e330 - turned to the dark side...

<p>I just picked an E330 on ebay (just because it was there for the right price). I know it is a few years old but that doesn't really bother me, curious to see if anyone else has one and how they find them. I'll be using it exclusively with olympus OM lenses, just waiting on the body + adaptor to be delivered.</p>

<p>I like mine a lot. It is a great carrying camera, fits the hand nicely and the controls are good. It has a great many features that cameras of it's time did not have. I use a few OM lenses on it, they work quite well especially when used around f5.6-f8. Have fun with it, I still use mine quite often.</p>

<p>I've used e330, e510, e30. E330's autofocus doesn't stack up to the others, but with OM lenses I guess that's not an issue. A very good camera otherwise and if you've used technical cameras you'll feel really at home with the live view.</p>

<p>yeah, i like it, been playing around a bit using the OM lenses. and also using it indoors with PC control is fun. I've been playing around with some of the strobist articles to practice my off-camera flash skills. One of the annoying things with film is that this type of flash work can be a bit hit and miss, so it's good to have the digi-cam to make sure the exposure & lighting is right before I switch over to the RB67.</p>

<p>The biggest issue with using OM lenses I think is because the aperture is stopped down, it's a very dim and small viewfinder image, OK outdoors with plenty of light, but indoors with the lens stopped down using flash, it's almost useless. The only way to focus is using the live view mode that uses the cameras sensor because it amplifies the light.</p>

<p>I'm happy thought that the OM lenses work with metering in Manual and Aperture priority.</p>

<p>And it's cool having the screen that tilts as well so you can use it as a waistlevel finder.</p>