dSLR Dad

Digital photography Review has published their review of the Olympus E-620 dSLR camera:

The E-620 takes most of the features from the semi-pro E-30 and fits them into a body only slightly larger than the E-420, making it the most powerful entry-level Four Thirds camera yet. It has been a little overwhelmed by the buzz about E-P1, but does the little DSLR deserve a second look?

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Popular Photography Magazine has published their review of the Olympus E-620 dSLR camera:

In all, this is a very competent little DSLR. Being little is its strength—and if you’re sensitive to noise, its weakness. This might be one of the last DSLRs not to include video capture. After all, both the new Canon EOS Rebel T1i—which costs within $100 of the E-620—and the similarly priced Nikon D5000 pack it. But many dedicated still shooters aren’t clamoring for it. For those photographers, there’s plenty in this small package already.

You can read the entire E-620 review at Pop Photo.

Photography Blog has published their review of the Olympus E-450 dSLR Camera:

The Olympus E-450 is a very compact, lightweight yet fairly robust feeling little DSLR that comes with a lot of features for an entry-level camera. Not only does it offer manual exposure and focusing modes for the advanced user; it also has features like highlight-, shadow- and midtone-based spot metering, user-configurable mirror lock-up (Anti-Shock), wireless TTL flash control, Shadow Adjustment Technology and contrast-detect auto-focus in Live View.

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I wrote about Popular Photography Magazine’s comparison of the top five affordable dSLR Cameras last fall after the Photokina 2008 trade show. Their article evaluated each camera on the merits of image Quality, Ease of Use, Control, and System Flexibility.  What’s interesting now, after the PMA 2009 Trade Show has concluded, all but one of these cameras (the Olympus Evolt E-520) are still the top affordable dSLRs from each manufacturer. Actually, since the Olympus Evolt E-620 will cost $100 more than the most expensive dSLR in this roundup once it is released, maybe they should just re-publish the entire article for the May 2009 issue?  The contestants are (in alphabetical order):

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