Olympus E-420

The Olympus E-420 is a DSLR camera launched on 06/23/2008.

Technically speaking, the Olympus E-420 ranks well below the category average, scoring 41 overall. The Olympus E-420 weights 426 gr and spans 130 x 91 x 53 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.

Going into details, the Olympus E-420 behaves better than average in its category for:

• Comfort - Score 61, ranks in the category best 24%.

On the contrary, the performance of Olympus E-420 is below the category average in:

• Image Quality - Score 41, ranks among the worst 6% of its category.
• Speed Performance - Score 36, ranks among the worst 32% of its category.
• Versatility - Score 23, ranks among the worst 21% 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 36, ranks 7% in its category. Olympus E-420 is not the best choice for Portrait photography; if Portrait is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Landscape - Suboptimal, score 34, ranks 6% in its category. Olympus E-420 is not the best choice for Landscape photography; if Landscape is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Sport - Suboptimal, score 37, ranks 9% in its category. Olympus E-420 is not the best choice for Sport photography; if Sport is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Street - Good, score 48, ranks in the best 70% of its category. Olympus E-420 works well for Street photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Everyday - Good, score 48, ranks in the best 67% of its category. Olympus E-420 works well for daily photography, however other options are available too, which you may want to take into account.