Rating: Summary: One Happy Customer Review: Decided to splurge on the E-10 a few weeks back. Well worth the price. This is my 3rd digicam. Started with a basic HP, upgraded to an Olympus D-600. All have been fun, but this is the first that has been good enough to retire the film based ones for me. Easy to use right out of the box. I have it loaded with the 32 mb Smartmedia it comes with as well as a 132 mb Compact Flash. It can carry a lot of pictures on board. Absolutely no buyers remorse with this one !
Rating: Summary: Very Happy Review: I use the Olympus E-10 with the Olympus CAMEDIA P-400 Digital Color Printer. I find that people can not tell the difference between digital and standard SLR film. Converted to Black and White the pictures are as good as taken by Studio Professional.
Rating: Summary: absolutely sensational Review: Having worked as a 4x5 and 6x7 studio photographer for over 25 years, i have ventured into the digital realm with great skepticism. Superlatives don't exist for how pleased I was when I tried the E10. A freind loaned me his, actually he had to force it on me, for a family trip to DisneyWorld, and I didn't even use it till the last day we were there! Reluctantly on the last day, I decided to spend the morning trying it out. Well, I made 4 trips back to the room to download the card, and finally bought 4 more cards early in the afternoon so I could shoot faster. A thrill to work with, great images, and more control than most of my 35mm cameras. The ability to manually set color temperature is like having a studio, a refrigerator full of film, and several light meters all with you at DisneyWorld!!!! Bottome line, if you are SERIOUS about photography, or earn part or all of your living via photography, this is a bargain. You will not regret it. Only drawback for amatuers, you must be able to use at the very least Adobe Photoshop LE, as the images are huge and you'll have to learn new digital terms like RAW and compressed images. But it's worth it!!
Rating: Summary: IBM Microdrive Review: I noted a review that stated that the IBM Microdrive was not supported, but I bought it for this camera and have used it to store pictures and downloaded to my Gateway Laptop. It holds more than 320 pictures at a very resonable quality.
Rating: Summary: An excellent piece of kit, but a Mac problem? Review: This is a brilliant camera which has made the transfer from film to digital easy. Everything is in the right place, it functions like an SLR and getting used to the digital electronic aspects was very straightforward after taking a deep breath to read the manual, which turned out to be far shorter than I expected. (The thickness is accounted for by the several different languages in it).I use the E10 for a magazine I produce and the results are tremendous and significantly better than pictures I receive from people who use the much more expensive Nikon D1. This is where I need some technical assistance. I am experiencing a problem when I transfer images from the compact flash card to a Macintosh through a card reader. On a 64mb card which should store 23 shots at SHQ compression I am able to store 12 pictures safely and read them. If there are more than this number a message will appear on the desktop saying there is a fault on the card and some of the data may be lost. Sometimes it comes up with an error type 39. It will download the first 12 pictures stored but it an error message appears for any over this number. I have managed to get round this problem by copying the pictures I cannot retrieve by copying them to the smart media card and reading that onto the Mac. When I have taken the card to the dealer and look at it on their PC, a number of files which I assume Macintosh has written to the card appear - Volume Settings Folder, Desktop DB, Desktop DF.
Rating: Summary: Currently, the BEST! All you need is $$$$$$$! Review: Incredible! Super! The first pro dg camera ever! It takes the best pictures and there's no competition. The quality is absolutely outstanding. Be prepared to spend twice the amount of the camera...
PROS : -Very sturdy, well designed body -All the manual controls you'll ever need -Impressive night and macro ability -SmartMedia and CompactFlash Type II slots -Ultra-fast shooting speeds -Handy backlit LCD info display and swiveling LCD -Ability to preview shots on LCD as well as viewfinder (a first for an SLR digital) -Manual zoom(sweet!) -There are lots of equipment for this camera CONS : -Lens not removable -Somewhat sluggish in menus and playback mode -Disappointing LCD quality -IBM Microdrive not supported TIFF mode is just awesome, but the average size is... 11,3 megs. So it`s 11 pics on a 128 meg card. This is THE camera right now for the pros. The super fast shots are incredible, it takes jpg pics like lightning. What can I say else?
Rating: Summary: Easiest Digital Camera I have used Review: Purchased the E-10 after buying and returning other brands that originally were comperable in price but on sale. From the moment I opened the owners manual, I knew the E-10 would be a camera I would keep. The manual was very easy to understand giving you a discription of a feature as well as all related pages that offered more information. Within a matter of moments, I was able to set the camera up and start taking pictures. The only problem I incured was when I went to download pictures to my PC (a problem I had with other brands). Unlike the other manufacturers, one phone call to Olympus and my problem was resolved in less than 20 minutes. If you want an easy to use camera that takes exceptional pictures, then this is the camera for you. Now I anxiously await the wide angle and tele-photo lenses for even more fun
Rating: Summary: E-10 Delight hitemjohn@msn.com Review: Have only had the E-10 for one week but have tried several photo shoots and what results. Have enlarged photos with excellent re- sults. This camera is easy to use and easy to download. Pictures are easy to review while still in the camera and easy to delete the ones not wanted. This camera comes with a 32mb smart card and since it will hold either smart card or compact flash I added a 64mb compact flash card and being able to hold both cards at the same time and easy to switch between the two cards is a delight. Would recommend this camera to anyone looking for outstanding photos.
Rating: Summary: Not the newest - but solid value at a bargin price Review: I bought my refurbished E-10 online from Olympus. It has functioned perfectly. The cost was 1/3 of the price they charged when the E-10 was first introduced. Since then, the price has continued to decrease as the competition has added megapixels and professionals have moved to DSLR bodies. This makes the E-10 a bargin for the weekend photographer. The camera is built like a brick - but a wonderfully ergonomic brick! The optics are fast and sharp and Olympus are famous for their image quality - even if it is "only" 4 MP. The camera is supported by a full range of accessories readily available on Amazon (or eBay) including wide angle and telephoto supplementary lens, cable release, flash, etc. A total system will cost less than the body of a new DSLR. More important, this is (well was) a professional camera, built for professionals with an imposing presence and total control over the image. If you think you need those extra pixels ask how many 8 x 10 enlargements you made last year. If the answer is less than 10 then this could be the perfect digital camera for you - and at a realistic price.
Rating: Summary: awesome Review: this is the only slr DIGITAL camera, I've had a slr film camera for a few years and could never go back to a point and click camera ever, and i bought a few digital camera before this one but they weren's slr style and the pictures never impressed me at all, basically i dont have much to compare this camera to digital slr wise, but i am VERY happy with the image quality and everything else about the camera
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