Bargain hunters, start your bargain-hunting engines — Olympus’ new Four Thirds E-450 DSLR differs so little from the E-420 it replaces that even their mother can’t tell them apart. This means an inevitable price drop to clear out older inventory, where you can snap up the previous model safe in the knowledge that you are missing almost no new features. How’s that for spin?
The one big change is the upgrade to Olympus latest processing chip, the TruePic 3+. Next is the ability to shoot eight RAW files in a burst instead of six. Third is a better screen (it’s brighter). Finally, and more a step backwards than forwards, is the addition of Olympus’ lame new Art Filters. These offer gimmicky in-camera processing to achieve effects such as “pop art", “soft focus" and “pinhole". Sadly, the last cannot be combined to make a filter named “soft hole", which would certainly be useless but also hilarious.
The relevant details carried over from the E-420 are thus: 10 Megapixels, a 2.7" screen, ISO 100 to 1600, sensor-shaking dust reduction and a wireless commander mode for the built-in flash, similar to Nikon’s high-end DSLRs (well, except the real high-end D3 and D3x, but you know what we mean).
The camera will cost $700 when bundled with both the ED 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 and ED 40-150mm f4.0/5.6 Zuiko lenses. Available May.
Press release [DP Review]
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