The E-410 is the smallest, slimmest, lightest* interchangeable lens digital SLR camera in the world today. From basic materials to components and configuration, all aspects of this camera's design were designed to optimize size reduction, while maintaining the critical performance standards required for a SLR camera. Fitting comfortably in the hand and providing outstanding portability, the E-410 offers a degree of simplicity and ease of use that no digital SLR can match.
Furthermore, the E-410 incorporates all the core features of OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM cameras, including the "Dedicated Digital Design", "Dust Reduction" and "Fulltime Live View" functions.
With the E-410, Olympus has succeeded in developing the world's slimmest, smallest, and lightest* digital SLR camera body. This remarkable achievement was made possible by the four technologies listed below.
(1) Flexible board
(2) High-rigidity shell-structured frame
(3) Shutter
(4) Compact, divided capacitor and highly efficient xenon tube
Users will find the camera's slim design especially convenient, enhancing the overall operability, portability and handling in actual use.
The new Live View function displays the information required for photography on the rear-panel LCD monitor. The AF, exposure correction and white balance can all be adjusted more intuitively as they can be viewed on the LCD monitor. This also enhances the camera's mobility and flexibility.
<Advantages of Live View>
- Photography with confidence: Smile assured by not losing eye contact
- Photography from free viewpoint: Masterpieces from the viewpoint of kid or pet
- Intuitive operation: Focusing and exposure as viewed on the screen.
The new 10-million pixel Live MOS sensor reproduces images with rich gradations equivalent to an 8-million pixel CCD. It has achieved about 80% reduction of power consumption so that the Live View function can be activated permanently. By simplifying the sensor structure through radical improvement of the material and processing technology based on Olympus's well-regarded MOS signal amplification technology and by forming the sensor circuits integrally on a flexible board, the contact resistance due to signal exchange and wiring has been minimized. This reduces the power consumption, heat generation and noise generation of the image sensor unit.
