DSLR camera Olympus E-300
DSLR camera Olympus E-300
This Olympus has impressed me a lot.A friend of mine bought it (lucky him!) At a great price on a popular auction site online … we soon cmq impressions (then maybe two technical data).
The camera body is very robust but compact for an SLR.In his hand he still gives a good sense of stability, and frankly it’s really hard to grip, even if you are in a strong movement, becomes precarious.Add that personal touch that makes me mad a little rough material yielding.
The first thing you notice is that light up and be ready to use it takes very little time.However, if you turn directly to a particular mode (Manual type), and the last time that you have set many parameters used (eg, +1 exposure compensation, ISO 400, sec 3 Temp. .. Etc.etc..), then the time is extended significantly, being able to reach almost a second.
Rare chromatic distortions, we took along a 300 photographs, often in critical condition, and only a couple of times some color was distorted.On one occasion there was a real chromatic aberration, since it appeared a green spot next to a building and then photographed against the light, however, with great contrast to the sky was very bright.Probably this defect is also due to the type of goal (we only used the one supplied, a 14-45mm equivalent in 35mm format, a 28-90mm), we have to say is like sooo cheap.Besides, with less than $ 1000 you can not expect a great body (as I think this is the camera) and also a great goal!You know, the objectives decent cost $ 1000 alone.Even the brightness is not exciting, and it is a compromise to put in the account when you want an economic purpose and covering a good range: f / 3.5 in wide angle, telephoto 5.6.This involves considerable time use of “long”, and this amplifies my discomfort in knowing that the noise due to the high ISO is remarkable, then, in the evening or night I have often found myself having to think: “I do? Place the’aperture telephoto lens is 5.6, should I increase the ISO and keep the noise, or increase the time and keep the shake? “I do not know if I’m explained … When I was using my old sony opening 2.0-2.4 qsti I never had a problem.
Apart from these obvious considerations, the photos produced by camera qsta have beautiful colors, very vivid, ideal for playback on the new high-definition LCD monitors, where the picture seems to emerge from the screen.On paper, you really must rely, in my opinion, to specialized centers (or simply a good photographer), but avoid the do-it-yourself, with photo papers (Economics) and the printer type on the market that a consumer can have inhome, you lose a lot of the beauty of the picture, and in particular their color rendering.
I can not give impressions of the dust reduction system, because it is obviously a feature that can be appreciated only with a long use of the camera (or at least possession), but I’m sure those who use it often at sea or in dusty places will be very satisfied in tenyears.And ‘an “accessory” that perhaps may seem to many bullshit, but I think that gives significant added value to the camera, I personally had the opportunity to experience the devastating effects of the dust that accumulates on the sensor over time and “dirty” thephotos.
Always remaining in the field of sensor I can say instead that the adoption of the system 4 / 3 greatly affects the quality of the photo and in particular on the edges of the image quality has always been critical of digital photos.With this Olympus, even with the telephoto lens I noticed that Max is very difficult to recognize the so-called”Light falling on the edge” or the decay of the image quality suffers at edges thereof.Moreover, even if I’m not sure, I think that thanks to the Olympus qsto standards have really been able to provide an objective light (we are on 600 gr in total).As a counterpart, but not so attached to the 4 / 3 format, but rather to the fact that the sensor is too small for 8 megapixels, is the noise (the sensor measures 18x13mm 36x24mm against traditional film).Exceeded ISO 400 noise becomes unacceptable, especially when compared to cameras of the same level and cost.And this is a sin, even one of the reasons why (although not essential) that helped to form the choice of buying my friend was able to push the camera up to ISO 1600 for bright pictures even obtainwithout having to set a very long time.
The size of files contained Raw is about 13mega for photos.With a card 256 megs I managed to do as many as 20 shots.Please note that should be used with the Raw “sparingly”, because then you hardly have the chance to spend hours to adjust all photos taken!
Very good compatibility with all standard Exif (both the 1 .1 2.0), and when you transfer pictures to the PC, just right click mouse and go to “properties”> “Advanced” to know a lot of shooting parameters (opening time, ISO, etc.)..
The viewfinder is phenomenal, not a reflex but a pentaprism mirror 5, which allows a perfectly in line with what it “sees” the sensor without angular distortion.Nevertheless, the use of the viewfinder you can see a lot of information, such as the opening time, speed, type of white balance, the possible compensation choice, etc..In short, it can actually keep you from being always turn on the monitor, which consumes more battery power.
About the monitor, this camera to me really excited, you can adjust in brightness in 7 steps, and I must say is doing very well even under strong light (well, if it falls on a ray of sunshinepretend much).It is a TFT 134,000 pixels and the size actually not huge, a modest 1.8 “.
The focus is fast and fairly accurate, though perhaps 3 points of focus are a little bit.Use natural because the system has revealed its limits, forcing me to move the camera focuser on off-center subjects and would have been preferable to a system like the FlexiZone canon, which allows you to choose one of 250 points!The macro works well I would say from 5 cm, whatever they tell the parent company.Excellent yields at the edges, whereas in macro mode the depth of field is minimal and the edges tend to blur and “falling” in terms of light.
The white balance is excellent, there are 12 different ways (this, of course, how “custom” which you point to an object that takes gray like our “ideal” and based on that color will base the camera ‘sinterpretation of others).It ‘also possible white balance bracketing function, which I think everyone will know.
The speed with the aim of the series is imrpessionante, reaches 1 / 4000 sec. By that time we were able to peck different riders at full speed!About speed, I found handy self-timer to 2 seconds. But in reality it is a simple shutter lag, very useful for shooting in low light when the opening time and there is considerable risk that the pressurethe shutter button introduces the “moved” in the picture.With the self-timer to 2 seconds., You place the camera, clicks and you do not risk anything!After 2 seconds, in fact, the camera will start to “impress” the sensor.When it is present only in the self-timer 10 sec., I assure you that shaving is a deadly wait that long for a photo!
The barrage has disappointed me, they are declared 3 frames per second (3 fps), and I do not doubt that it is, but honestly, the result is not the best, tried it on fast moving subjects, 3fps is a little bit.By the way, I just try higher speeds on cameras of a completely different band, and that there are 8 mega hear their “weight”.
Ultimately I would say that as a compact camera is excellent, as SLR is a little less but certainly one of the best compromise between quality and affordability.It is not the best for those who love sports and who take mainly at night or in the absence of adequate light, but the majority of users x (which is triggered, frankly, almost always and only at the beach, day, self-portraits with his girlfriendand monuments!) is excellent.
