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Old 04-10-2007   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: E-410 Review

Not sure how accurate that review is. It says
'Another feature previously unavailable on Olympus' first live view DSLR, the E-330, was any form of enhanced framing aid. The E-410 offers several options, including this grid line display.'

I'm fairly sure the E-330 had a grid overlay, though my memory could be slipping.

Also, although it states that the LiveMOS sensor is superior to the Kodak sensor when it comes to noise - again from my own tests I'd say that the E-330 was marginally better than the E-1 in noise reduction. The E-400 is also marginally better. However, the depth of colour and detail on the Kodak CCD's always look better to my eye than the MOS variants.

I think the E-410 is a bit of 'two steps forwards, one step back'. Live view is great, but no articulating screen needlessly cripples it. I'm sure the LiveMOS sensor is state of the art for what it is, but it's equivalent to an '8mp CCD' (quote from Olympus website). I suspect the 10mp CCD in the E-400 would out perform the E-410 in certain areas. Would be great if someone could do a real in-depth side by side report of the two. Shame Askey couldn't have done an E-400 report at least. I guess we'll never know (from an authoritative Internet source - where the truth is always out there...) just how good or bad that Kodak sensor really is .
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