Nice overview David 🙏 Here's what this camera is really good for: Very cheap, durable, light-weight, tiny DSLR that you can thrown in a pocket or bag, for walks, hikes, and I just keep the (also cheap) 45-150mm lens on it for pics that my phone's zoom can't reach. No stabilization so use fast enough shutter speed. I like my 420 so much I bought another body on ebay as a 'back up'.
You've improved a lot as far as the narration is concerned, the number of "actually" has dropped significantly - well done! BTW, a few months ago I got the E-400, the last 4/3 DSLR by Olympus with the CCD sensor designed and made by Kodak - testing ahead :) Thanks for the video!
I bought the E-300 new in 2005 and still use it today, i loved the camera so much that i bougt one for my wife also and one for back up camera. In the meantime I've got the 330 and the 410 as well . And i got the 420 , every camera is a bit different. I use them for landscape photography . The only difficulty is finding lenses here in the Netherlands. They are very hard to come by Bild quality is great .
I never understood the argument for lens availability for 4/3. Most of the lenses were of really good optical quality starting from the lowly "kit" ones. The only real gripe is the lack of fast primes, but Olympus were betting on zooms at the time and made the stellar 14-35 and 35-100 that are still unmatched by contemporary glass. Focal lengths have you covered from ultra-wide to ultra-telephoto. IBIS was available a tier-up in the E-510/520 and is a real treat to have and it really makes up for those 100 grams of additional weight compared to the E-410/420.
I just recently started a small olympus collection. An E-500 and an E-620, with an E-330 on the way. I tend to stick with CCD sensors for most of the vintage stuff and find the Olympus offerings very well built but kind of hard to get along with. Just me but I find my old Fujifilm CCD cameras ro be alot more inspiring. Really enjoy the S-1, 2, 3 and S-5 much more. But I guess they all have something interesting about them. Thats why I watch all of your great videos!
I got a E-500 camera last summer and many reports state it is still the Kodax sensor. Some missed focus shots but find it need to have a partial press of the shutter and allow it to focus first. I like a monopod.
I nearly bought an Olympus 400 series DSLR in 2007/2008, as I wanted something smaller than my Canon DSLR. Then m43 was announced and I waited. Glad I did, now that I think of it.
It depends on the lenses that you mount onto the camera at the end of the day. I personally think that the colours out of the camera is still pretty good for portraits but if you want the rendition and the effect that you want, it really depends on which lenses you'd pair it with. Hope this helps. :-) I thank you so much for watching, I wish you a good time, stay safe and have fun shooting! :-)
Nice overview David 🙏 Here's what this camera is really good for: Very cheap, durable, light-weight, tiny DSLR that you can thrown in a pocket or bag, for walks, hikes, and I just keep the (also cheap) 45-150mm lens on it for pics that my phone's zoom can't reach. No stabilization so use fast enough shutter speed. I like my 420 so much I bought another body on ebay as a 'back up'.
You've improved a lot as far as the narration is concerned, the number of "actually" has dropped significantly - well done!
BTW, a few months ago I got the E-400, the last 4/3 DSLR by Olympus with the CCD sensor designed and made by Kodak - testing ahead :)
Thanks for the video!
Ive been usuing this camera since 2009, never onwed another slr so cant realy compare, but its nice sized, easy to use camera.
At some point would you consider doing a video on the E330? Thanks
I bought the E-300 new in 2005 and still use it today, i loved the camera so much that i bougt one for my wife also and one for back up camera.
In the meantime I've got the 330 and the 410 as well .
And i got the 420 , every camera is a bit different.
I use them for landscape photography .
The only difficulty is finding lenses here in the Netherlands.
They are very hard to come by
Bild quality is great .
I never understood the argument for lens availability for 4/3. Most of the lenses were of really good optical quality starting from the lowly "kit" ones. The only real gripe is the lack of fast primes, but Olympus were betting on zooms at the time and made the stellar 14-35 and 35-100 that are still unmatched by contemporary glass. Focal lengths have you covered from ultra-wide to ultra-telephoto. IBIS was available a tier-up in the E-510/520 and is a real treat to have and it really makes up for those 100 grams of additional weight compared to the E-410/420.
I just recently started a small olympus collection. An E-500 and an E-620, with an E-330 on the way. I tend to stick with CCD sensors for most of the vintage stuff and find the Olympus offerings very well built but kind of hard to get along with. Just me but I find my old Fujifilm CCD cameras ro be alot more inspiring. Really enjoy the S-1, 2, 3 and S-5 much more. But I guess they all have something interesting about them. Thats why I watch all of your great videos!
I got a E-500 camera last summer and many reports state it is still the Kodax sensor. Some missed focus shots but find it need to have a partial press of the shutter and allow it to focus first. I like a monopod.
I nearly bought an Olympus 400 series DSLR in 2007/2008, as I wanted something smaller than my Canon DSLR. Then m43 was announced and I waited. Glad I did, now that I think of it.
Me ayudaste demasiado, muchas gracias
Got the E450 with 2 kit lenses... for little price.. Pleasantly surprised with results... I must go and dig it out.. 😀
Dig it? Ok p Diddy
One question sir do you feel struggle find focus at nite? Or it just me? 😊
The camera has very low AF sensitivity, try to focus on bright spots or use MF
Interesting. Appreciate you making this video. It’s refreshing.
1:01 Hannover (Große Packhofstraße) 😃
Is it good on portrait?
It depends on the lenses that you mount onto the camera at the end of the day. I personally think that the colours out of the camera is still pretty good for portraits but if you want the rendition and the effect that you want, it really depends on which lenses you'd pair it with. Hope this helps. :-) I thank you so much for watching, I wish you a good time, stay safe and have fun shooting! :-)