The New E-300

[nightpiper]

the cat is out, the new consumer DSLR from Oly is called the E300.

more details later....

here's the mention in the oly europe link:

http://www.olympus-europa.com/corporate/presscentre.cfm

 

[xmen2003]

More here -> http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_s...p?huge_picture_lobby=1&p=16&bc=1&product=1140

Sure looks good. I am interested in the pricing.

 

[nightpiper]

thx bro! :thumbsup:

to summarised a little:

8MP FFT CCD
new image processor true pic turbo
64MB buffer (pretty small for a DSLR nowadays)
2.5fps
built in flash
porro mirror
ANTI-DUST SHAKER!! (WOW!! neat feature on a consumer DSLR!)

pricing not out yet.

:cheers:

 

[Caussway]

Dpreview has bigger pictures and detailed specs:

Dpreview E-300 announcement

It looks more like prosumer than a DSLR.

 

[xmen2003]

Dpreview has bigger pictures and detailed specs:

Dpreview E-300 announcement

It looks more like prosumer than a DSLR.

ISO 400 without expansion? :think:

 

[xmen2003]

ANTI-DUST SHAKER!! (WOW!! neat feature on a consumer DSLR!)

:cheers:

I am glad they did not remove that feature.

 

[tan131]

AF sensitivity doesn't sound too impressive~

 

[xmen2003]

AF sensitivity doesn't sound too impressive~

Hopefully the price is.

 

[denizenx]

Hopefully the price is.

cool man got UW casing

 

[nightpiper]

ISO 400 without expansion? :think:

expansion is via custom settings. can expand to ISO 800 & ISO 1600 but that very much give us a very good idea of how the noise is.

 

[Caussway]

The look alone tells it's very consumer grade stuff.

 

[jimtong]

does it still use mirror reflect??? looks like a C8080 to me except for interchangeable lense.

 

[nightpiper]

i believe it still does. mirror flip sideways & 2 tiny prism used to direct light into the viewfinder if i m not mistaken.

 

[2100]

Specs look ok. Pricing will be key, need to be below 1.2k to be competitive.

 

[cookiez]

Lets see who's the first here to get this new baby

 

[nightpiper]

does it still use mirror reflect??? looks like a C8080 to me except for interchangeable lense.

here's a link to see some intro about this porro finder.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=10463498

i dun think its a hinderance to taking pics.

 

[tropicalrips]

looks smaller then the C-8080

 

[Jayan]

Maybe it's time for me to upgrade my C-2100UZ to the E-300 when it ocmes out!

 

[Vulpix0r]

The camera looks good, and using another wierd way to prevent mirror lock-ups, always a good thing! Let's hope the lenses are cheap since there is almost no market for 2nd hand lenses for their cameras.

Oh yah, I'm out of the C-2100uz user list already, going for DSLR now.

 

[Jayan]

The camera looks good, and using another wierd way to prevent mirror lock-ups, always a good thing! Let's hope the lenses are cheap since there is almost no market for 2nd hand lenses for their cameras.

Oh yah, I'm out of the C-2100uz user list already, going for DSLR now.

Noted...