Typical price: £330
What is it: Compact digital SLR with 3x zoom and live view
What we think: It's beautiful, classy, neat and elegant, but you have to turn a blind eye to a couple of weaknesses
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Olympus E-420 compared to other digital SLRs
 Olympus E-420 |
 Nikon D3 |
 Canon EOS-1D Mark III |
 Canon EOS 7D |
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| Review date | 26 Sep 08 | 24 Sep 08 | 5 Jul 07 | 9 Nov 09 |
| Editor's rating |
7.5
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9.3
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9.3
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9.2
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| Price range | £330 |
£3,149.00 - £3,149.00
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£2,538.99 - £3,514.97
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| Review summary | The E-420 is beautiful but flawed. The controls, the design and the more advanced photographic features are excellent, but it relies on its above-average lens rather than its below-average sensor to keep up with its rivals. Despite the gripes, though, its sheer class as a camera shines through Read full review |
Nikon's flagship dSLR packs a full-frame 12-megapixel sensor and is a highly versatile imaging powerhouse that lets photographers create images previously impossible to capture. As long as you can get used to this camera's solid weight, it's a definite step up from the D2Xs and produces high-quality photography. This one is definitely aimed at the pros, so amateurs beware Read full review |
Canon's EOS-1D Mark III offers a luxurious cocktail of high-resolution, extremely low noise, blazingly fast burst shooting, abundant customisation and a build quality and ergonomic design among the best you'll find in today's camera market Read full review |
The Canon EOS 7D offers awesome continuous-shooting speeds, an excellent HD movie mode with full manual controls, class-leading resolution, excellent high-ISO performance, and an all-metal, weather-sealed body. It's got a couple of glitches, but it's a corking camera Read full review |
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