Olympus E-30 Review
To sit happily with the company’s flagship and much higher-priced DSLR the Olympus E-30 had to forgo a few bells and whistles — but then it added a few that should delight photographers with high ambitions but little skill. The Olympus E-30 has 12.3 million pixels on its Live MOS sensor — two megapixels and a bit more than the E-3! The E-30 is smaller and lighter than many maker’s top end models… that’s how Olympus does things. With relatively few external controls, the LCD menu options will take you pretty well anywhere you want to go. Using the Four Thirds system you can attach lenses from companies such as Leica, Panasonic and Sigma… oh and Olympus of course! Olympus E-30 Features Live View is available on the 6.9 cm LCD screen, backed up by a bright optical finder that gives you a rundown on the camera’s status: aperture, shutter speed, ISO setting, meter setting and shot count. The camera can shoot at a rate of five full res frames for as long as you hold down the button and your memory card keeps writing. You can also preset the rate of shooting anywhere from one to four frames per second. Art Filter Selection: I’ve often looked with suspicion at DSLRs that have scene modes that have little more appeal than sheer novelty but in the Art Filter selection, the camera sure pressed my buttons. Choose from Grainy B&W (pictured above), Pop Art (pictured above), Soft Focus, Pale & Light Color, Light Tone and Pinhole
