Product Description

This new D-SLR is compact and light-weight, yet provides photographers with the additional comfort of a Live View viewing, so you can use the large 2.5/6.4cm HyperCrystal LCD to frame your shots easily. Also new is the image processing engine, which boasts superb noise performance and speeds up overall processing times. Moreover, the new 10-Megapixel image sensor means even better-quality, more detailed shots. Furthermore, it is equipped with the patented Supersonic Wave Filter, the original proven technology for protecting the image sensor from dust.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70177 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Olympus
• Model: E-410 Single Lens Kit
• Released on: 2007-06-26
• Dimensions: 3.58" h x 5.10" w x 2.09" l, .84 pounds
• Display size: 2.5

Camera Labs
Camera Labs - Highly Recommended Award May 2007 "Like its predecessor, the Olympus E-410 has a lot going for it; it's very small and light without compromising comfort or usability, there's quick and easy access to all the settings, the resolving power and noise levels are comparable to the best 10 Megapixels DSLRs, and the SSWF anti-dust system remains unmatched."

Manufacturer's Description
The Olympus E-410 digital SLR with Live Preview;With the E-410 Olympus presents the successor to the E-400. This new D-SLR is compact and light-weight, yet provides photographers with the additional comfort of a Live View viewing, so there’s no need to keep your eye glued to the viewfinder to frame shots. Instead you can use the large 2.5”/6.4cm HyperCrystal LCD. Also new is the image processing engine, which boasts superb noise performance and speeds up overall processing times. Moreover, the new 10-Megapixel image sensor means even better-quality, more detailed shots. Since the camera â€" like all Olympus E-System D-SLRs â€" is based on the Four Thirds Standard, it is compatible with a host of accessories. Furthermore, it is equipped with the patented Supersonic Wave Filter, the original proven technology for protecting the image sensor from dust, introduced with the first Olympus D-SLR in 2003.

Familiar compactness, brand-new technology;It’s astonishing what a wealth of high-tech features have been squeezed into this compact and light-weight camera body. First off, there’s Live View, allowing you to employ the LCD screen to frame shots. Two further technological developments have also been incorporated: The new 10-Megapixel image sensor ensures crisp images with finest detail, while the all-new image processing engine delivers excellent noise performance.

Get professional results with ease;The Olympus E-410 caters for the demands of pro photographers, as well as amateurs: Professionals will enjoy the diverse manual settings, while the 32 preset shooting modes â€" including Children, Macro and two underwater modes â€" make setting the correct exposure a breeze even for beginners. Images can be stored on xD-Picture Cards or CompactFlash, so users upgrading from Olympus compact cameras can continue using their xD-Picture Cards.

Wide choice of accessories;For extended shooting sessions, the Olympus E-410 comes equipped with a long-life rechargeable battery. As the camera is based on the Four Thirds Standard, nearly the entire range of E-System accessories is available, among them bright and compact lenses designed especially for digital imaging. These feature near-telecentric construction for images that are sharp and well-exposed right up to the edges;The ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 (35mm equivalent focal length: 28-84mm) provides full 3x zoom performance.It is a small, light zoom lens with a range of use from medium wide angle to classical telephoto portrait.

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Customer Reviews

Superb camera
Am a relative beginner in this field. Have been dithering for ages about which DSLR to get and finally ended up with this one. It is superb. I cannot fault it so far, and the photos produced are really excellent quality. My first camera was an Olympus OM10, and nothing has ever quite lived up to it since. Have tried Canon, and whilst impressed with their superb IXUS 40 compact camera, the digital SLRs leave me cold. Too heavy, and not the picture quality I get with this Olympus. The E410 is so light and nifty in comparison. Can imagine taking it out and about, unlike its heavier counterparts. Am not even a serious amateur, but straight from the box this camera was taking superb pin sharp shots, even before I had fully mastered the settings. The only downside is the manual, which I do find confusing at times. However, the superb camera review available on dpreview's website does answer a lot of my questions. Would suggest a visit there for the low down. They 'Highly Recommend' this camera, incidently! One thing they suggest, to increase image sharpness is to turn off the Noise Reduction and set the Sharpness to (-2). I did this and they are right!

Anyway, my advice is to take the plunge, don't go with the Clunky Canon Crowd. Get a neat and stylish Oly 410 and I am sure you won't be disappointed.

An excellent SLR system
I am very impressed with this digital SLR. For years I used Olympus OM series film cameras with satsfaction. As digital camera image quality improved, I decided to go digital and have tried Nikon, Canon and Fuji SLRs. All were bulky and heavy, showing their heritage as modified designs for 35mm film adapted for use with smaller digital sensors.
Having design their E-series as digital from the outset, Olympus seem to me to have far superior handling qualities. Carrying an E-410 all day is far preferrable to any of the rival makers models I bought. I first used an E-400, and agreed with the reviews which found images taken at high ISO "filmspeed" settings somewhat noisy. This problem is resolved in the E-410 which uses a different sensor. Another improvement is in the autofucussing which is again, much improved.
As well as the conventional SLR viewfinder, the E-410 gives one the option of composing shots in the LCD screen on the camera back as a "live preview". It would be great if this worked as quickly as on a pocket digital camera, but there is in fact quite a delay between pressing the shutter release and the image being focussed and captured. Notwishtanding this, I have found the live preview invaluable for macro work and I would hate to be without it now.
Another good feature of the recent E-series models is the "supersonic wave filter for dust reduction". Unlike film SLR cameras, digital ones can be ruined by dust on the sensor introduced when lenses are changed. Nikon offers sofware which maps and then cancels out the specks - sounds like a rubbish "solution"! Olympus and Canon offer sonic systems which shake the sensor at start up to keep dust away. I'm ultra cautious when changing lenses, but I'm greatly reassured by reviews which suggest that the Olympus system really can be effective.
Finally Olympus seem to be developing a truly comprehensive system with a great (if expensive) selection of lenses and flash units. For clinical medical and dental photography they have an excellent 50mm (equivalent to 100mm in a 35mm format camera) macro lens which can also capture potraits or full body views. This can be coupled to a ring flash or twin macro flash with TTL metering and capable of taking perfectly exposed images straight out of the box. The only weak part of the system is the flash ring FR-1 needed to couple the flash head to the lens. I have bought three of these, and all three have broken in normal use!
The problem with the FR-1 is that the front element of it is held on to the main body by three TINY screws which just aren't up to the job. As I needed to keep working in three different centres I didn't return the units (what would be the point in exchanging one badly designed bit of kit for an identical one anyway). My solution is to permanently glue the front to the main body with Araldite. I hope that this shockingly poor piece of design isn't indicative of other problems elsewhere in the range.
Finally, pricing. Because the UK economy is OK at present, we seem to fair game for overpricing in lots of areas. There is not a huge difference between the cost of Olympus camera bodies and kits in the UK and other markets but lenses and accessories are up to twice the price here. Like many others, I buy a lot my hardware in the USA. If Olympus are serious about developing the full potential of the UK market, they need to look at the way their distributors and dealers price their products here.
I look forward to trying the E-510 with its' in camera image stabilisation soon.

I love this camera
I recently treated myself to an E410, having deliberated about buying this or the Nikon D40. I'm glad I opted for the Olympus. It's beautifully built (as you'd expect from an Olympus SLR), and feels robust -- more so than the slightly plasticky Nikon. Picture quality so far has been superb, although the Oly's compact size takes a bit of getting used to for serious snappers (it's size is no bad thing if you're travelling with it, though).
Tons of features if you need them, and excellent point-and-shoot modes if you don't. There's a question mark over how affordable Zuiko lenses are for these cameras, but the standard 14-42mm covers a multitude of sins, and, again, it's a very high-quality product (beats the equivalent Canon or Nikon lenses hands down, in my view).

Very highly recommended.