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 Why pay more for less features and quality? June 23, 2005
Austin Barrington (New Braunfels, TX USA)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I'll make this very short. I really like this camera and everyone here posts many positive features so I am only going to feature the few drawbacks. I think that it should come with a faster lens, at least f/2.5, I mean come on how are you going to use the 1/4000 sec. with this lens. Coming out of sleep mode is not instant! I expected it to be and I missed a shot because of it. Whatever happened to the hour long shutter speeds? I get a max. of 8 minutes on BULB - meaning I have to hold the button down, 30 sec. by itself. Plugging the camera in through the USB corrupted images on my disk - maybe a problem with my camera only. Also the whole 800 1600 ISO thing, but who cares...
Pros-
No need for a Macro lens, with 8MP you can get as close as you want. Excellent program mode. As a matter of fact, all pre-programmed exposures are excellent. Battery life 550+ pics with around 60% flash use. Auto-white balance is of superior quality. 2.5 fps seems slow at first when compared to the 8 fps of other cameras, but in the field, it's plenty.
Additional batteries are cheap - buy from a British dealer on eBay for around 9 GBP or $16 including shipping. I got my camera on eBay for $645 brand new in box with warranty cards. Also purchased a hotshoe to PC-sync adapter for around 15 AUD or $11 including shipping. Also a step up ring adapter to use my 67mm filters on this camera with 58mm lenses.
These few drawbacks are not enough to keep you from saving $800-900 off of the Canon 20D for the same image quality!
Please read this first*** August 24, 2006
Garth Gerold Jones (dallas, Tx)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I'm a photographer, i have this camera and a Rebel XT by Canon, Before switching to digital from film i did my research, i've always used PC World Magazine as my bible for purchasing any type of computer euipment, cameras or software. when i read their review of the Olumpus E300 i was impressed. so i purchased one. Again they have not let me down. Its easy to use, The photos are crisp and clear and the feel of the camera makes you aware that your holding a camera not a toy. theres one review here that bothers me, its almost as if someone from Olumpus's competetion. Neverthe less for the price this camera stands up to any of the competetion. i've compared it to my canon and my best friends Nikon d70..if your looking for an inexpensive but great quality camera..check this one out..
love it October 26, 2005
Shannon P. Beer (LeRoy, IL United States)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
The E-300 is so intuitive and easy to use. Physically it feels so much better than the Rebel or the comparative Nikon. The rubber-coated aluminum chasis and smooth-working controls make it hard to put down. I recommend buying several 1Gig cards for it though. This weekend I took some autumn portraits of my cousin and his wife at the park. Using .tif and no compression, I only got 34 pics! I had to field delete some. I love it. I am planning the next session already.
I Love this Camera! May 25, 2005
Richard Brocaw (Denver, CO)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
The E-300 is one outstanding digital camera. I have been doing 35mm for many years, and it was nice to find a digital camera that has the look and feel of a high end 35mm. It even has the sound of the shutter clicking and the film winding sound also. A very easy to use camera, once I figured out the menus. Pictures are outstanding even at the middle of the resolution range. Good job, Olympus! But... I could mention two complaints, neither of which will make me return the camera. One, the camera does have a bit of a problem taking flash pictures in low light conditions. And the other problem, an obvious money-grubbing device (Bad Olympus!), the AC adapter that sells for $130 or so could be replaced by any $10 wall wart, except for that little proprietary connector on the camera. Come on, Olympus, what's up with that?
Very pleased! September 12, 2005
Kenneth Lightbourne (Coral Springs, Florida United States)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
As a long time Olympus I'm very pleased with the company's digital SLR. I own OM1, OM2 and OM4T film SLRs, but the E300 is going to cause all of these cameras to gather dust. The feel of the camera is solid, the turn on time is almost instantaneous and the focusing is lightning fast. The photos I've taken so far have been excelent in detaila nd color accuracy. I've blown one shot up to poster size with no problems.
The downloading software is nothing special, but get a card reader and don't even be bothered with the software driven downloads.
I recomend the E300 to anyone that is serious about their equipment and wants accurate and highly detailed photos. It's a steal at the current price.
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