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Olympus E-62012.3 megapixels | 2.7" screen | Four Thirds sensor
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Opinion: I've had an E-600 for almost two years now. I understand it is the same e-620 but without three art-filters and without aspect ratio control. Hence I think that my comments will be applicable to the e-620 as well.
First of all, the jpegs you can get from this camera are just great, rarely have to do any sort of editing afterwards. Nice punchy colors with good highlight control. Therefore shooting raw is an option I don't use very often (however, keep in mind I'm an amateur). I mainly use this camera for portraits and landscapes, and in this capacity it is an excellent companion and it's a camera that makes you want to shoot photos.
If you are going to shoot in dark situations, it takes some work to getting good results out of it. Also, I've found that it is better to turn off (set to normal) the gradation as it does induce noise in the dark areas and you won't loose much detail as this camera with NF in low captures quite a lot of detail and, in my opinion, there is no need to rescue the shadows.
All in all, a great camera which I love dearly and will not be changing any time soon. Very well built, reliable and which produces great images on a clear day.
Problems: It is not good for shooting sports. I tried to take some pictures of my brother racing his go-kart with the 70-150mm kit lense on a dark afternoon. In all honesty I found the camera slow and cranking up the ISO above 1250 induces too much noise. I could not use any shutter speed above 1/40 or else the pictures would be too dark. As you can imagine, I had tons of blurred pictures.
Leaving Gradation to AUTO can induce too much noise to the pictures. It also makes some mistakes in judging what is a dark-shadowy area and what is simply black. For example, if you put a black jacket on a brown chair with good light; the gradation will make your black jacket look as it had dandruff all over it. If you turn gradation Off (normal) or to low key, the image is much more natural looking. Due to the above, indoor photography needs some experience with the camera and, in my experience, once you get a feel for the gradation function, the results can be very good.
It is difficult to find lenses for the cmamera. Best-buys and the likes never have any lenses for this camera, they are only carry lenses for the M-4/3 cameras which is slighty frustrating.
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