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May 13th, 2008
New Olympus E520 digital SLR
Olympus released their new digital SLR, the E520 today. It's just an incremental upgrade, nothing ground breaking, but users will be delighted that they have yet another entry-level digital SLR to choose from (if they haven't stepped into the dSLR world yet).
Olympus E520
- 10.0 effective megapixels (LiveMOS sensor)
- Four Thirds system lens mount (2x crop factor)
- Sensor-shift image stabilization
- SuperSonic Wave Filter dust removal
- 2.7 inch HyperCrystal II LCD
- Full manual controls with RAW mode and hotshoe
- Shadow Adjustment Technology, wireless flash control and Perfect Shot Preview shows previews of shots with different settings
- Live view with face detection; has 3 autofocus options: contrast detect AF (no mirror flipping), normal AF and a hybrid mode, which is a mix of contrast and normal AF
- Shoots at 3.5 FPS in burst mode
- Dual memory card slots: CF card (Type I and II) and xD-Picture card
- Uses BLM-1 lithium-ion battery; takes up to 650 shots (CIPA Standard, live view turned off)
- Available in July for $600 (body only) or $700 (with 14-42 mm kit lens)
Olympus also released their new 9-18 mm f4-5.6 ultra-wide zoom lens, equivalent to 18-36 mm on FourThirds cameras and will be available for $600 in the 3rd quarter of 2008.
April 28th, 2008
Sony Alpha A350
I've decided to put up the Sony Alpha A350 photo gallery so you can check out photos taken with the Alpha 350 now. The review's coming up soon so stay tuned for that!
April 10th, 2008
DPInterface turns three
Yesterday was DPInterface's 3rd anniversary and wow, look how times have changed. Our first ever review was on the Canon PowerShot S2 IS and back then, the norm was around 5 megapixels... and look what we have now, compact cameras coming close to hitting the 14 megapixel mark and digital SLRs with live view. I'm really glad to see DPInterface grow from year to year; especially the part our digital camera reviews are constantly improving thanks to feedback from all our readers out there.
Yup, I need to seriously get down on reviewing some cameras this week - things do seem a bit bare around here after several months of 'real life duties'... I've got things like the Sony Cyber-shot W120/W130 twins (pictured above), Canon's Digital Rebel XSi aka 450D and a lot more cameras waiting to be reviewed.
A really big thank you to all our readers and let's look forward to many, many more years of DPInterface.
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