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This cleans the CCD by removing dust from the sensor by literally shaking it free with high speed ultrasonic vibrations (220.000 cycles/second), every time the camera is switched on. On top of the camera we find the hot shoe for an external flash and the small blue LED which flashes when the camera is switched on to indicate that the SSWF is doing its job.ДЄ problem many DSLR owners have had to live with for some time now, is dust on the sensor and Olympus seem to have effectively tackled this problem with the exclusive Supersonic Wave Filter.

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Although the view is slightly darker than on the E-1 it has a dioptre adjustment wheel on the left and full exposure information is visible inside. It uses 4 mirrors to bend the light sideways and up from the lens to the viewfinder eyepiece. The viewfinder, with a coverage of 94% of the image area, is located on the left of the camera. The function of the latter can be customised to preview images or set AF/MF, but you can also configure it to function as a shortcut to saturation, sharpness or contrast settings monotone depth of field preview WB bracketing or drive among others. The playback and menu buttons are above the 4-way switch with the OK button below.

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To the right are four buttons laid out in circular fashion to select exposure compensation (over 5 stops!), AF mode, ISO setting or metering mode. To the left of the LCD panel are 5 buttons to select flash mode, white balance, image quality, image info or delete images. It will take you 2 minutes to get used to this feature but then you will agree with us that this is the most convenient system we have seen so far.

No need to press OK, just continue taking pictures when your selection becomes visible. Pressing the relevant button makes the function light up in green on the LCD and the selection wheel is then used to run through all the options for that particular camera mode. To compensate for this the HyperCrystal LCD on the back doubles as the status panel, giving clear and concise information on all camera settings. There is no status LCD as we have seen on other DSLRs. The E-300 may not have the weatherproofing of the E-1 but otherwise its built seems to be just as durable, with no play in any of the controls and a confidence-inspiring feel to them. The shutter button, which only needs light pressure to take an image, is located to the front of these. The on/off switch is located to the right of the program dial which partly overlaps the selection wheel. The zoom ring turns tightly and smoothly and a substantial, rubberised handgrip on the front and chunky thumb grip on the rear make for secure and perfect handling with all controls readily to hand. Due to a newly developed 'floating' mechanism, focusing is exceptionally smooth and quiet across the entire range. In fact the whole feel of the camera is very solid. The steel reinforced lens mount and tripod bush are further proof that this is a rugged, durable camera. The body is built around a sturdy, die-cast aluminium chassis and made of strong polycarbonate with an aluminium top cover. This is the result of the fact that Olympus have chosen to replace the pentaprism by a TTL Optical Porro Finder, resulting in a flat-topped camera which looks wider than it is. The shape of the Olympus E-300 is unconventional to say the least.

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And with shutter speeds from 1/4000 to 60 seconds and ISO settings from 100 to 1600 plus the option to shoot RAW and JPEG images simultaneously and TIFF, it could well have a promising future.

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It has many advanced features together with full automatic and manual control over exposure, white balance and flash, to name a few.Д«ased on the FourThirds standard the E-300 SLR model is compatible with Olympus full range of Digital SLR-System accessories. The new model features an 8.0 (effective) megapixel Kodak CCD with supersonic wave filter delivering a maximum image size of 3200 x 2400 pixels.

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This model, which Olympus classified as a professional camera at the time, has now been followed up by an affordable 'consumer-level' digital SLR, the Olympus Evolt E-300 (or simply E300 as it is called outside the U.S.). For more background information about the FourThirds system, reread our test of the E-1. The FourThirds system, which was introduced as early as 2002 as a co-development between Olympus, Fuji and Kodak, materialised in late 2003 as the 5-megapixel Olympus E-1. Olympus will probably go down in history as the company who dared to be different by introducing a completely new camera standard at a time when the digital camera market was already starting to show signs of becoming overcrowded.

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