The Imaging Resource has a first look at the new DSLR from Olympus. Not very remarkable camera apart from one key aspect, the live LCD view. 
Olympus Evolt 330 Digital Camera Review
As anyone with experience knows, the only reason to have a tilting LCD is to take shots from odd angles–over crowds or at ground level. But to do that, you need a live preview like you have on all-in-one digital cameras. Up to now, few SLRs could do that trick, forcing the user to use the SLR just like you use a film camera: by looking through the optical viewfinder. For many who have grown accustomed to framing shots at arm’s length with a live LCD display the switch to a digital SLR can be jarring.
I suspect that this won’t be the last SLR with a live preview to come out in 2006, but it certainly is the first. For the record, Sony’s DSC-R1 may look and shoot a lot like an SLR, but it is actually an all-in-one with a sensor that is almost as large as most digital SLRs and has a live preview. It also has an truly excellent lens, but one that nonetheless is not interchangeable like an SLR. Two existing SLRs that do live preview are the Canon 20Da, built specifically for astronomy, and the Fujifilm S3 Pro; but both of these can only show a live preview for seconds, and then only in monochrome mode.
This is a pretty neat feature. I am sure it will arrive in more cameras if it proves popular. I am not a big fan of using the LCD, even with my compacts and video cameras 99% of the time I would use the view finder. I find it more natural. But there are occasions where it is useful. How likely it will become mainstream remains to be seen but they are definately getting noticed and some attention to their lineup which can only be a good thing for Olympus.
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Olympus Evolt 330 – New DSLR with live LCD View
The Imaging Resource has a first look at the new DSLR from Olympus. Not very remarkable camera apart from one key aspect, the live LCD view.
Olympus Evolt 330 Digital Camera Review
This is a pretty neat feature. I am sure it will arrive in more cameras if it proves popular. I am not a big fan of using the LCD, even with my compacts and video cameras 99% of the time I would use the view finder. I find it more natural. But there are occasions where it is useful. How likely it will become mainstream remains to be seen but they are definately getting noticed and some attention to their lineup which can only be a good thing for Olympus.
Technorati Tags: dslr, olympus, evolt, photography, equipment, news