Comments on: Olympus E-30 Review

By: Hanz

Hanz — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:40:56 +0000

Thank you for this article. I find it amazing at how many people get hung up on this small sensor issue, and noise issue. When film camera’s were the peoples choice, there was not near the extras available as found in digital cameras today and photographers were happy. People today are too fussy. Sure there is some noise in high ISO but come on look at the other features this camera offers in comparison to their rivals. No matter what camera you have you are all going to do some sort of post editing. So why not tweek the noise a bit with photoshop CS5. There are other noise reduction programes that really make noise a non issue. So the bottom line is, if you want a great camera buy the E-30 and if noise is still an issue buy ninja or photoshop cs5.

By: Aryan

Aryan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:05:11 +0000

Olympus E-30 Is a very nice camera but not for that price.The fair price for this camera with the lens is £450-£550.

By: Bull Rhino

Bull Rhino — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:46:30 +0000

I never got a real good look at the Pentax K7 because It had not been officially released yet and the best legitimate price was, and I think still is, $1299 for the body only. There were several things that went into my decision. I’ve known for years that the Olympus/Zuiko lenses are top notch, but so are Nikkor. My final determining factor was based on reading the reviews at http://www.dpreview.com, and really more than just reading them but studying the photos that they took. DPReview has some set photos they take with every camera. I opened up both the Nikon D90 and the Oly E-30 side by side on my 24″ monitor so I could see them very clearly and the Oly had the very slight edge to both my own and my wife’s eyes. Of course there were a lot of very nice comments about it also. On the question about the smaller chip. That was also a concern of mine but I read several places where the advantage to the smaller chip is that the pixels are closer together. In other words, less space between pixels. Two of my children have Nikons and they are a fine camera, as you know. The good news is no matter which way you go you will have an excellent camera. With the Nikon you won’t have to worry about sneers from know-nothing equipment snobs who probably couldn’t take a decent photo if their life depended on it. I find that really good photographers are hardly ever brand name snobs no matter which brand they use.

By: LifeSparkle

LifeSparkle — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:11:56 +0000

How does it go in low-light situations?

By: Paul C

Paul C — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:43:13 +0000

Bull Rhino – I am also debating between the Nikon D90 and Pentax K7, can you share with us your reasons for choosing the E-30 instead? You weren’t concerned with the smaller sensor size for the four-thirds system?

Thanks!

By: Rob Wilson

Rob Wilson — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:42:22 +0000

Glad to see this review and the follow-on comments. I’ve opted to get the E-620 after months of research; now trying to figure out the right lens combo, while saving my pennies for the big plunge. I can hardly wait to get my hands on this camera…..

By: Bull Rhino

Bull Rhino — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:42:39 +0000

To be accurate, the standard kit lens at the price quoted by the author is 14-42. However, for about $390 more, or $1439 U.S. Dollars you can get the kit with the 14-54 mm zoom. Besides the additional 12 mm of zoom you get a much faster lens. The 14-42 f stop is 3.5-5.6 while the 14-54 is 2.8-3.5. I opted for the less expensive kit and put the $390 towards the 100mm Macro and the 70 to 300mm lenses. I was very impressed at how sharp even the 70-300mm is even at a full 300mm. If you aren’t familiar with the 4 thirds system, the 35mm equivilant for focal length is double. So, a 14-42 is 35mm film camera equivilant to 28-84, and the 70-300 is obviously equivilant to 140-600mm.

By: Devon Hammond

Devon Hammond — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:01:50 +0000

RE my last post:
I take it back.
It costs £1,400 in the UK. Sigh. Anything for a profit nowadays isn’t it?

By: Devon Hammond

Devon Hammond — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:18:25 +0000

Can someone explain to me why it costs $1,000 in America and £1,000 in the UK? … Exchange rates would put it at ~£600, and even with shipping+insurance from the US it wouldn’t cost £1,000!
I’m tempted to go to the forums and ask a trusted member to buy it in the US then ship it to me in the UK, I’m not paying an extra £400 for a camera that isn’t worth that! Rediculous.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:17:16 +0000

I’m actually a little surprised that the E-30 has that much barrel distortion at 14mm with the kit lens. I’ve got the 14-42mm from the E-510, and there effectively no barrel distortion to it at all, even in close up shots.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdelamater99/3345608334/