167353 | Olympus E-620 Digital SLR Camera - 12.3MP

Superb portability, Built-in Image Stabiliser and Art Filters

The exciting new Olympus E-620 is designed for the photographer who seeks maximum portability in a DSLR camera and requires the convenience of built-in image stabilisation. Olympus in-camera Art Filters helps you to shoot with the creative edge, heightening the picture-taking experience and eliminates the hassles of computer-based picture manipulation.

In-camera Art Filters

Creative photography previously requiring the use of special lenses, optical filters, or the use of complex computer-based editing techniques can now be easily achieved at the moment of capture. The Art Filter shooting mode (Click on link to see how Art Filters work) in the E-620 provides real-time digital simulation of traditional film processing or optical filter effects that can be previewed in Live View, providing the photographer with a powerful tool for creative expression.

The set of six Art Filters consist of a colour intensifying filter (Pop Art ), a grainy black and white film filter (Grainy Film ), two filters that simulate soft lighting effects (Pale & Light Colour , Light Tone ), a soft focus filter (Soft Focus), and a pinhole camera effect filter (Pin Hole) - click on filter names to see actual user samples.

Sophisticated Multi-exposure shooting

Multi-exposure film photography is often tedious and challenging, requiring careful pre-capture planning by the photographer and a
rigid, linear process in execution. The E-620s intuitive multi-exposure function (Click on link to see how Multi-exposure works) simplifies multi-exposure photography by providing an overlay of a previous image onto a live preview of the current scene.

You can even combine previously captured raw pictures in playback review mode, providing the flexibility to create multi-exposures of scenes that can be far separated in time and location, without the use of a computer and time-intensive editing software.

New 7 point Autofocus with 5 twin cross AF points

The E-620 features fast autofocus with a newly designed wide area 7 point Autofocus system with 5 twin cross AF points. The single line sensors on the sides also feature twin-line sensor technology. The new AF sensor works in light levels between -1EV to 19EV.

Multi-aspect ratio shooting

The E-620 offers a choice of four aspect ratios for image capture: 4:3, 3:2, 6x6 and 16:9 formats. Live View photography with the High-Speed Imager AF enables auto-focusing with compact digital camera ease. The versatile flip-out swivel LCD screen makes both horizontal and vertically oriented Live View shooting easy and displays the live scene in the format chosen.

12.3 megapixels of quality

The E-620 features a 12.3 megapixel High-Speed Live Mos image sensor chip with improved dynamic range in highlights, and has the new Truepic III+ image engine.

Newly designed Image Stabiliser effective to -4 EV Steps

To maximise image capture quality, the E-620 features an image stabiliser with shake compensation up to four EV steps.** This capability provides the photographer with heightened confidence when shooting with long telephoto lenses or photographing in low light conditions. It also allows for ultrawide angle lenses to also benefit from image stabilisation.

This IS unit is brand new to the E-620, with an overall 20% decrease in weight compared to previous mechanisms, is signficantly reduced in dimensions and is more energy efficient than previous designs.

Installing a highly effective image stabiliser in-body instead of in-lens brings a compelling cost-performance advantage by providing stabilisation benefit to all system lenses. It further provides for compact lens designs which would otherwise be size-compromised by additional in-lens stabiliser components. In-body stabilisation further preserves the telecentric light path characteristics of Olympus Zuiko Digital lenses, ensuring that image quality even at picture corners is not sacrificed when stabilisation is activated.

Dust-free reliability

The world's most effective dust-reduction system, the proven Olympus Super Sonic Wave Filter (SSWF), is used to provide assurance of truly fuss-free, dust-free image captures.

Bright Optical Viewfinder and Swivel 2.7 inch Live View LCD

A new improved optical viewfinder with 95% viewing coverage and 0.96x magnification enables the photographer to see the scene clearly.

A favourite feature of many macro photographers and creative photographers who demand compositional freedom, a dual-axis LCD screen provides maximum Live View shooting flexibility in high and low-angle photography, both in vertical or horizontal shooting camera positions.

Illuminated buttons

For enhanced ease-of-use in low-light situations, frequently used buttons on the E-620 are illuminated.

Wireless Flash capable

Standard with all current Olympus DSLR cameras, wireless flash photography capability is integrated in the E-620.

With the built-in flash acting as commander, the E-620 can control up to three separate groups of wireless flash units. An unlimited number of FL-50R and FL-36R flash units may be used within each of the three flash groups to increase lighting power. The E-620's built-in flash commander makes buying a separate wireless flash trigger unit unnecessary.

Normal flash synchronisation speed with non-dedicated strobe units is 1/180th second. In the special Super FP mode with the new FL-50R, FL-36R, and current FL-50 and FL-36 strobe units, flash sync speed can be as high as 1/4000th second, providing the photographer with enhanced creative fill flash possibilities in bright daylight.

New HLD-5 battery grip

The E-620 sports a new compact optional battery grip that features an additional shutter release for vertically held shooting and an additional control dial. This grip accepts up to two BLS-1 batteries for enhanced battery endurance and provides ergonomic balance for use with longer or larger lenses.

Image quality begins with the lens

Olympus understands that image quality is not a function of the camera body alone. Without lenses designed for the unique demands of digital image sensors, even the best sensor technology in the world cannot deliver the best possible pictures.

To this end, the Olympus E-system lens catalog provides the widest range of uniquely designed-for-digital lenses, providing 35mm film format equivalent focal lengths from an ultra-wide 14mm to a super-telephoto range of 600mm (and up to 1200mm with the superb EC-20 converter).

Olympus Zuiko Digital lenses are renowned for class-leading compactness and performance at every focal length, and are surprisingly affordable, providing outstanding price-performance qualities through the range.