Recently, LetsGoDigital traveled to Maldives to test the Olympus E-330 DSLR, the first SLR camera with Live View LCD, in conjunction with Olympus' PT-E02 underwater case. (Um, hello AOL? Are you reading this? They went to the Maldives!)According to the reviewer, users can access all the buttons on the E-330 through the polycarbonate housing fairly easily. However, if shooting in manual mode, the aperture must also be adjusted, meaning two buttons have to be operated at once. Overall, the reviewer was very happy with the rig, though she was disappointed with Olympus' FL36 flash. Claiming it was "too short to use with a wide-angle lens," she noted that for wide-angle photography, you really need to use two flashes attached to longer brackets. Like it so far? Check out the photo gallery to see some sample images.
1. Looks like a sweet setup. I still fancy the less expensive (and smaller) point and shoot cameras, but with live preview DSLRs are very close to winning me over.
Posted at 5:31AM on Jan 25th 2007 by Calvin Tang