The Olympus E-620 combines the lightweight design of the E-420 with the advanced features of the E-520 (InsideHW review for E-520). The E-620’s newly developed small image stabilization mechanism features a compensation effect of up to 4 EV steps. The E-620 weighs just 475 grams, despite incorporating both a newly developed small image stabilization mechanism that offers up to 4 EV steps of effective compensation and a large dual-axis variable-angle LCD monitor measuring 2.7 inches diagonally, thanks to a compact, lightweight body made possible by reducing the area of the packaging for the circuit boards and sensor.

The E-620 also incorporates some of the exciting new features found on our middle class model, the E-30, such as the Art Filter function and the multi-aspect function. Six Art Filters, including a bright, colourful, Pop Art filter and a dreamy, ethereal, Soft Focus filter, enable anyone to easily achieve modes of photographic expression that ordinarily require the use of special lenses, add-on filters, or the use of complex image processing techniques. The ease and comfort of Live View shooting is further enhanced by a High-Speed Imager AF that enables autofocusing with compact-camera ease, and a dual-axis, variable-angle LCD monitor that supports both horizontal and vertical Live View shooting.

High picture quality is ensured by a 12.3-megapixel High-Speed Live MOS Sensor and the new TruePic III+ image processing engine. The E-620 also offers top-of-its-class high-speed performance with a newly developed 7-point AF system for fast, accurate autofocusing and high-speed sequential shooting at 4 frames per second.