The EVOLT E-300 is the first 100% ?digital-from-the-ground-up? consumer SLR system with interchangeable digital specific lenses. It features a high resolution 8-megapixel Kodak image sensor and employs the Olympus-exclusive Ultrasonic Dust Reduction system created for the professional E-1 SLR body. The EVOLT delivers the versatility, durability and performance of professional dSLRs but it's priced within the budget of consumer photgraphers.
The EVOLT doesn't look like other digital SLRs because Olympus has eliminated the bulky pentaprism found on the top of traditional SLR cameras. The EVOLT uses a new Olympus TTL Optical Porro Finder coupled with a side-swing mirror box, that gives the camera its unique ?flat-top? appearance. Subjects framed within the EVOLT's optical viewfinder are 94% centered for accurate composition. And because it?s an SLR, when you look through the viewfinder you?re seeing the subject exactly as it will be photographed.
Most other digital SLR cameras use traditional 35mm film lenses which deliver insufficient light at the edges of a digital camera?s image sensor. This can result in reduced sharpness and color definition, particularly when shooting with wide-angle lenses. The EVOLT does not have this problem, it accommodates the full line of interchangeable Zuiko Digital Specific Lenses? designed specifically for digital capture... [read more]