Olympus E-330
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| Olympus E-330 | |
| Type | Digital single-lens reflex |
|---|---|
| Sensor | 17.3 x 13.0 mm Four Thirds System Live MOS sensor 2x FOV crop |
| Maximum resolution | 3136 x 2352 (7.4 effective Megapixels) |
| Lens type | Interchangeable Four Thirds mount |
| Shutter | Computerised focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter speed range | 1/4000 sec - 60 sec Bulb mode (up to approx. 8 minutes) 1/180s X sync |
| Exposure Metering | TTL open-aperture metering system |
| Exposure Modes | Program automatic Aperture automatic Shutter automatic Manual setting Scene programme Scene select |
| Metering modes | Digital ESP metering (49-point multi pattern) Centre weighted Spot (approx. 2%) Spot with Highlight control Spot with Shadow control |
| Focus areas | 3-point TTL Phase Difference Detection System |
| Focus modes | Single AF ( S-AF ) Continuous AF ( C-AF ) Manual Focus ( MF ) S-AF + MF C-AF + MF |
| Continuous Shooting | 3 fps up to 4 RAW/TIFF images or JPEG (depending on memory card size, battery power, picture size, and compression) |
| Viewfinder | Optical 0.93x Porro prism |
| ASA/ISO range | ISO 100 to 400 in 1/3, or 1.0 EV steps Limiter for 800 or less / expandable 1600 |
| Flash | Built in Pop-up, Guide number 13m at ISO 100, hotshoe |
| Flash bracketing | 3 frames in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, or 1EV steps |
| Focus bracketing | 5/7 frames ( 2-step focusing available in each mode ) |
| Custom WB | 7 settings ( 3000K - 7500K ) +/-7 steps in each R-B/G-M axis |
| WB bracketing | 3 frames. 2/4/6 steps selectable in each R-B/G-M axis |
| Rear LCD monitor | 2.5" (63.5 mm) TFT LCD, 215,000 pixels |
| Storage | CompactFlash Type I/II, Microdrive, xD-Picture Card |
| Battery | BLM-1 Li-ion battery |
| Weight | Approx. 550g ( body only) |
The Olympus E-330 is a DSLR launched on 30 January 2006, using the Four Thirds System lens mount standard. Its main feature is its live image preview functionality, permitting an image to be previewed on the LCD screen. While live image preview is not new in compact digital cameras, the E-330 is significant because it was the first digital SLR to offer this feature. With the ability to digitally zoom in 10× before taking a picture, it is very well suited for exact manual focussing, for example in macro photography.
The E-330 also offers an 7.5-megapixel image sensor, and has an articulated LCD monitor which tilts up and down for waist-level and over-the-head photography.
The E-330 uses Olympus' patented Supersonic Wave Filter dust reduction system to shake dust from the sensor during startup and when requested by the user; this largely eliminates the problem of dust accumulation on the surface of the image sensor.
The camera offers the following "scene" modes: Portrait, Landscape, Landscape + Portrait, Night Scene, Night + Portrait, Children, Sport, High Key, Low Key, D Image Stabilization, Macro, Nature Macro, Candle, Sunset, Fireworks, Documents, Panorama, Beach & Snow, Underwater Wide, Underwater Macro.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 and the Leica Digilux 3 are both built using the same basic inner mechanism from the Olympus E-330, and thus also share the live preview function.
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Olympus Four Thirds System Digital SLR Timeline
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