Category: Olympus
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PMA 2010
The PMA in Las Vegas is now arriving fast. After a long time of little rumors, here comes the moment for big rumors, but not the actual revelations yet. Nikon has been telling the world that they intended to have a great year 2010. It seems that they will bring a new DSLR (it could…
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A fish-eye lens at rock-bottom price
When you use an expensive SLR camera you are often tempted to purchase a specialty lens like a ultra-wide angle (fish eye) lens. But, apart from the rare occasions when you really need it, it’s too expensive for you and me. Why not build it yourself? Instructables does the demonstration with a Nikon D90, but…
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A gift for Christmas?
Thanks to Swarovski and Olympus, you can now offer a stupendous photo camera: An Olympus EP-1 studded with Swarovski crystals. If you have to ask for the price, you can’t afford it. But, it’s £1999.99 in the UK.
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Olympus E-600, inexpensive E-620
Olympus announced the launch of its new SLR camera: The Olympus E-600. This photo camera uses the recipe you must prepare when in recession times: Build a new cheaper one from the old expensive product. Sony did the same with the launch of the Alpha 850 (an Alpha 900 simplified in order to break prices…
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New reviews in database
Major update to the photo SLR camera database: More than 30 new tests and reviews, in English, in French, for nearly all the photo cameras listed here. All in all, you will find several hundred SLR camera tests, feature lists, prices and the special offers from our preferred partners.
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Olympus E-P1, photographic notepad
It may well be the photo camera that many serious photographers were wanting to complement their SLR equipment. Light, with interchangeable lenses, an SLR-like 3/4 photo sensor, a wealth of nice add-ons. Olympus sample video Amateurphotographer: First look and update CNet preview of Olympus E-P1 DPReview: Olympus E-P1 movie samples
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Focal length and photo lenses
Tamron rewrote its web site. This was the occasion to move the Lens Comparison Tool but it is still useful to compare a 400mm with a 500mm (or a 35mm with a 50mm). But you can also find a similar tool at Olympus (and it takes into account the specificities of 4/3 sensor format, of…
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Coloured cameras
What do they want? How do they think about it? Painting colours onto our photo cameras… Worse, painting them without looking at the result… For a demonstration, check this green camera for the military (Olympus) and this white camera for a wedding day (Leica): They are clearly in competition with the surprising white, green or…
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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…