Advice on the Olympus E-420

by Jedi.RC

So, I’m kind of shopping for a Digital SLR camera. I was reading some reviews on the Olympus E-420, and I hear it’s pretty excellent. I’ve read the official website’s specifications, etc. and I’m really considering this camera.

It’s supposed to be really excellent for a beginning SLR user. I’ve always used point and shoot cameras, but I want better results.

What are your opinions?

Answer by Jimmy
I use and Olympus E-300 and E-510 for myself. The quality is fantastic. The E-420 has all the features you will need and would be an brilliant beginning camera. Olympus cameras tend to be a better value and have several automatic shooting modes, just like your point and shoot. In addition to these modes, you can exchange settings manually, charitable yo9u more control over your images. You can even use the manual settings to realize some effects, such as motion blur. Olympus cameras are often cited as life user friendly and better for beginners.

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I recently bought an Olympus evolt E-410 digital slr camera. I’m looking to get into some photography classes so that I can learn to shoot better, and also how to use my camera! Are there any suggestions for the Indianapolis area? I’ve looked at IUPUI, the Community Learning Network at IUPUI, as well as a few camera shops around town and the Indianapolis Art Center. These are all excellent options, but none of them have availability for me. I’m looking for any additional resources available. Any and all suggestions are appreciated!!

Answer by hlkljgk
Start with getting to know the basics.

At http://photo.net/learn/ you can go to the first section, Making Photographers, which talks about light, exposure…

free online tutorials:

http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/take_better_photos/index.html

http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=academy

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm

http://www1.nikonusa.com/slrlearningcenter/

free online class:

http://www.morguefile.com/archive/classroom.php

(it’s ancient, so there won’t be any feedback, but if you go through the steps you will learn reasonably a bit of the fundamentals)

online courses:

http://www.betterphoto.com/online-photography-courses.asp

http://www.ppsop.com/courses.aspx

weekly assignments:

http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=22

projects:

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/photo-projects-why-you-should-participate/

fantastic resources:

http://www.photonhead.com/simcam/

http://kenrockwell.com/tech.htm#practice

(plus this site is fantastic for camera and lens info)

http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

ok, that’s a lot
have fun!

edit:
oh yeah, get inspired and get feedback at http://flickr.com/explore/fascinating/2008/07/

Answer by rlfwolf
Community colleges, universities, and community centers often offer classes or seminars for beginning photogs. You can also check with community pro camera shops. They often hold seminars that are cheap or free in the hopes of attracting more public to buy more gear. There is always online resources like photo.net which are fantastic. Also, judge it or not, I’ve really read some of the hints and email seminars sent out by the Adorama (www.adorama.com) mailing list and found them fascinating if not even instructional. When it comes down to it, just get out there and shoot. Sometimes result the fascinating or different viewpoint on something you see everyday produces the most rewarding shot so start by shooting near home. Take your camera everywhere and shoot when inspiration takes you. Look for odd looking trees or single objects in the middle of a field. Look for patterns and lighting that makes a scene pop. As an example, we take our kids for walks around the locality at least several times a week and I usually take my camera. One day, the lighting was fantastic just as we were quick by this house that we’d passed 100 times with some brickwork around the front. Took about 20 shots of the kids in that light and they turned out fantastic.

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