Comments on: Olympus E-410 Review – Part 2 (Design, controls, Timings) http://lawrenceripsher.com/blog/2007/05/olympus_e410_re_4.html Photos, Reviews, Instruction Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:11:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Ken Balbari http://lawrenceripsher.com/blog/2007/05/olympus_e410_re_4.html/comment-page-1#comment-292 Ken Balbari Mon, 21 May 2007 16:32:29 +0000 http://lawrenceripsher.com/2007/05/olympus_e410_re_4.html#comment-292 <p>"One thing I would like to see changed however – particularly relating to this topic – is that when you half press the shutter button, for it NOT to lock the exposure."</p> <p>Other Olympus models do have this option (E-330 does); hopefully the E-510 will. This is one area where the E-410 and E-400 have been maybe oversimplified, as they only offer two modes. The second mode does decouple the focus and metering, but it works in reverse, with half press locking exposure, and the AE button instead controlling focus.<br /> </p> "One thing I would like to see changed however – particularly relating to this topic – is that when you half press the shutter button, for it NOT to lock the exposure."

Other Olympus models do have this option (E-330 does); hopefully the E-510 will. This is one area where the E-410 and E-400 have been maybe oversimplified, as they only offer two modes. The second mode does decouple the focus and metering, but it works in reverse, with half press locking exposure, and the AE button instead controlling focus.

]]> By: Joseph http://lawrenceripsher.com/blog/2007/05/olympus_e410_re_4.html/comment-page-1#comment-291 Joseph Mon, 21 May 2007 10:04:34 +0000 http://lawrenceripsher.com/2007/05/olympus_e410_re_4.html#comment-291 <p>Thank you for this very interesting review.Though I own a E-500 and am not ready to purchase another DSLR shortly,I was very interested to know how the new cameras released by Olympus face the competition and I like your conclusion.<br /> One (amusing,at least to me)thing about the absence of grip : when reading your comments about the absence of grip on the E-410, I have noticed that I couldn't say on which side of my E-500 the grip was ! I've had to check to be sure. As I hold the camera with my left hand under the lens, the grip is something of absolutely no importance to me. This E-410 is a really nice camera and it's nice to have at least one detailed and well thought out review. Thanks</p> Thank you for this very interesting review.Though I own a E-500 and am not ready to purchase another DSLR shortly,I was very interested to know how the new cameras released by Olympus face the competition and I like your conclusion.
One (amusing,at least to me)thing about the absence of grip : when reading your comments about the absence of grip on the E-410, I have noticed that I couldn't say on which side of my E-500 the grip was ! I've had to check to be sure. As I hold the camera with my left hand under the lens, the grip is something of absolutely no importance to me. This E-410 is a really nice camera and it's nice to have at least one detailed and well thought out review. Thanks

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