Digital Camera Review

Digital Camera Review

Oct 01, 2006 - By Patrick Singleton
The E400 delivers many of the innovations Olympus has become known for in a compact Four Thirds DSLR. The E400 is slated only for the European market, for a list price of £700 ($1324) with a kit lens. At 5.1 x 3.5 x 2 inches, the E400 with its ultrasonic dust-control mechanism proves that Olympus doesn't have to make cameras as big as the E-300 or E-330 to remain competitive in the high-megapixel DSLR market.
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Picture Quality / Size Options
The E-400 writes JPEGs and Olympus RAW files. RAW files aren't subject to lousy compression. The E-400 offers 4 levels of JPEG compression: 1/2.7, 1/4, 1/8, 1/12, which run from very little quality loss to quite a bit – and much smaller files.
 
The E-400 also offers a range of pixel dimensions. The maximum, native resolution is 3648 x 2736, and is available in RAW and the better-quality JPEGs. The other sizes range from 3200 x 2400 to 640 x 480.
 
The options range from very large, uncompressed files to tiny files that could be emailed over dialup connections.
 
Picture Effects Mode
Shooting color can be set to Vivid, Natural, or Muted, as well as Black and White or Sepia. The user can also vary Contrast, Saturation, Gradation, and Sharpness in shooting.
 
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