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Olympus has unwrapped a new 12.3-million-pixel Four Thirds standard digital SLR which is due to go on sale in the UK at the end of April.<\/p>\n

Billed as the world’s ‘smallest and lightest’ DSLR with built-in image stabilisation, the E-620 boasts professional-level ‘sophistication’ and is positioned in the middle of Olympus’s now five-strong DSLR family. <\/p>\n

The camera weighs 475g (body only) and measures 130x94x60mm (excluding protrusions), slightly larger than the entry-level E-420.<\/p>\n

Pitched just below the enthusiast-level E-30 – yet still aimed at the ‘hobbyist’ – the camera was designed in response to ‘strong market demand’ for image stabilisation in an E-420-style body.<\/p>\n

It features a new ‘compact Image Stabilisation unit’, according to Olympus.<\/p>\n

Olympus says it wanted to combine the portability of the E-420 with the Art Filter functions and ‘swivel’ Live View monitor featured on its E-30, a camera announced last year.<\/p>\n

The camera’s AF system is based on the twin-cross AF sensor that was developed for the E-30 and professional E-3 model.<\/p>\n

The E-620 features seven AF [phase detection] points (five cross points), four more AF points than the 10MP E-520 model which it sits just above in the range, but four AF points less than the E-30.<\/p>\n

A UK price has yet to be announced. However, we understand that in the US the E-620 is expected to cost $699.99, body only.<\/p>\n

The E-620 deploys a 12.3MP Live MOS sensor and Live View AF.<\/p>\n

It sports a 2.7in variable-angle LCD screen – a ‘high contrast HyperCrystal III LCD monitor<\/p>\n

Armoury also includes Olympus’s Supersonic Wave Filter dust protection system and TruePic III+ image processor.<\/p>\n

The E-620 will be compatible with Olympus’s new optional HDL-5 battery pack which is equipped with a separate shutter release for vertical format shooting (pictured). <\/p>\n

And the photographer can use the camera to control up to three groups of wireless flash units, according to Olympus.<\/p>\n

Photographers will also have the option to use the PT-E06 underwater housing, available separately and claimed to allow shooting down to depths of 130ft.<\/p>\n

The image stabilisation system uses a gyro sensor to detect the direction of camera shake and then compensate by shifting the camera’s image sensor accordingly.<\/p>\n

The E-620 will be available in the UK as a kit with an ED 14-42mm f\/3.5-5.6 Zuiko zoom ($799.99 in the US).<\/p>\n

It will also be available in a Double Zoom kit with a 14-42mm lens and a 40-150mm f\/4-5.6 zoom; as well as in a kit that includes a 25mm f\/2.8 ‘pancake’ lens.<\/p>\n

Full details, plus initial impressions from Amateur Photographer<\/em>‘s technical team, will appear in the printed magazine shortly.<\/p>\n

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