Olympus E620 - Evolt 12.3MP Live MOS Digital SLR... User manual

The eye of a photographer. The vision of an artist.

DSLR users, passionate photographers and
anyone looking to express creativity through
photography, meet the E-620. The world’s
smallest and lightest image-stabilized*DSLR
puts creativity in the palm of your hands.
Six creative in-camera Art Filters, Multiple
Exposure shooting and a swivel Live View 2.7"
HyperCrystal™III LCD offer artistic freedom and
endless creative possibilities. Six Art Filters
enable you to manipulate a photo right in
the camera—giving you the ability to be as
creative as you want, whenever you want.
The 12.3-megapixel Live MOS sensor™and
TruePic™III+ processor provide exceptional
picture quality. And with its other unique
features, including three modes of In-body
Image Stabilization and small 18.9-oz. body,
the E-620 is a camera that truly lets you shoot
outside the frame.
Shoot outside the frame.
© 2009 Alison Shildt

and-white film quality, giving your
photographs an edgier look.
Pin Hole darkens the outer edges
of your photograph, enhancing the
subject in the center. This creates
the feeling of a new atmosphere
and brings the photograph to life.
When shooting with an Art Filter,
you can set the E-620 to capture
your images in both RAW and JPEG
format. The original image is saved
as a RAW file and the Art Filter
image is saved as a JPEG. This way,
you always have both the Art Filter
and the original shot.
With the E-620’s six Art Filters,
you can take your photography
one huge step farther. Get the
look and feel you want, and make
every photograph unique. Be a
photographer. Be an artist. And
free your creativity.
POP ART
With six in-camera Art Filters, the
E-620 transforms your photography
into works of art. Each filter
brings a unique look and feel to
every photograph.
Pop Art super-saturates colors
and creates brighter, more vivid
photographs.
Pale & Light Color brings soft,
flat light and pastel coloring to
create a feeling of romance.
Soft Focus creates a dreamlike
quality, giving photographs a
fantasy feel.
Light Tone brightens your entire
image, including its darker areas,
providing more detail and light.
Grainy Film creates more dramatic
shots. It produces a gritty black-
SOFT FOCUSPIN HOLE PALE & LIGHTLIGHT TONEGRAINY FILM
Every photographer has a vision.
The E-620 has six.
© 2009 Ashton Popiel© 2009 Anne Day© 2009 Judy Herrmann & Mike Starke© 2009 Victor Rodriguez© 2009 Becky Clough© 2009 Anne Day
*As of February 24, 2009 among digital SLR cameras with built-in IS.

—Joshua Trusty
I was drawn to the amazing architecture of
the Philadelphia Art Museum. At dawn, the
museum had an orange glow to it, and I knew
the Pop Art Filter would be perfect. It really
intensified and pulled out all the colors. I also
used a zoom lens and got really close up
to capture every detail of the building. The
E-620 helped me capture the look I wanted.
The E-620
helped me
capture the look
I wanted.
Shot by Joshua Trusty with the Pop Art Filter.
To truly illustrate the power
and artistic capabilities of the
E-620, we gave it to some of
the most creative people we
know— photography students at
the University of the Arts in
Philadelphia. On the following
pages, you’ll see some of the
amazing photos they took and
find out how the E-620 can bring
creativity to your photography.
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“

Create an original with the E-620’s
Live View Multiple Exposure feature.
It takes photographic creativity
even farther. Sure, you’ve taken a
photograph before. But now, you
can create one. Capture your best
shots and overlay them to create
a multiple exposure. Shoot and
compose in Live View or during
playback mode and superimpose
your favorite images to create
unique photographs that tell a story.
Multiple exposure. Multiple options.
The image capture options allow
you to create your multiple exposure
exactly the way you want it. In the
capture mode, shoot and overlay up
to two images (JPEG or RAW). Shoot
two shots on the same frame, or use
a saved shot and then shoot another.
Or in overlay edit mode, capture up
to 3 shots separately and combine
them in the camera later.
Overlay two base images to create a composite.
© 2009 Joshua Trusty
© 2009 Joshua Trusty
Expose your
creativity.
© 2009 Joshua Trusty
LCD image: © 2009 Lou Manna

Let’s face it. Dust can get in a camera
and ruin an image. But Olympus’
proven Dust Reduction System
ensures crystal-clear, spot-free
photos. When others spend hours
retouching photos, you can just
turn on the E-620. Every time you
do, the exclusive Supersonic Wave
Filter™vibrates and removes any
dust or foreign particles from in
front of the image sensor—
ensuring spot-free photos.
With the E-620, you’re in control.
13 Scene-Select Modes:
Including portrait, fireworks,
sports—even 2 new
underwater modes.
49-Zone AE Sensor: Unique
Digital ESP metering divides
the image frame area into
49 zones and computes the
optimum exposure value.
5 Metering Modes: Digital
ESP Exposure metering,
center weighted average
metering, and three
types of spot metering—
including shadow and
highlight spot metering.
Superior color. Superior performance.
The E-620’s high-performance
12.3-megapixel Live MOS sensor™
provides accurate color, sharp
detail and is complemented by
Olympus’ high-speed TruePic III+
image processing engine for even
more accurate natural color,
superior detail, low noise and
faster startup time.
Shoot with a steady hand and
free your photography from blurry
images with in-body Image
Stabilization. With three IS modes,
the E-620 compensates for
camera-shake in any direction.
In-body Image Stabilization gives
you the ability to take bright,
sharp photos in any situation—
with any Four Thirds lens, in low
light or at slow shutter speeds.
You can even input the focal
length for a lens the camera
can’t identify.
IS and SSWF Unit
Without Image Stabilization
With Image Stabilization
Face Detection Technology:
Find, focus on and capture up
to eight faces in the Live View
AF mode.
Shadow Adjustment Technology:
Compensate for extreme contrast
when shadowed areas lack
visible detail.
Supercontrol Panel: Easy user
interface lets you select and set
functions directly on the LCD
without entering into menus.
Illuminated Buttons: Viewing and
changing settings are easy at
night or in low-light conditions.
Perfect Shot Preview: See the
effects of four different exposures
or white balance settings on the
LCD before you take the shot.
Supercontrol Panel
Improve your image.

—Julia Mead
I was experimenting with different ways to
highlight the Pin Hole Art Filter. We had a
few lenses and the distortion the pieces of
glass created, along with the round features
of his face, looked really amazing—and
complemented the filter even more. The
picture was sharp and the color was great,
which makes the E-620 instantly gratifying.
The picture
was sharp,
and the color
was great.
Shot by Julia Mead with the Pin Hole Art Filter.
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“

The ingenuity. If you’re looking
for creative capabilities—the E-620
has them. If you want exclusive
features, the E-620 has those, too.
Capture pictures with the first-ever,
swivel Live View 2.7" HyperCrystal III
LCD. With viewing angles up to 176°,
the E-620 takes your photography
to new places. Settings like white
balance and exposure can also
be adjusted and seen instantly
while viewing the LCD in Live View.
Icons and text are also easy to see.
During Live View shooting, the LCD
can display framing-assist patterns
and histogram. This makes it easy to
compose, adjust and check exposure
of your image before you even
take the shot.
The E-620 gives you even more ways
to shoot outside the frame. Not
every photograph is meant to be
a 4x6. And with the E-620, you
have four aspect ratios to frame
your shot exactly how you want
it. Shoot in 4:3, suited for an
8x10 photograph, or 16:9, perfect
The speed. With a camera that has
so many creative capabilities, you
don’t want to miss a shot.
The E-620’s Phase Detection 7-point
Twin AF system provides fast and
accurate focusing so you can
capture every important moment.
Five super-sensitive Twin Cross
and two Twin AF target points
make focusing, composing and
capturing a photo fast and simple.
And shooting movement, action
or in low-light situations is just
as easy. When shooting in the
Live View AF mode, the E-620 utilizes
an 11-point Contrast AF (Imager AF)
system for fast and accurate
focusing right on the LCD—with
virtually no delay. Just press
the shutter halfway.
The E-620 also gives you the
ability to shoot at up to 4
frames per second. Capture nature
photography, sports or continuous
action sequences.
Speed. Ingenuity. Proficiency.
The E-620 captures it all.
for viewing on your widescreen
television. The E-620 can also shoot
in 3:2 and 6:6.
The proficiency. The E-620 shines
a new—and wireless—light on
your photography.
The E-620 is compatible with
Olympus FL-36R and FL-50R
wireless electronic flashes and can
control up to three wireless flash
groups, in up to four channels,
for professional lighting results.
Grid Line Golden Section Histogram
3:24:3
6:616:9