Hot Summer Gear: Olympus E-620

Meet the Olympus E-620. Featuring a 12.3 megapixel, 17.3mm x 13mm image sensor, in-body image stabilization, a 14-42mm, f3.5-5.6 zoom lens included in the kit, and a swiveling LCD screen, this DSLR is priced at $700.

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[siminona]

It's funny how you give it only 6/10, while DPReview gives it an average of 8.25/10 with 9 in features. You say it's plasticky, but they say it's "the most convincing build-quality in its class, thanks to an excellent choice of materials--it feels rugged and well-made." And "however you look at it, it's up there with the best of them... From a technical perspective, the image quality is on a par with its peers in just about every respect... even at the levels of scrutiny we subject cameras to."

[genuinefrenzy]

this is a crap review.

[detestosu]

I am a canon user but between pentax , sony and olympus i would chose olympus anytime. cheap camera , no cheap feeling , pretty good menu, good control of the camera and good choice of Olympus OM old lenses. I am not a big fan of movie mode into a DSLR so not disapointed. And my biggest surprise ? i use a 40 dollars OM to EOS adapter for a ultra wide lens, the kit OM 14-42 is a dram on canon. Cheap and awesome. the best review is in store, when you can feel the camera. take care ..

[testastrettaducati]

I dropped my lightweight plasticky feel E410 one story, it rolled down the stairs with a small tripod and a flash mounted on it.... i thought it will die... and amazingly not even a scratch... and it still did 140.000 shots ... this mf can't die... try doing this with a canon... see what happens...

[MrBigcityal]

I dropped my 510 about 4 feet and it's fine. It's lighter because it's not huge like Canikons. Canon and Nikon sell a lot of crop sensor cameras too btw, they always cost more for less camera, but you have the name I guess.

[XCSlayer]

lmfao, you dropped an Olympus from 12'' and it died?

So that means you dropped it from 12'' into a woodchipper.

I've dropped my 6yr old, $300 E-500 from SIX FEET and still managed to pull off 60,000 more actuations with it.

Oh and on a side note...

"Takes pretty good pictures in most circumstances." Is an automatic sign of a crap review.

[realwoman50]

I just got this camera and found it to be substantial in feel, comperable to my old Olympus OM-10 when loaded down with lens, winder and flash. I've yet to do a lot of shooting, so I can't say exactly how well it performs, but I will say the zuiko lenses that Olympus always has used with thier cameras are very nice lenses to be sure! I agree with pape666 that wired and cnet are heavily biased against Olympus.

[chunggokyan]

It's funny how this guy doesn't mention the quality of Zuiko glass. Why does he not rate the Zuiko glass vs Canon and Nikon glass?

[pape666]

if you are getting a dslr means you must be getting in to photography, and i have heard and read this from many professional photographers," the quality of your photos depends on your skills and knowledge not the camera." i searched many websites before i bought my e620, i found that many main stream websites such as wired.com and cnet.com are heavily biased by brands, they review a canon or nikon with their mind already made up thats very good product so they only look at positive aspects.

[pape666]

this guy really sucks, i have a e620 and it feels so well made, it takes amazing pictures, and the camera has a feature that reduces noise during low light situations you just have to turn it on moron. if you are planing to buy this camera its a great and capable camera. the screen is a very handy specially if you are getting macro shots where you have to get really close to ground. the screen is amazing quality and you can easily see even in direct sun light.

[jamesday007]

your review is shit...go shoot with ur nikon. u dont understand olympus ... you look weak and plasticly, and olympus are more rugged than canon and nikon. u want video get a camcorder.and olympus invented live view, think we can use it for what we want ...

[Foxx1981]

This is a bullshit review. Canon and Nikon are automatically "pro tier"?

A canon or nikon in the same priceclass are different: but not "better". Brand has nothing to do with the capability of a camera: but then again most buyers are mainstream idiots that buy based on reviews from the likes of you right?

You disgust me.