Olympus E-410

The Olympus E-400 was announced on the 14th September 2006, just before the Photokina show in Cologne, Germany. At the time there was much excitement about this compact and lightweight camera however this turned to disappointment for many of our readers when we discovered the camera would not be available in North America. Fast forward six months and we have the solution, the new E-410, gone is the Kodak CCD replaced with a (Matsushita) Live MOS Image Sensor which can provide Full Time Live-View on the LCD monitor, an updated image processor and a few other added features. So finally an affordable, compact, lightweight 4/3 digital SLR for everyone, including those who live in North America.

Specifications
Prices • E-410 body only
US: $ 699
• E-410 + 14-42 mm lens
US: $ 799
• E-410 + 14-42 mm + 40-150 mm lenses
US: $ 899
Body material Plastic
Sensor • 4/3 type Live MOS sensor
• 17.3 x 13.0 mm active area
• 10.9 million total pixels
• 10.0 million effective pixels
• RGB (Primary) color filter array
• Fixed low pass filter (anti-alias filter)
Dust suppression Supersonic Wave Filter
Image processor TruePic III
Image sizes • 3648 x 2736
• 3200 x 2400 (3:2)
• 2560 x 1920
• 1600 x 1200
• 1280 x 960
• 1024 x 768
• 640 x 480
File formats • RAW
• RAW + JPEG
• JPEG (EXIF 2.2) - (1/2.7 SHQ, 1/4 HQ, 1/8 or 1/12 SQ)
Lenses • 4/3 standard lens mount
• Range of ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses available
• Multiply focal length by 2 for 35 mm equiv. FOV
Auto focus • 3-point TTL phase difference detection
• Detection range: 0 to 19 EV (ISO 100)
• Available in Live View (slight pause and mirror flip required)
Focus area selection • Automatic
• Manual
Focus modes • Single shot AF
• Single shot AF + MF
• Continuous AF
• Manual focus
Manual focus Focus by wire (on lens)
AF assist lamp Yes, flash strobe (flash must be raised)
Shooting modes • Auto
• Program AE (with shift)
• Aperture priority AE
• Shutter priority AE
• Manual
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Macro
• Sports
• Night Scene & Portrait
• Scene
Additional scene modes • Beach and Snow
• Candle
• Children
• Documents
• Fireworks
• High Key
• Image Stabilisation Mode
• Landscape
• Landscape & Portrait
• Low Key
• Macro
• Nature Macro
• Night Scene
• Night Scene & Portrait
• Portrait
• Sports
• Sunset
• Underwater Macro
• Underwater Wide
Sensitivity • Auto (ISO 100 - 1600)
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600

Metering system • 49-zone multi-pattern
• Range: 1 to 20 EV (50 mm F2, ISO 100)
Metering modes • Digital ESP
• Center-Weighted Average
• Spot
• Highlight based spot
• Shadow based spot
AE Lock • AE/AF lock button
• With shutter release half-press
AE Bracketing • 3 frames
• 1/3, 1/2, 0.7 or 1.0 EV steps
Exposure steps 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV
Exposure compen. • -5.0 to +5.0 EV
• 1/3 EV steps
Shutter speed 60 - 1/4000 sec
White balance • Auto
• Overcast
• Shade
• Tungsten
• Sunlight
• Fluorescent 1
• Fluorescent 2
• Fluorescent 3
• Manual 'one-touch'
• Kelvin (3000 - 7500 K, 7 steps)
WB fine tuning • Red - Blue: +/- 7 steps (2 mired each)
• Green - Magenta: +/- 7 steps (2 mired each)
Color space • sRGB
• Adobe RGB
Image parameters • Color mode (Natural, Vivid, Muted)
• Saturation (5 levels)
• Contrast (5 levels)
• Sharpness (5 levels)
• Monochrome (B&W, Sepia, Red, Green, Blue) - filter (Ye, Or, Re, Gr)
• Gradation (High Key, Normal, Low Key)
Drive modes • Single
• Continuous
Continuous • 3.0 fps
• JPEG: Unlimited at HQ quality
• RAW: 7 frames maximum
Self-timer • 2 sec
• 12 sec
Flash • Pop-up
• TTL auto / manual
• Guide no. 10
• 1/180 sec X-sync speed
• Sync modes: Auto, Red-eye reduction, Slow syncro with red-eye reduction,
Slow syncro, 2nd curtain slow syncro, Fill-in, Off
• Flash power: Up to +/- 2EV in 1, 1/2, or 1/3 EV steps
External flash Hot shoe
Viewfinder • Eye-level optical single-lens
• Field of view 95%
• Magnification 0.92x with a 50mm lens and -1 dioptre
• Eye point 16 mm at -1 dioptre
• Dioptre adjustment -3 to +1 dioptre
• Focusing screen: Fixed type (Neo Lumi-Micron Mat Screen)
• Mirror: Quick return mirror
• DOF preview: press left arrow button
Viewfinder info • AF frame (super impose)
• AE lock
• AF confirmation mark
• Metering mode
• Exposure mode
• Shutter speed
• Aperture value
• White balance
• Exposure compensation value indicator
• Flash
• Battery check
• Record mode
• Number of storable still pictures
Orientation sensor Yes
LCD monitor • 2.5" TFT LCD monitor (wide viewing angle)
• 215,000 pixels
• Live View available
Playback functions • Single
• Magnify (2 - 14x)
• Index (4, 9, 16, 25 frames)
• Calendar view
• Rotation
• Light box view
• Slide show
• Histogram (Lum / RGB)
• Highlight & Shadow point warning
Playback information • Exposure mode
• Metering mode
• Shutter speed
• Aperture value
• Exposure compensation level
• ISO
• Colour space
• White balance mode
• White balance compensation level
• Focal length
• Focus area
• File type
• Picture mode
• File name
• Image size
• Recorded card type
Editing • RAW development
• JPEG editing (B&W, Sepia, Red eye reduction, Color saturation, Resize)
Menu languages • English
• German
• French
• Spanish
• Italian
• Russian
• Czech
• Dutch
• Danish
• Polish
(Other languages can be downloaded)
Storage • Compact Flash (Type I and II)
• xD Picture card
Connectivity • USB 2.0 (Hi Speed)
• Video Out (NTSC / PAL)
Vertical / portrait grip Unknown
Power Lithium-Ion rechargeable
Dimensions 130 x 91 x 53 mm (5.1 x 3.6 x 2.1 in)
Weight (no batt) 375 g (13.2 oz)
Weight (inc batt) 435 g (15.3 oz)