Don Levstik
Active member
Olympus E-10. Wow, what a camera! I've owned a total of 5 other digital cameras over the years (HPC30,Nikon Coolpix700,Coolpix800, Canon A60, Fuji S602Z ).
I still use the Canon A60 for 'point & shoot', and the Fuji S602Z, but was never really happy with the S602Z. It's EVF is useless in 'low-light' conditions, and I messed up one too many shots because of that.The 'Fuji-Color' (over saturated colors, and orange-reds) was not really to my liking either. TheS602Z pictures look pretty good, but just seem like they are always 'overprocessed' looking.
E-10:
Many folks on the 'Olympus SLR' forum recommended the E-10 orE-20 cameras. I'm very glad I took their advice!
It's taking me a while to understand the functions, and it takes practice to get excellent pictures, 'not really good for point & shoot' but that's not what it's for. (My Canon A60 is for P&S photography
I'm really discovering the 'art' of photography now, and it's great fun!
E-10 picture quality:
I really like the 'un-processed' look to the pictures. They just look natural/real. Nothing 'over the top' or 'digital' looking.
That F2.0 lens is amazing. Nothing compares to the real manual zoom, and 'low-light' photography is no problem with real TTL viewing.
Even the LCD display works in near darkness. They must really 'gain up' the display.
If you've wanted to try a real DSLR, but don't want to pay the $1000.00+ price tag, I don't think you can make a better choice than an E-10/E-20. It's not perfect, but even with it's short comings, it is a real value these days.
Now that the E-10 can be found for around $300.00, I believe it is one of the best bargins in 'professional' type camreas around for the money.
Problems:
Only has 3 ISO settings (80, 160, 320).
Very slow write to memory card after 4 frame buffer is full. Probably not a very good 'action sports' type camera.until you really learn all it's tricks.
Not too good for quick 'point & shoot'. That's not why you buy one!
Picture playback/review on LCD is very slow.
Battery hog. Keep a few sets of rechargables handy at all times.
Even with these shortfalls, I think its still an excellent value, and will give you a real taste of what the newer DSLR's are capable of.
I still use the Canon A60 for 'point & shoot', and the Fuji S602Z, but was never really happy with the S602Z. It's EVF is useless in 'low-light' conditions, and I messed up one too many shots because of that.The 'Fuji-Color' (over saturated colors, and orange-reds) was not really to my liking either. TheS602Z pictures look pretty good, but just seem like they are always 'overprocessed' looking.
E-10:
Many folks on the 'Olympus SLR' forum recommended the E-10 orE-20 cameras. I'm very glad I took their advice!
It's taking me a while to understand the functions, and it takes practice to get excellent pictures, 'not really good for point & shoot' but that's not what it's for. (My Canon A60 is for P&S photography
I'm really discovering the 'art' of photography now, and it's great fun!
E-10 picture quality:
I really like the 'un-processed' look to the pictures. They just look natural/real. Nothing 'over the top' or 'digital' looking.
That F2.0 lens is amazing. Nothing compares to the real manual zoom, and 'low-light' photography is no problem with real TTL viewing.
Even the LCD display works in near darkness. They must really 'gain up' the display.
If you've wanted to try a real DSLR, but don't want to pay the $1000.00+ price tag, I don't think you can make a better choice than an E-10/E-20. It's not perfect, but even with it's short comings, it is a real value these days.
Now that the E-10 can be found for around $300.00, I believe it is one of the best bargins in 'professional' type camreas around for the money.
Problems:
Only has 3 ISO settings (80, 160, 320).
Very slow write to memory card after 4 frame buffer is full. Probably not a very good 'action sports' type camera.until you really learn all it's tricks.
Not too good for quick 'point & shoot'. That's not why you buy one!
Picture playback/review on LCD is very slow.
Battery hog. Keep a few sets of rechargables handy at all times.
Even with these shortfalls, I think its still an excellent value, and will give you a real taste of what the newer DSLR's are capable of.