Olympus E-450

Olympus E-450

Far from any other worldwide photo event, Olympus just launched its newest SLR photo camera: Olympus E-450. This 4/3-sensor-based SLR camera is essentially an upgrade of the already good camera Olympus E-420, bringing a more than adequate 10MP resolution (more than enough for most photographers, and enough to print in A4/Letter size) to a more up-to-date enveloppe.

Olympus E-450 improvements:

• Better, brighter LCD back screen
• 3 Art Filters (Pop Art, Soft Focus and Pin Hole – I fear this is not going to make good/better photos…)
• Longer continuous shooting sequences (8 RAW images, instead of 6 in the E-420)

Clearly, these Recession times are pushing manufacturers to make minors improvements to already existing models rather than creating truly new cameras (check the Panasonic DMC-GH1 and its older brother DMC-G1). But a good SLR camera made slightly better is still a good camera.

All the technical details of the Olympus E-450.
All the technical details of the Olympus E-420.

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