Olympus E-420 SLR-Digital Camera 10 Megapixels

I have the Olympus E-420 including the lens 14-42mm, 40-150mm and 25mm.

Final decision to buy for me were:
-The compact dimensions of the camera AND the lenses and the light weight
-the relatively low price
The high-quality appearance (design & processing)

Having now been using the camera a few weeks, I can allow myself slowly a verdict. The other reviewers have already written about many things and much that is true, this camera and the image quality. I would like to add a few points. It is solely to criticism, but you should not misinterpret this: I think the camera is good in spite of everything!

Portraits
Consider yourself why they need the camera. Not to be discussed here due to physical factors make it for Basic, like me, and maybe you, too, with this camera and the “conventional lenses (see above) rather difficult to make portraits in such a way that the background nicely blurred, while the person is hot is) (known as bokeh. That can buy cameras from other manufacturers with a larger sensor would be better or you would have a more appropriate basis of additional Olympus lenses (eg 50mm)

Low-light situations
The kit lenses are good, but for low-light situations not recommend unreservedly. A (not existing) image stabilizer would improve the results. Also consider in this context that the camera flash in dark environments, the focus prior to shooting to be able to use (instead of a red light relief) as with other manufacturers. That can be really annoying.

Live View
The Live View function sounds impressive, but despite everything, not nearly as practicable as in a compact camera, since the mirror is folded prior to the initiation anscheind always first. As a result, it has one, in my opinion, quite long and unacceptable “shutter lag”. I now once again use the viewfinder.

Which kit should you take?
The 25mm pancake lens gives the camera a relatively compact DSLR combination. However, you have the pancake with no zoom and the view is not well suited for every situation. The picture quality of this lens is also my opinion not better than the 14-42mm zoom. And for the price but the 25mm pancake you already have a compact camera. You can actually put in your pocket, what with the 420, despite their “relative” compactness, unfortunately, does not go so well.
I personally find the double zoom kit most appropriate. The information contained lenses are good and very light and compact.
To whom is less important to the weight, you can buy the camera separately and to the excellent 14-54mm or 12-60mm. Over the 17-45mm, I can not say anything, I do not know.
Side note: The cheaper lenses work in manual mode all the way, not mechanically but “by wire”. I.e. when the camera is off, can not be offline in order to advance herumzoomen different compositions tested.

The Seeker
The viewfinder is smaller than in many other DSLR cameras. How big is this disadvantage, everyone must decide for themselves. But there is a “viewfinder” that can be infected, instead of the eye cup, which enlarges the viewfinder image by a factor of 1.2.

The worst picture is the way to what was not even fired. Finally, I would therefore like to emphasize that the camera invites me because of their ease of use and outstanding processing constantly attracts and / or photographs to play with. What can be said on a commendable camera?

Tags: 10 megapixels, Camera, compact camera, Digital Camera, olympus