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The recently-unveiled Canon EOS 550D DSLR (digital SLR) camera is an upgrade that is more than just newly designed buttons. The Canon EOS 550D is rocking the Australian camera market with its afforda...
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At $1,712 (at digiDIRECT.com.au), the Sony HDR-CX520V HYBRID 64GB Full HD video camera (camcorder for the Yanks) complete with 12 Megapixel still capture, is an absolute steal! The Sony HDR-CX520V ha...
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Olympus

Olympus E-30 Enthusiast Kit (14-54mm II) Digital SLR Camera SLR CAMERAS
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Olympus E-30 Enthusiast Kit (14-54mm II) Digital SLR Camera SLR CAMERAS

Olympus E-30 Enthusiast Kit (14-54mm II) Digital SLR Camera

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Olympus E30 SLR and Zuiko14-54mm II Enthusiast Kit  incorporates the outstanding imaging quality and high-speed performance of the E-3coupled with sophisticated new features designed to expand the enthusiast photographer's range of creative and artistic expression


Plenty of people can get by with a standard digital camera, or even just a cell phone camera, but for truly beautiful pictures you need a truly beautiful camera. Olympus' latest DSLR model the E-30 Enthusiast Kit which means it's not a low end DSLR by any means. The model occupies the spot just below Olympus' E3, making it the new penultimate DSLR available from the reputable manufacturer.

The E30 Enthusiast Kit is absolutely packed with features. It offers advanced dust reduction, in-body mechanical image stabilization, a TruePic III+ image processor, full time Autofocus Live View and a 12.3 Megapixel high-speed live MOS image sensor. A variety of image filters have been included in the body which make it possible to take artistic photos more easily.

The filters include Pop Art, Soft Focus, Pale & Light Color, Light Tone, Grainy Film, and Pin Hole. The camera offers multiple exposure technology, allowing you to mix two (or up to four) images freely to form new and interesting imagery with the touch of a button. It also comes with a very cool swivel-mounted Live View LCD.

Olympus is also introducing a new lens to the "Four Thirds" lineup. The Zukio Digital 14-54mm f2.8-3.5 II. The lens offers high speed imager AF support for Live View shooting, a zoom range equivalent to 28-108mm allows for great wide angle shots as well as intimate closeups.

Key features

- 12.3 megapixel Live MOS
- 2.7" LCD with a 270-degree swiveling function
- Art Filters
- Multi-Exposure modes
- Digital "Leveler"
- 5 frames/sec sequential shooting
- Imager Shift Stabiliser
- Live View
- Dual axis 2.7 inch HyperCrystal II LCD
- Dual slot for CF and xD-Picture Cards
- Compatible with all 4/3 digital lenses

New Art Filter shooting mode
Creative photography previously requiring the use of special lenses, optical filters, or the use of complex computer-based editing techniques can now be easily achieved at the moment of capture. The “Art Filter” shooting mode in the E-30 provides real-time digital simulation of traditional film processing or optical filter effects that can be previewed in Live View, providing the photographer with a powerful tool for creative expression. The set of six “Art Filters” consist of a colour intensifying filter (Pop Art), a grainy black and white film filter (Grainy Film), two filters that simulate soft lighting effects (Pale & Light Colour, Light Tone), a soft focus filter (Soft Focus), and a pinhole camera effect filter (Pin Hole).

Sophisticated Multi-exposure shooting
Multi-exposure film photography is often tedious and challenging, requiring careful pre-capture planning by the photographer and a rigid, linear process in execution. The E-30’s intuitive multi-exposure function simplifies multi-exposure photography by providing an overlay of a previous image onto a live preview of the current scene.

A separate non-linear compositing function enables the photographer to combine previously captured raw pictures in playback review mode, providing the photographer with the flexibility to create multi-exposures of scenes that can be far separated in time and location, without the use of a computer and time-intensive editing software.

With powerful software algorithms programmed into the camera, the E-30 makes highly detailed, multi-exposure photography very simple to achieve.

Digital Level Gauge
A new digital level-gauge provides real-time display of camera pitch and roll, displaying both information in the optical viewfinder, on the LCD screen in the Live View mode and on the top LCD display. This feature provides the convenience and accuracy of a mechanical bubble-level, that is only a button press away when required.

High Speed Autofocus
High-speed operational performance on par with the professional E-3 model is achieved with an 11-point AF sensor system featuring class-leading 11 full twin-cross sensors with AF sensitivity as low as -2 EV, 5 fps continuous shooting, and 1/8000 sec. maximum shutter speed.

Multi-aspect ratio shooting
The E-30 offers a choice of nine aspect ratios for image capture, including the popular wide-screen 16:9 and medium-format film 6:6 ratio formats. Live View photography with the High-Speed Imager AF enables auto-focusing with compact digital camera ease. The versatile flip-out variable-angle LCD screen makes both horizontal and vertically oriented Live View shooting easy and displays the live scene in the format chosen.

Superb Image Quality
The E-30 features an all-new 12.3 megapixel High-Speed Live Mos image sensor chip with a new Truepic III+ image engine.

An Image Stabiliser effective to -5 EV Steps
To maximise image capture quality, the E-30 features the same image stabiliser used in the professional E-3, with shake compensation up to a remarkable five EV steps.** This capability provides the photographer with heightened confidence when handholding long telephoto lenses, or when shooting in adverse low light conditions. It also allows for ultrawide angle lenses to also benefit from image stabilisation

Installing a highly effective image stabiliser in-body instead of in-lens brings a compelling cost-performance advantage by providing stabilisation benefit to all system lenses. It further provides for compact lens designs which would otherwise be size-compromised by additional in-lens stabiliser components. In-body stabilisation further preserves the telecentric light path characteristics of Olympus Zuiko Digital lenses, ensuring that image quality even at picture corners is not sacrificed when stabilisation is activated.

Reliability you can depend on
The world's most effective dust-reduction system, the proven Olympus Super Sonic Wave Filter (SSWF), is used to provide assurance of truly fuss-free, dust-free image captures.

Large Optical Viewfinder and articulating 2.7 inch Live View LCD
A large and bright optical viewfinder with 98% viewing coverage and 1.02x magnification enables the photographer to see the scene clearly and is especially useful for critical manual focus applications.

A favourite of macro photographers and journalists, Live View capability is enhanced with a flip-out, dual-axis LCD screen, providing maximum Live View shooting flexibility in high and low-angle photography, both in vertical or horizontal shooting camera positions

White balance, exposure compensation, depth of field preview, live-histogram, grid templates, and a powerful digital magnifier to assist precise close-up manual focus are standard with Live View in the E-30. New to the E-30's digital magnifier mode is magnified depth of field preview which allows critical judgement of the zone of focus.

Wireless Flash System
As is now standard with all DSLR cameras in the E-System, wireless flash photography capability is integrated in the E-30.
With the built-in flash acting as commander, the E-30 can control up to three separate groups of wireless flash units. An unlimited number of FL-50R and FL-36R flash units may be used within each of the three flash groups to increase lighting power. The E-30's built-in flash commander makes buying a separate wireless flash trigger unit unnecessary

Normal flash synchronisation speed with non-dedicated strobe units is 1/250th second. In the special Super FP mode with the new FL-50R, FL-36R, and current FL-50 and FL-36 strobe units, flash sync speed can be as high as an astonishing 1/8000th second, providing the photographer with enhanced creative fill flash possibilities in bright daylight.

Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm II Camera Lens
The 14-54mm lens is a new model that's being introduced alongside the E-30 body, and has two main changes from its predecessor with the same specifications. The aperture is now truly circular to yield a more attractive look to out-of-focus areas of images, where the previous version had a 7-leaf aperture that produced somewhat angular bokeh. The new 14-54mm lens will also be capable of contrast-detection autofocusing, for compatibility with Olympus' Live View function.

The high-quality ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-54mm 1:2.8-3.5 II zoom offers an equivalent range of 28-108mm on a 35mm film camera. It's a bright all-round zoom lens offering both wide angle and short telephoto, making it the ideal basic lens. Its strong light gathering power makes it ideal for shooting with available light.

Bright 3.9x wide angle standard zoom
Aspherical elements - for excellent quality
Splashproof - for use in all situations

Lens Specifications

Focal length 14 mm - 54 mm
Focal length (equiv. 35mm) 28 mm - 108 mm
Lens configuration 15 lenses / 11 groups
Aspherical glass elements 3
Lens mechanism Inner focus with floating mechanism
Angle of view 75 - 23 °
Closest focusing distance 0.22 m
Maximum image magnification 0.26 x (Four Thirds) / 0.52 x (35mm format)
Number of aperture blades 7
Maximum aperture 1:2.8 (wide) / 1:3.5 (tele)
Minimum aperture 1:22
Filter diamater 67 mm
Dimensions 74.5 mm Ø, 88.5 mm
Weight 440 g





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