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Old 03-21-2006   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: E-330 review now on DPR

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Originally Posted by dougjgreen
I'm just as happy with my new E-300 as Raist3D is with his new E-330. It just depends on what you want, and I used the extra funds that I saved in not gettig an E-330 on the reasonably fast, super sharp 11-22mm lens which also is alot more distortion-free than the 14-45mm kit lens at the wide end. , To me personally, this very high quality wide-angle is alot more useful than live view and a tilting LCD. But, different strokes for different folks. But I surely would not get my hair on fire because Phil Askey didn't think that the E-330 was much better than the E-500. He didn't like the E-300 all that much either, but IMHO, once the E-300 is upgraded with the new firmware, I believe that this camera is now slightly better than the E-500, due to better build quality, ability to use on camera and remote flash together, and a somewhat better viewfinder.
I actually think you made the wiser choice, in all honesty. I wast thinking that instead of spending that USD $1k, I could have bought decent studio lights for my e-300. I just don't want to think about it anymore because I was losing sleep

I will say the only thing here in favor of say the e-500 over the e-300 is that whilet he exposure improved greatly with the latest firmware for the e-300 apparently both the e-500 / e-330 do use a more sophisticated matrix metering exposure sensor/algorithm. That being said, I agree the e-300 is better built.

- Raist
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