Gadgetory

the Olympus am-10 is a solid micro four thirds camera that sits at the bottom of the higher end omd line those are cameras which include more advanced features than the pen line like an electronic viewfinder in a tilting display at about eight hundred dollars for the kit with the new power zoom 14 to 42 millimeter lens the cameras both designed and priced more for enthusiasts than the always auto crowd I'm Lori groanin and while the mirrorless iam tens performance in photo quality don't quite match those of an entry-level DSLR the trade-off is a much smaller body and perhaps more important access to much smaller lenses the result is a much more portable system the e/m 10 has a touchscreen but it doesn't skimp on the manual controls it includes two adjustment dials which is nice since a lot of cameras in this class only supply one my only real peeve with the design is the shallow grip though it does have a large thumb rest which compensate somewhat especially when you're shooting single-handedly otherwise it has Olympus's typical menu structure and interface both the EBF and the tilting touchscreen LCD are bright and contrasting very good though the display does get quite reflective in direct sunlight the camera has tons of useful features including Wi-Fi time lapse and auto HDR along with Olympus's nice set of in camera effects the image quality is very good but not quite as good as what you could get from a DSLR with an aps-c sized sensor you can get usable shots in relatively dim conditions though the photo start to get noticeably mushy when you hit ISO 1600 performance is very good to the autofocus system operates quickly and generally pretty decisively the biggest drawback is the new slowish power zoom kit lens which exchanges convenience for speed the lens is also a little noisy and quiet environments the a.m 10 is a nice alternative to a DSLR if you want something significantly more compact it just can't really match a camera like the less expensive nikon d 3333 continuous shooting speed on the other hand it does have a broader feature set than most entry-level dslrs and for people upgrading from a point-and-shoot the electronic viewfinder and fast shooting with the back display will probably feel more natural I'm Laurie grinning and this is the Olympus om-d Anton