Olympus E-1

The Olympus E-1 is a DSLR camera launched on 11/29/2003.

Technically speaking, the Olympus E-1 ranks well below the category average, scoring 36 overall. The Olympus E-1 weights 735 gr and spans 141 x 104 x 81 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.

Going into details, whatever the technical specification to be considered, the performance of Olympus E-1 is below the category average:

• Image Quality - Score 40, ranks among the worst 1% of its category.
• Speed Performance - Score 35, ranks among the worst 15% of its category.
• Comfort - Score 50, ranks among the worst 27% of its category.
• Versatility - Score 14, ranks among the worst 7% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Suboptimal, score 34, ranks 1% in its category. Olympus E-1 is not the best choice for Portrait photography; if Portrait is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Landscape - Suboptimal, score 33, ranks 3% in its category. Olympus E-1 is not the best choice for Landscape photography; if Landscape is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Sport - Suboptimal, score 36, ranks 6% in its category. Olympus E-1 is not the best choice for Sport photography; if Sport is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Street - Suboptimal, score 41, ranks 13% in its category. Olympus E-1 is not the best choice for Street photography; if Street is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Everyday - Suboptimal, score 39, ranks 12% in its category. Olympus E-1 does not work well for daily photography, you may want to consider some alternatives.