olympus

Olympus E-30: 30-something gets out the vote

Crave Those sneaky scamps over at Olympus. While the rest of the camera world scrambled to punt out entire new line-ups before Photokina had even opened its doors, we thought Olympus had been beaten to the Micro Four Thirds punch by partners Panasonic.

Tags: olympus, panasonic, art, nikon

5 November 2008, 4:00

Olympus FL-50R Flash: Get the light right

Crave To achieve complete control it helps to have the right kit, and the Olympus FL-50R Flash is packed with options to get that light right. It's seen here attached to our trusty Olympus E-510, the lightweight snapper that's seen the world as our in...

Tags: olympus, signal, adaptor, shadows

27 October 2008, 12:01

Swarovski-studded Olympus mju 1040: Lipstick on a pig

Crave Say hello, then, to the limited-edition Olympus mju 1040 compact camera. Almost disappointingly, to Olympus' credit the 1040's crystal stripe, comprising 98 crystallised -- sorry, CRYSTALLIZED™ -- Swarovski 'elements', is more subtle than some of...

Tags: olympus, wedding, xd, mju

14 October 2008, 10:54

Photos: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 does lenses, but no video

Crave It's the first production model to use the Micro Four Thirds system, jointly developed by Panasonic and Olympus. Today's Crave is a game of two halves, because we're looking at the first compact camera to split into a camera body and...

9 October 2008, 11:59

Hands-on with the Olympus DS-50 voice recorder

Crave There are some cheap and cheerful options on the market, but the real fun starts when you look above a certain price bracket -- around £250 for the Olympus LS-10. But we've been playing with a smashing alternative from Olympus that can now be...

Tags: olympus, voice, plan, recording

8 October 2008, 10:57

Olympus Micro Four Thirds concept: Lounge lizard

Crave Anyone who thought Panasonic had stolen a march on its co-developer should be impressed by the panache with which Olympus has pinched Panny's thunder right back. With the working Panasonic Lumix G1 the first entry into the Micro Four Thirds system...

Tags: olympus, models, lens, entry

22 September 2008, 15:03

Olympus E-A1: International camera of mystery

Crave Olympus will show off the E-A1, a new dSLR, ahead of the camera's launch early next year. As such, the E-A1 will inherit the E-3's high-speed 11-point autofocus system, and the built-in image stabilisation that Olympus claims will save you up to...

Tags: olympus, face, consumer, dates

22 September 2008, 10:56

How small is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1? This small

Crave Drawing a box on paper the size of the 124 x 84 x 45mm dimensions didn't tell us much -- the lines don't seem much smaller than our trusty Olympus E-510 -- so we've been itching to see it in scale. The strength of the Micro Four Thirds standard is...

Tags: panasonic, dmc, lenses, lumix

19 September 2008, 12:24

Micro Four Thirds vs Samsung: This means war! (eventually)

Crave Olympus and Panasonic have teamed up on the consumer-oriented Micro Four Thirds format, while Samsung is sharpening a rival system. The Micro Four Thirds system is, as the name suggests, a smaller take on the Four Thirds system originally developed...

Tags: olympus, micro, film, mirror

9 September 2008, 11:26

Hands-on with Hyundai L1030T, L8427, S800: Cars to cameras

Crave The S800 brings up memories of Olympus' successful tough range, like the mju 1030SW. With Photokina just around the corner, there wasn't a huge amount going on camera-wise at IFA. So we decided to have a look in the quieter corners of the Berlin...

2 September 2008, 9:31

Nikon Coolpix P6000: Dripping with features

Crave Though support for wireless flash isn't unique -- Olympus has been including it in its ultrazoom cameras for a couple of years now -- it's still uncommon, and a welcome addition for a camera of this class.

Tags: nikon, gps, class, raw

8 August 2008, 10:00

Photos: Hands-on with the Fujifilm FinePix S100FS

Crave Somehow this method doesn't feel as elegant as the camcorder-style, sideways-folding method employed by the Olympus E-3, but the angle of view is insanely good, with the contents of the screen visible right up until perspective cuts the screen off...

14 May 2008, 10:05

Hands-on with the Olympus LS-10: 24-bit voice and music

Crave Capturing sound in 24-bit 96kHz WAV format with its sensitive stereo microphones, the new Olympus LS-10 allows for serious high-fidelity recordings and we're extremely impressed with it. AA batteries will give you about 12 hours of juice, but we've...

Tags: olympus, recorder, recording, recordings

13 May 2008, 10:46

Hands-on with the Olympus E-420: Pancake day

Crave The Olympus E-410 was our Editors' Choice of cameras last year, and the E-510 was our travelling companion around CES earlier this year. We didn't think it was possible for entry-level dSLRs to get much lighter on their feet, but Olympus has pulled...

Tags: olympus, lens, glass, focal

2 May 2008, 10:15

Hands-on with the Olympus mju 850 SW: Tough girl

Crave Last week, we sent the Olympus mju 1030 SW to a watery grave -- or rather, we didn't, because it's one of Olympus' much-trumpetted range of 'ard man cameras. This week, we take a dive with the 8-megapixel Olympus mju 850 SW, which also does the...

Tags: olympus, man, manages, ex

14 April 2008, 10:27