E330 to be announced tomorrow dSLR w/EVF

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Official announcement to be made tomorrow. I'm hearing 7.5mp(possibly Pany chip instead of the usual Kodak) and I believe a live histogram. High ISOs are supposed to be improved, which is a gripe alot of people have with Olympus dSLRs.

The above isn't necessarily true, but its what the buzz on it is saying so far. As stated previously, Olympus will be announcing the camera tomorrow.

Other than the obvious benefits to UW photography(assuming a case will be made to fit it - I'm sure Ikelite will be onboard); its a soccermom's dream and could even be the street photographer's new best friend.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Little something to go with it...

...and according to the review on DPR, Oly will bring an UW housing for it. Goodstuff!

 

[Diversion]

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1226

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Here's the UW goodies for it http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1226&fl=17

 

[justleesa]

Wow...that is a nice camera too....wonder what the price will be?

Any guesses?

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

$1000msrp for the body, $1100 with the 14-45mm ZD lense.

 

[justleesa]

hmmmm.....when I think I would have to start from scratch since my camera flooded and the new housing costs 600, I'd need a different strobe and new wet lenses...The difference wouldn't be all that great...

 

[Tom Winters]

Another salient factoid ---> the factory housing - PT-E02 - is allegedly good to 60 meters which translates to 1.944435006E-18 kiloparsecs or 197 feet. I could almost defect from Canon for this one, except Dell keeps selling the A620 and SD-550's for close to the $300 mark, and floods do happen.
After my Canon experience, any camera I get will have to have an equivalent Ikelite case.
I don't quite get the "Live View" marketing hoopla though.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Another salient factoid ---> the factory housing - PT-E02 - is allegedly good to 60 meters which translates to 1.944435006E-18 kiloparsecs or 197 feet. I could almost defect from Canon for this one, except Dell keeps selling the A620 and SD-550's for close to the $300 mark, and floods do happen.
After my Canon experience, any camera I get will have to have an equivalent Ikelite case.
I don't quite get the "Live View" marketing hoopla though.

If anything else, I think the Live View would be great for UW use. I've never tried, but I would think composing UW through a OVF would take some serious getting used to...

 

[friscuba]

Another salient factoid ---> the factory housing - PT-E02 - is allegedly good to 60 meters which translates to 1.944435006E-18 kiloparsecs or 197 feet. I could almost defect from Canon for this one, except Dell keeps selling the A620 and SD-550's for close to the $300 mark, and floods do happen.
After my Canon experience, any camera I get will have to have an equivalent Ikelite case.
I don't quite get the "Live View" marketing hoopla though.

I could be wrong, but "live view" is what virtually every point and shoot camera operator is using - you frame the shot using the LCD.

I believe (I could be wrong, as I've never picked one up) on DSLRs, you can only use the LCD to check results AFTER the photo is taken. The LCD screen does not have a live view. You have to have your eye looking at/in the optical viewfinder to frame, manual focus, etc. This means you are holding a camera very close to your face while setting up the shot, whereas with a live view LCD you can hold the camera at arms length if you want, keep an eye on everything going on around you and still be able to frame the shot.

On another thread currently on this page they are discussing how the mechanism works, not the practicalities of what it means to the diver taking pictures.

later,