Product Description Built on E-System technology, the Olympus E-5 adds powerful new features that let you do more than ever before. Designed to maximize the award-winning performance of Zuiko Digital lenses, the E-5 achieves the highest image quality of any Olympus camera—with astonishing detail, blazing speed, and true-to-life color. New options like user control in Art Filters and 720p HD Video give you more freedom to explore creative effects. And with its weatherproof design, the rugged E-5 can go anywhere. Customer Reviews Five Star***** E5-End User Review by Owner of Camera,July 13, 2011 By Chan Teng Heng (Singapore) This review is from: Olympus E-5 12.3MP Digital SLR with 3 inch LCD (Body Only) (Electronics) I now own three superb camera DSLRs, and one high end compact: Olympus E5~ I love the colours of the image. Canon 7D-dual processor and high fps. This is a balance of softer image and color, so I would place this between Olympus and Nikon. this reates beautiful Read more [...]
Most digital single-lens reflex cameras (digital SLR or DSLR) are digital cameras that use a mechanical mirror system and pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera. The basic operation of a DSLR is as follows: for viewing purposes, the mirror reflects the light coming through the attached lens upwards at a 90-degree angle. It is then reflected three times by the roof pentaprism, rectifying it for the photographer’s eye. During exposure, the mirror assembly swings upward, the aperture narrows (if stopped down, or set smaller than wide open), and a shutter opens, allowing the lens to project light onto the image sensor. A second shutter then covers the sensor, ending the exposure, and the mirror lowers while the shutter resets. The period that the mirror is flipped up is referred to as “viewfinder blackout”. A fast-acting mirror and shutter is preferred so as not to delay an action photo. All of this happens automatically over a Read more [...]
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