Olympus has gained a good reputation for introducing power packed digital cameras that come with uncompromising build quality and visual appeal. They have stepped into manufacturing D-SLR cameras and thereby attained prominence in this field as well. The latest among their launch is Olympus E410 Kit 10 Mega pixel SLR Camera. Weighing a mere 375g, it has compact dimensions of (Width) 13 cm, (Depth) 5.3 cm and (Height) 9.1 cm making it a perfect companion during your travels.

This D-SLR camera features a 13.0 x 17.3mm Live MOS sensor which has 10 million effective pixels. The total resolution is 10.9MP and the camera supports colour output. With built in sensor dust reduction, the sensor has a Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF). The camera’s light sensitivity ranges from ISO 100-1600. It also supports ISO auto.  The offered exposure compensation is ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps and has 49 exposure Metering Zones with Multi-segment, centre-weighted and spot metering. With the supported Exposure Bracketing of 3 steps in 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV steps, the exposure modes available are Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority and shutter-priority.

Various shooting programs available are Landscape, portrait mode, macro, beach/snow, night portrait, landscape-portrait, Children, fireworks, panorama assist, night scene, sports mode, sunset, candle, Document, high key, underwater macro, underwater wide, low key and nature macro. The special effects include Sepia, Monotone, Black & White Red filter, Black & White Yellow filter, Neutral, Vivid, purple, blue, green, Black & White Orange filter, Black & White Green filter and portrait. With built in white balance bracketing, the white balance options provided are Custom, automatic and presets including Cloudy, tungsten light, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white) and 2000K – 10000K.

The camera provides you a pop up flash and the available flash modes are Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode and red-eye reduction. The maximum and minimum shutter speeds are 1/4000sec and 8min respectively. For auto focus, the camera uses TTL phase detection system and employs 3AF points. Other features include AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation and flash exposure bracketing. With a built in self timer, it supports time delay of up to 2 sec and 12 sec.

With an Optical – eye-level penta-dach mirror viewfinder, it supports 95% field coverage, 0.92x magnification and -3 to +1 dioptric correction range. The viewfinder features AF frame. For display, the camera has a 2.5” LCD colour screen with 230,000 pixels resolution and it displays various information such as Shutter speed, exposure compensation, AE lock, flash charge completion, aperture, white balance, metering system, Exposure Mode, battery status, record mode, frames-remaining counter and AF lock.

For connectivity, the camera supports 1 x USB, 1 x composite video output and 1x remote control and the expansion slots provided are 1 x CompactFlash Card – type I/II and 1 x XD-Picture Card. Certified for Windows Vista, the software’s included are Drivers & Utilities and Olympus Master and the accessories provided are Eyepiece cover, body cap, shoulder strap and USB cable. The camera works on the included 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery which has a capacity of 1500mAh.

You can store the still images in JPEG, RAW and RAW + JPEG formats in any of the supported flash memory cards such as CompactFlash, XD-Picture Card, Microdrive, XD-Picture Card Type H and XD-Picture Card Type M. The camera has a continuous shooting speed of 3fps.

Additional features include Direct print, USB 2.0 compatibility, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, DPOF support, display brightness control, depth-of-field preview button, sharpness control, PRINT Image Matching, PictBridge support, histogram display, focus bracketing, digital image stabilization, AE lock, AF lock, in-camera red-eye removal, resizing an image, saturation control, LCD live view mode, highlight point display and contrast control.

Therefore, Olympus E410 Kit 10MP D-SLR Camera, with all the performance oriented features, can be deemed a perfect gadget for a hard core pro than a fashion accessory.