Ultra-portable body Shake Reduction Olympus E620 SLR evaluation
* Ultra-portable anti-shake DSLR birth
- Olympus E620 SLR
For a long time, “portability” for SLR camera is a double-edged sword in terms of the photographer want your love machine large enough professional enough, but also by their tens of pounds of weight are tired. For professional photographers, the total equipment and professional degree hook, and for amateur photography enthusiasts, good enough for practical be called, especially female users, the portability of the digital SLR is even more urgent needs. Although some friends have been on the Olympus video 4 / 3 system, not very cold, but the system brought light weight SLR on the market does become quite characteristic of a class of cameras. Smaller than the traditional digital SLR, lighter, but also with a Olympus digital SLR body anti-shake the main impression left to the people.
In February of this year, Olympus released its latest digital SLR E620, compact body with the IS body Shake Reduction, to E620 become the smallest SLR body image stabilization. In addition, 12.3 million effective pixels and the first time in the E30 on the art filters have been applied in the E620, the new Olympus TruePic 3 + image processor also makes quality improved.
Probation, Olympus E620 compact body to impress the author, six kinds of artistic filters to bring more creative shooting, flip LCD screen is also difficult to make high-angle shooting easier and flexible . For many users are concerned about the image quality of E620 also done a detailed test this, let us details from the camera body from the outside.
* Body appearance and performance description
Volume from the exterior view, Olympus E620 is not the smallest digital SLR, with the Brother E420 door to smaller and lighter than it, but the E620 is the body with anti-shake and flip LCD screen is more useful, the two point as the unique Olympus feature allows a more compact camera in the same time, have better control and ease of use.
Olympus E620 and effective use of a 12.3 million pixel Live MOS sensor, image processor, TruePic 3 + used in the imaging quality of their predecessors, have seen increased. Camera using a dorsal 2.7-inch HyperCrystal III flip LCD screen, which is currently the best SLR camera on the flexible LCD screen can be calm in a variety of viewing angles.
E620 handle unique, in reducing the body thickness of the grip at the same time guarantee the stability, E620 has the delicate skin of rubber handle, handle though far from full, but when a single handset with the handle protruding finger force is relatively stable.
Olympus E620 kit is equipped with a ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 lens, lens light, with 7 aperture, filter size of 58mm, the E620 on the equivalent focal length of 28mm-84mm, more practical good. But the lens is slightly higher price, market price of 1800 yuan. To reduce weight, This lens is not after the ring metal materials. We are pleased that, through the back of the test, This lens with the E620 good quality show.
Olympus μ series camera with the same parts, E620 dorsal button is also used luminous effect and, of course we are talking about is not the fluorescent glow effect, but given the dim light from the button below, green, blue, purple, red all distinctive.
* Features: extraordinary artistic filter effects
Mode dial on the Olympus E620 has a separate ART SCN file, starting from E30 to join Art on the filter model. In this mode, we can from the rich color effects, soft focus effects, dilution effects and brightening colors, soft light effect, photo effects and nostalgia particle effects in the arbitrary choice of pinhole camera, shooting pictures of a unique effect. May be some friends of effects processing within the camera’s plane dismissive of various effects that can be obtained through post-processing. But for most amateur photographers or part of the female users do not use a lot of opportunities for post-processing. This approach does increase the camera’s playability, effectiveness, or let us together look.
It should be said that six kinds of modes filter characteristics, and propose that we pursue in the face of different subjects, or when the appropriate selection of different shooting feel. Rich color effects to enhance a variety of great color saturation, while also enhancing image contrast, it is not very bright color in the face but when you want to effect the performance of suitable bright. Soft Focus Effect Simulation of the soft focus lens soft focus effect, the use of telephoto lenses for the performance of virtual background of gentle for use, in addition to portrait when shooting better female performance. Desalination and brightening effect to the screen the whole show colors, cool colors, or themes in the performance of cold objects, such as edit photos taken with ice, use of this effect is more prominent effect of the cold. Soft effect similar to reducing the contrast of the image, so that the contrast between light and dark pictures are less strong than in the light environment suitable for excessive use. Photo Nostalgia particle effects and effects of pinhole camera suitable for shooting pictures of biased writing, black and white black and white film of coarse particles to simulate the effect of the pinhole camera effect is as popular in recent years, while the more gradual LOMO “fashion sense.”
* Features: flexible and intuitive control menu
Olympus E620 control menu is quite unique point, strictly speaking, E620′s menu is not unique to it, but the Olympus digital SLR cameras, a common feature. By default, E620 extremely rich menu display items, including our need to use the above, and may be used, and never used some of the options.
Dorsal body pressed Fn keys to activate the menu, and change to bright yellow display item. At this time we press the OK button again to select. Choice by the arrow keys and the click wheel, in the fast-setting, click wheel is even more obvious advantages.
Olympus E620 playback menu is also quite rich, you can display 14 times the biggest picture, followed by the also fully shows that each screen 4, 9, 16, 25, 49, 100, and the date in the calendar display greatly facilitates the search picture.
Compared to other entry-level SLR manufacturers introduced digital SLR, E620 to seven pairs of the focus of many of the design can be described as generous. In the seven pairs of focus in the middle of the five pairs of focus for the double-cross on the focus, focus on accuracy as the central focus of excellent.
Real-time digital SLR viewfinder function more and more popular today, facial recognition cameras in the SLR was not Suansha new things. E620 also features face recognition function, can automatically lock when shooting portrait people face, and help to assist the fast focus. But for the experienced photographer, probably more used to choose the right focus, of course, this is a matter of opinion thing. Next we look at the camera’s objective test, how well the camera imaging, instantly becomes evident.
* Objective test: ISO file image resolution and the measurement
Olympus E620 sets of machines on the price of sinking, 14-42mm lens is abnormally high, spent 1,800 yuan to buy an aperture of F3.5-F5.6 lens is unacceptable. Fortunately, the test, Fengyun expressive lens can be confirmed, same good quality of pretty people can accept a lot of money prices. Test results through the use of wide-angle camera lens and the telephoto end side aperture in the profile taken under ISO12233 resolution boards, software testing through HYres a final score, and produced a bar chart as follows.
Wide-angle end of the lens, the resolution of the file under the aperture test results are good, although when the aperture when the resolution received F22 down to 1600 LW / PH, but the remaining files are maintained 2000 LW / PH level of more than . Optimal resolution in F8.0. The best resolution of the lens telephoto end is also found in F8.0, only the vertical resolution and horizontal resolution of their differences in a larger.
* ISO measured the file
Resolution tests using the camera’s various shooting a standard ISO file still life sets before, many users are always criticized for Olympus 4 / 3 system using the sensor size, high ISO image quality generally. The E620 equipped with a new image processor, TruePic 3 +, the image quality of their predecessors, have seen increased.
Can be seen from the screenshot, the ISO800 and ISO1600, forming an obvious quality difference, ISO1600 image when the noise continued to increase, while the image quality also declined. Therefore, E620 is concerned, ISO100-ISO800 is available in the required degree of quality under the premise of high speed range.
* More proofs and Evaluation Summary
Olympus E620 is 4 / 3 system, the latest in a SLR with body size and functional well-balanced. Olympus has always followed the body’s compact size style, and in the function but also ensure the flip LCD screen and body image stabilization, to achieve, making E620 a body anti-shake feature into the smallest SLR camera. In addition, TruePic 3 + image processor application to E620 in the high-ISO image quality there is any progress, ISO800 with the available results have been comparable to APS-frame digital SLR. Art filter model by adding further enhance the camera’s playability. The only thing is the camera’s menu is slightly less chaotic, and the writing is not quite clear, if the E620 can be optimized menu, in the format and typeface upgrade, will it become perfect. SLR on the whole site if you do not particularly complex, not mind is the APS-frame, or 4 / 3 system to E620 of work, performance and lightweight portability of features, should be regarded as a worthy choice of products.
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