E-620 review RAW and JPEG image samples

[Four Thirds User editorial team]

We have 34 JPEG and RAW sample image files (68 in all!) taken with a production-spec. Olympus E-620 for you to download. Various ISO settings and lenses were used. Let us know what you think once you've had a look at them.

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[mfbernstein]

Thanks - looks like a great collection. A few of the ORF links are munged though:
P3072093.JPG -> P3072094.ORF (5th row, 2nd col)
P3072094.jpg -> P3072068.ORF (5th row, 3rd col)
P3072109.jpg -> P3072105.ORF (6th row, 3rd col)
P3092138.JPG -> P3092068.ORF (9th row, 3rd col)

[Ian]

Originally Posted by mfbernstein

Thanks - looks like a great collection. A few of the ORF links are munged though:
P3072093.JPG -> P3072094.ORF (5th row, 2nd col)
P3072094.jpg -> P3072068.ORF (5th row, 3rd col)
P3072109.jpg -> P3072105.ORF (6th row, 3rd col)
P3092138.JPG -> P3092068.ORF (9th row, 3rd col)

Ooops - I think I have corrected the mistakes.

Apologies and thanks for letting me know.

Ian

[Ian]

Please note that the JPEGs were set to Standard for the noise filter, so purists may prefer to download the RAW version.

If there are any mode settings/scenes not covered in the gallery, let me know and if I have time I will try to create some custom sample images for you.

Ian

[Ian]

Hey, I'm enjoying talking to myself here!

I have noted some comments elsewhere that Raw Photo Processor, for the Mac, will open E-620 ORFs. Their site is here:

http://www.raw-photo-processor.com/RPP/News/News.html

Ian

[Ian]

If you aren't familiar with the E-System platform but would like to explore the RAW files we have made available here from the E-620, you can download the free Olympus Master 2.11 application from the Olympus Japan Website. This has a simple and relatively limited range of RAW processing features, but it's a good start.

A more comprehensive option is Olympus Studio 2.22. This is based on the Master code base, but has more features, including batch processing and more RAW processing tools. It's a commercially charged product, but it has a 30 day free trial period.

You can download these by visiting the Olympus Japan website here:

http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/...load/software/

The Olympus Master and Studio sections are a fair way down the page, incidentally!

Ian

[mfbernstein]

No problem, I'm just happy to have samples to play with! I think the JPG link in row 5, col 3 has a typo, otherwise looks good.

Incidentally, the ORFs can be opened in ACR 5.3 (Lightroom 2.3) or any other program that supports the E-30, provided that you edit the 'Model' field in the EXIF from 'E-620' to 'E-30' using something like EXIFToolGUI.

Thanks again for posting these. Cheers,

MFBernstein

[Ian]

Originally Posted by mfbernstein

No problem, I'm just happy to have samples to play with! I think the JPG link in row 5, col 3 has a typo, otherwise looks good.

Incidentally, the ORFs can be opened in ACR 5.3 (Lightroom 2.3) or any other program that supports the E-30, provided that you edit the 'Model' field in the EXIF from 'E-620' to 'E-30' using something like EXIFToolGUI.

Thanks again for posting these. Cheers,

MFBernstein

Unfortunately we don't have a script to build the gallery automatically, so human errors do slip in - sorry! The development of such a script is now several notches up the priority list!

Found that bug and am just changing the line on the server now...

Ian

Thanks for the ACR/LR tip!

Ian

[MEDISIN]

OOOOOOOOOOOOoohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh MY GOD the high ISO NOISE is unbearable

J/K I haven't even seen them yet, just wanted to beat someone else to it

[meicw]

Ian, Thanks for posting these. At a quick perusal the pics are most impressive, especially those taken at 400 & 800 ISO.
And thanks for the link to Raw Photo Processor. I didn't know this existed. Will download it and have a play.