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	• Olympus E-10 4MP Digital Camera w/ 4x Optical Zoom Olympus Olympus average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

My Experiences with the Olympus Camedia E-10

I'm sorry faithful fans of the Camedia E-10, but I must ruin the 5-star reputation of this particular digital camera. I hate to be such a party pooper, so I'll start with the good stuff, and thus, tell you all the good things that earned the 4 stars from me. First, on a superficial level, the physical design of the camera is magnificent. This camera is faithful to most SLR designs, and in my opinion, is currently the most stylish look out of all the cameras out there--including the Nikon D1. I particularly like the aluminum exterior. When it's a cold morning and your mind is completely rested, pulling that camera out of its leather case is where I receive a lot of my motivation in the morning--I don't drink coffee. To feel that cold, heavy weight in my hands makes me feel that I have a high quality, well-made camera. Second, the features are excellent, in that most of the major functions can be adjusted manually, opposed to looking through the LCD screen to set a specific function, as in most other digital cameras, like the Nikon Coolpix series, for example. My favorite feature is the manual zoom. Regular digital cameras like the Sony Cybershot F505V with automatic zoom are too sensitive. Hence, with a manual zoom, not only does it have that SLR feel, it gives the photographer much more control. Third, the E-10 has 4.1 megapixels, but honestly, there are only 3.7 that are actually used. But still, at least the images aren't interpolated. And I still love the detail in each image. Fourth, of course, the SLR feature is always a plus as far as accuracy goes in taking pictures. Always using the LCD screen to take pictures on my other non-SLR digital cameras always dissatisfies me for many obvious reasons. Fifth, the 4X zoom is pretty hot, in use with the awesome 3X telephoto lens that you can get on this sit... Using the telephoto lens, this will give you 12X, and that's great compared to the other less-expensive cameras. Slightly going off tangent, I must also say that Olympus has a good selection of accessories, although they're really hard to find all in one place and are usually on back order. The macro lens particularly impresses me. Sixth, the price is excellent. I would buy it, simply because this camera breaches into the professional category, opposed to the simpler point-and-shoot digital cameras. However, the Nikon Coolpix 990 is a good compromise, going beyond the simple point-and-shoot limitation. And lastly, I can't forget the lens. This is my favorite feature. This camera takes superb night pictures--the best I've ever seen. And in my opinion, from the reviews I've read on certain other digital cameras I haven't personally tried yet, I think that the night pictures on this camera are the best on the market. I took a picture in an extremely low-light situation. We're talking about midnight on a barely litted residential neighborhood. The camera produced pictures that looked as though it were dawn. Now for the bad stuff about this camera: First, there is some noise on the pictures--enough to get most people slightly annoyed. The worst pictures were ones taken inside my house under adequate incandescent lighting, without a flash. The pictures looked as though there were electronic bacteria on the painting on the wall. In other cases, such as outdoor pictures with good lighting, the noise lessens, but is still apparent, even at low ISO. But still, for adequate lighting, I think the camera should still perform well. But still, one must ask, what happens if someone wants to take pictures inside a dim museum? Indeed, this is the most flawed feature, in my opinion. Second, the color of the images has a good and bad side. The colors are too neutral, which makes the picture look bland. However, this is a good feature for the photographer that wants consistent-looking, real pictures. But in my opinion, the pictures look too real, almost mundane. There will be no good and bad surprises, when viewing these pictures, in my opinion. Third, the built-in lens also has its ups and downs. The good part is that you don't have to worry about dust and other blemishes getting on your lens. And trust me, that happens easily. The bad part is that, if you have a load of lenses that are dying to cross the film-bound SLR to the digital SLR camera, you're going to be disappointed and curse 'til your front tooth flies loose. This is absolutely a necessity to know for the more experienced photographer. And lastly, the fastest shutter speed is contemptible; it is 1/640th of a second. This can be somewhat fixed with a 62mm neutral-density filter, however. Without it, on a really bright day, the pictures come out overexposed--I don't know what Olympus was thinking here. And of course, taking motion pictures is another small problem worth noting. That's all folks! And remember, positive features are great to know, because we all want quality, but the negative features are what we NEED to know--they bring us back to reality and have us regret most of the junk we buy. Good luck in future purchases!

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absolutely sensational

Having worked as a 4x5 and 6x7 studio photographer for over 25 years, i have ventured into the digital realm with great skepticism. Superlatives don't exist for how pleased I was when I tried the E10. A freind loaned me his, actually he had to force it on me, for a family trip to DisneyWorld, and I didn't even use it till the last day we were there! Reluctantly on the last day, I decided to spend the morning trying it out. Well, I made 4 trips back to the room to download the card, and finally bought 4 more cards early in the afternoon so I could shoot faster. A thrill to work with, great images, and more control than most of my 35mm cameras. The ability to manually set color temperature is like having a studio, a refrigerator full of film, and several light meters all with you at DisneyWorld!!!! Bottome line, if you are SERIOUS about photography, or earn part or all of your living via photography, this is a bargain. You will not regret it. Only drawback for amatuers, you must be able to use at the very least Adobe Photoshop LE, as the images are huge and you'll have to learn new digital terms like RAW and compressed images. But it's worth it!!

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Very Happy

I use the Olympus E-10 with the Olympus CAMEDIA P-400 Digital Color Printer. I find that people can not tell the difference between digital and standard SLR film. Converted to Black and White the pictures are as good as taken by Studio Professional.

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An excellent piece of kit, but a Mac problem?

This is a brilliant camera which has made the transfer from film to digital easy. Everything is in the right place, it functions like an SLR and getting used to the digital electronic aspects was very straightforward after taking a deep breath to read the manual, which turned out to be far shorter than I expected. (The thickness is accounted for by the several different languages in it).

I use the E10 for a magazine I produce and the results are tremendous and significantly better than pictures I receive from people who use the much more expensive Nikon D1.

This is where I need some technical assistance. I am experiencing a problem when I transfer images from the compact flash card to a Macintosh through a card reader.

On a 64mb card which should store 23 shots at SHQ compression I am able to store 12 pictures safely and read them. If there are more than this number a message will appear on the desktop saying there is a fault on the card and some of the data may be lost. Sometimes it comes up with an error type 39.

It will download the first 12 pictures stored but it an error message appears for any over this number. I have managed to get round this problem by copying the pictures I cannot retrieve by copying them to the smart media card and reading that onto the Mac.

When I have taken the card to the dealer and look at it on their PC, a number of files which I assume Macintosh has written to the card appear - Volume Settings Folder, Desktop DB, Desktop DF.

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IBM Microdrive

I noted a review that stated that the IBM Microdrive was not supported, but I bought it for this camera and have used it to store pictures and downloaded to my Gateway Laptop. It holds more than 320 pictures at a very resonable quality.

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