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The four thirds system is supposed to make the cameras smaller, but the E-500 is one of the largest. But this chunky yet competent backpack doesn't have a killer feature or look that makes it stand out from some pretty tough competition. The smaller sensor also means that depth of field is affected and is actually greater on the four thirds system which is great for landscape photographers, but not so good for portraits or macro work. Furthermore, a bit of adhesive surrounding the sensor is designed to grab the dust, keeping it from flying around inside the camera chassis.
These are not necessarily degrading to the camera as they are pretty standard features with any company. If you don't change lenses that often, don't mind the smaller LCD, don't need the slight bump in continuous-shooting speed, and don't need the higher resolution, then you don't really need to pay extra for the Canon EOS 400D.The D40x is an upgrade from the D40 released in 2006 and the improved parts are the upgraded resolution from 6Mp to 10Mp bringing it in line with the 400D and the A100, faster continuous shooting but only by half a frame per second, improved ISO rating which now goes down to ISO100 from ISO200 on the D40 and a better battery life. Four buttons adorn the left side of the screen which are used for Playback of images, Menu access, zoom in and zoom out. The Zuiko lens is good quality and built for the four thirds system to make it completely compatible. I was given the camera by a friend to use as a 2'nd camera for some of my photo shoots that I do occasionally.
HD Digital Frame is a great way to put your portfolio on display and a great way to surface forgotten memories.The package Canon lent us to review, however, would make any aspiring photographer jump with glee: the EOS 400D twin lens kit, lens cleaning cloth, remote control switch, high-speed 1GB CompactFlash card, spare battery, tripod and a spiffy Crumpler camera carry bag -- Australian-based bag maker Crumpler makes some great looking bags that carry all your gear neatly, with padded compartments for storing a camera and two lenses. The 400D uses Canon's Digic II chipset rather than the newer Digic III, and we wonder if the company might have been able to eke out better performance and noise suppression with the latter.
The Olympus E-500 should have won hands down as being an older camera is higher specification, but still lost out to the overall winner which is the Pentax K100D Super. Eix, I'm sorry you do not agree with my decision, you are obviously a fan of Olympus and the camera was a close second. However, it is situated just behind the selection dial and is set a little further back than other cameras which takes some getting used to. We took to the streets for some portraits and shot a few macro photos for this first installment in our sample gallery. The way to dedicate the focus points is not apparent in the menu although the AF button in the centre of the navigation keys does dedicate to the centre focus point.
The Nikon D40x gave good results in controlled lighting and even the Portrait image had good colour, but had a tendency to get pipped at the post every time. I entered the Sony into the test dubiously as it is the first Digital SLR they have released, but I want to give them a fighting chance. screen is the Image stabiliser switch, the Fn (function) button for accessing the navigation buttons second function. The zoom is very smooth like fluid and when manual focus is selected, the focus ring is a separate area which also has a rubber grip. My complaint with that was that sometimes you can navigate up and down, left and right and in other parts only left and right which is illogical.
The ISO1600 rating has given the image a soft broken effect, so I will not slate the camera for not producing a sharp image. On the issues of depth of field, I`ve come to the conclusion there are none with fourthirds, a year ago my views would have been different. Interestingly, the lens has a metal mount which is generally unheard of in kit lenses, so it is very refreshing to see a company making the effort.This argument depends on an individual point of view and also boils down to what type of pictures are being taken and where they are going to go to. Although much of the design remains the same as the 350D's -- it comes in either black or metallic-silver plastic -- there are a couple of key changes.
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