The Olympus E-300 digital SLR and housing

Charles Hood · Issue 28, Jan/Feb 2006 · pp. 14–16

Products mentioned: Olympus E-300, Olympus E-500, Olympus 14-45mm zoom lens, Olympus 11-22mm zoom lens, Olympus 8mm Fisheye lens, Olympus 50mm macro lens, Nikon D100, Nikon D70s, Nikon D70

One of the issues when testing digital cameras is by the time I have had one for a sufficient number of months to make a detailed report they have been superseded. The E-300 from Olympus falls into this category and is now being phased out for the E-500. However, there isn’t yet an underwater housing for the E-500. Moreover, the E-300 is still available and the street price has dropped considerably so there are huge bargains to be had for what is now a relatively good value system. A quick search on Google revealed the camera and lens kit listed above being offered for under £400 and I suspect the housing will also attract similar offers. The E-300 is Olympus’s second stab at a digital SLR (single lens reflex) and the good news is that they made an underwater housing to go with it. To date Olympus have dominated the ‘point and shoot’ underwater market but have had no offering in the semi…