\/li>\n<p><strong>How does it match with the new Canon 500D?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the 500D is much the same as the 450D BUT:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>15mp sensor, 3&#8243; 920,000dot LCD<\/li>\n<li>HD video at 20fps BUT as with Canon 5DMII and Nikon D90, no AF during video capture<\/li>\n<li>HDMI out<\/li>\n<li>ISO 100-1600 (expandable to 12800)<\/li>\n<li>face detection AF in live view as with E-620<\/li>\n<li>so nothing really innovative, and still no in-built image stabiliser or swivel LCD!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UK Photo Safari Group have prepared a pdf report on the E-620 you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alert-central.co.uk\/UKPSGReports\/E620HandsOnPreview.pdf\">download here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>dpreview.com has a preview of the newly announced Olympus E620 dSLR which has some of the features of the E-30 in the size nearer the E420 and with optional vertical grip and underwater housing. 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