Olympus announced the new E-330 digital SLR camera in January 2006. It is equipped with the world’s first Full-time Live View function that makes it possible to frame images on the LCD, as well as to use the traditional shooting style by looking though the finder. DPnow received a boxed production sample and done the first impression review of the camera. The conclusion is : ”

• The E-330 may be descended from the unloved E-300, but it’s a subtly improved design in both appearance and handling.
  
• Live view operation in Mode A and Mode B hold no surprises - using it makes one wonder why it wasn’t introduced a long time ago.
  
• Although the optical TL viewfinder is less bright than an E-500, which has a conventional pentaprism arrangement, it won’t be a critical issue for many potential buyers. The finder is less bright and saturated than the E-500’s, but this is slightly compensated by a larger magnification, so the frame appears larger.
  
• Noise - a simple side by side image comparison with an E-500 seems to indicate a significant improvement in noise suppression with the E-330. DXO Analyzer 2.0 luminance noise test results back this up, with the E-330 scoring better than the E-330 at every ISO level.”

Website : Olympus E-330 (Evolt) hands-on first impressions