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Olympus E-620 $1,199.00
By Steve Morgenstern May 14, 2009
Olympus E-620
Review Highlights

Very strong color accuracy

Some strong hardware features

Proprietary plugs

Generally poor noise performance

Score Breakdown
1.2
2.2
4.4

Introduction

Plenty of playback screens, in-camera multiple exposures are easy, and the direct print is nice. In-camera editing is limited, though.

In-Camera Editing (4.25)

A handful of in-camera image editing features are provided. Working with JPEG files, shadow adjustment brings out details in dark or backlit images. Redeye fix attempts to automatically repair the glowing retina problem. Photos can be cropped to two horizontal and two vertical sizes, but there’s minimal flexibility here. Images can be converted to black and white or sepia, and saturation can be adjusted in 10 steps. Files can be converted to lower-resolution versions, with 1280 × 960, 640 × 480 and 320 × 240 the three available options. Finally, photos can be trimmed to a different aspect ratio (3:2, 16:9 or 6:6), using the 4-way controller to determine the crop position.

With RAW files, up to three images can be superimposed to create a multiple exposure. After the photos are selected, they are overlaid with equal intensity and displayed on screen. At this point you can raise or lower the gain on each image, previewing the effect live after each adjustment. And if a three-image sandwich isn’t enough to sate your photographic appetite, you can save the result of your three-image combination in RAW format, then use it as one layer of an additional multiple exposure combination.

Shadow adjustment during playback helps bring up lost shadow detail.

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