Olympus E-450 Specifications, Tests and Review

Product Type
Digital camera - SLR with Live View mode
Lens Mount
Four Thirds
ISO (Max)
1600
Sensor Resolution
10.0 Megapixel
Sensor Type
Live MOS
Display
2.7" LCD display
Battery Type
Olympus BLS-1 Lithium Ion

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DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Olympus E-450
Product Type Digital camera - SLR with Live View mode
Lens Included Body only
Height 9.1 cm
Width 13 cm
Depth 5.3 cm
Weight 380 g
Body Material Glassfibre reinforced plastics
SENSOR Olympus E-450
Sensor Resolution 10.0 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Live MOS
Total Pixels 11,800,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 10,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Four Thirds (17.3 x 13.0 mm)
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes
Sensor Features Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF)
PROCESSOR Olympus E-450
Image Processor TruePic III
LENS Olympus E-450
Lens Mounting Type Four Thirds
FOCUSING Olympus E-450
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 11
Face Detection Yes
VIEWFINDER Olympus E-450
Viewfinder Type Optical - eye-level penta-dach mirror
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 95%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.92x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -3 to +1
Viewfinder Frames Autofocus frame
Viewfinder Information Shutter speed, exposure compensation, AE lock, AF-in-focus, flash charge completion, aperture, white balance, metering system, Exposure Mode, battery status
Field of View Crop Factor 2
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Olympus E-450
ISO (Max) 1600
Light Sensitivity ISO 100-1600, ISO auto (100-1600)
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot, highlight spot, shadow spot
Exposure Metering Zones 49
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Special Effects Art, Sepia, Black & White Red filter, Black & White Yellow filter, Neutral, Vivid, purple, blue, green, Black & White Orange filter, soft focus, Black & White Green filter, Muted, portrait, Pop Art, pin hole
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Sunlight, tungsten light, Flash, shade, overcast, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), 3000K - 7500K
Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 60 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
X-sync Speed 1/180 sec, 1/4000 sec
Exposure Range EV 1-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Olympus E-450
Type 2.7" LCD display
Display Format 230,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in
Display Features Contrast control, display brightness control
FLASH Olympus E-450
Camera Flash Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 12
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red-Eye Reduction Yes
Features AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Olympus E-450
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
MEMORY Olympus E-450
Memory Card Slot CompactFlash Card, xD-Picture Card
Supported Memory Cards CompactFlash, xD-Picture Card, Microdrive, xD-Picture Card Type H, xD-Picture Card Type M
Image Storage RAW 3648 x 2736
Super-fine JPEG 3648 x 2736 - 6.8 MB
Fine JPEG 3648 x 2736 - 4.7 MB
Normal JPEG 3648 x 2736 - 2.2 MB
Basic JPEG 3648 x 2736 - 1.5 MB
Super-fine JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 5.3 MB
Fine JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 3.7 MB
Normal JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 1.7 MB
Basic JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 1.1 MB
Super-fine JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 3.6 MB
Fine JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 2.2 MB
Normal JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 1.1 MB
Basic JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 0.7 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 1.3 MB
Fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 0.8 MB
Normal JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 0.5 MB
Basic JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 0.3 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.8 MB
Fine JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.5 MB
Normal JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.3 MB
Basic JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.2 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.5 MB
Fine JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.4 MB
Normal JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.2 MB
Basic JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.1 MB
Super-fine JPEG 640 x 480 - 0.2 MB
Fine JPEG 640 x 480 - 0.2 MB
Normal JPEG 640 x 480 - 0.1 MB
Basic JPEG 640 x 480 - 0.1 MB
BATTERY AND CHARGING Olympus E-450
Battery Type Olympus BLS-1 Lithium Ion
Details Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1150 mAh (included)
CONNECTIONS Olympus E-450
Interface Composite video/audio, USB 2.0
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, PictBridge support, PRINT Image Matching
Flash Terminal Hot shoe
Connector Type USB
Composite video output
FEATURES Olympus E-450
Self-Timer Delay 2sec, 12sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 3.5 frames per second
Additional Features RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, date/time stamp, depth-of-field preview button, sharpness control, digital image rotation, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, in-camera red-eye removal, resizing an image, saturation control, LCD live view mode, shadow point display, highlight point display, Shadow Adjustment Technology
OTHERS Olympus E-450
Included Accessories Eyepiece cover, battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, video cable
Software Drivers & Utilities, Olympus Master 2
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C

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