Although at first glance, the Olympus E-30 looks quite similar when it comes to the appearance of the E-3, the housings do differ vastly. We find a number of new buttons, and other buttons have either been replaced or have disappeared all tog ...

My first outing with the camera was to view a photographic competition at a local gardeners club, and judging by the reaction of the snappers present, the sudden mutterings of “it is, it’s that new E-P1” swiftly spilling round the room when t ...

The new Olympus E620 is a very interesting and capable digital SLR – no wonder everyone’s talking about it (and that explains the many emails from readers asking me to review it). The E620 takes many of the things that makes its big brother, ...

Olympus E-30 Camera Review "Olympus DSLRs keep getting better, and the E-30 is undoubtedly the best yet. Despite only twelve months gap between them the E-30 is a considerably more appealing camera than the E-3 (which, thanks to its tank-l ...

15x optical zoom, 28-420mm* Dual Image Stabilisation (combines mechanical and digital image stabilisation) High-speed 10fps sequence shooting HD movie recording and HDMI technology 12 Megapixels 1GB internal memory and SD Card compat ...

Olympus rebrands µ SW cameras as µ TOUGH series Hamburg 9th December 2008 – Olympus, the company that introduced freezeproof, waterproof and shockproof cameras for active lifestyles to the mass consumer market in 2006, is now redefining th ...

Point-and-shoot enthusiasts looking for a smooth move into the digital SLR world will love Olympus's nifty E-520 ($539-$599, with lens). Not only will its performance satisfy, but its packed feature set gives shutterbugs a dizzying array of w ...

The Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 is one of the more hardy rugged cameras in the current market. This little 12 megapixel camera is waterproof, shockproof, freezeproof and crushproof. So you can definitely bring the Stylus Tough 8000 on your next ...

"Twelve megapixels is, I think, enough for covering most applications most customers need," said Akira Watanabe, manager of Olympus Imaging's SLR planning department, in an interview here at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA). "We have no ...

Apart from its extraordinary zoom factor the SP-590UZ has a fairly typical specification for its class. It features a 12-megapixel 1/2.33-inch sensor, a 2.7-inch 230k monitor, an electronic viewfinder and a range of manual exposure options. ...

Joining Olympus' existing 20x optical zoom model, the SP-570UZ, in its line up is the newer baby DSLR-styled SP-565 UZ, likewise an 'ultra zoom' that matches its predecessor in marrying a 20x reach (26-520mm equivalent focal range in 35mm ter ...

It could successfully be argued that the whole point of owning a Leica is that you are then able to use the (deservedly) legendary Leica M lenses. The cameras themselves are, like any other camera, just boxes. Exquisitely engineered, wonderfu ...

Today Olympus announces a firmware update for the following five Zuiko Digital Lenses: >> Zuiko Digital 28-84mm equivalent (ED 14-42mm Four Thirds) f3.5-f5.6 lens; >> Zuiko Digital 80-300mm equivalent (ED 40-150mm Four Thirds) f4. ...

Olympus Imaging Corporation (President: Masaharu Okubo) is pleased to announce the introduction of the PT-EP01 Underwater case for the OLYMPUS PEN E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds System camera. The new housing enables truly high-quality underwater ph ...

The A300 may be average in terms of size and weight, but it does have something that makes it stand out of the crowd: Live View with fast auto-focus. None of the currently manufactured competitor models – the 'non-SLR' Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 ...