New from Olympus: the EVOLT E-300 digital SLR, the C-590 Zoom, and the AZ-2 Zoom

It's the big ol' Photokina trade show in Germany this week, and it just wouldn't be a Photokina without  and tons and tons of announcements of new digital camers, would it? We've already seen new ones from
Canon,
Nikon,
Pentax,
Samsung, and
Konica, today Olympus pounds us into submission with three new cameras of their own, the EVOLT E-300, D-590 Zoom, and the AZ-2 Zoom.

The eight megapixel EVOLT E-300 is their second digital SLR camera using their new FourThirds System sensor (basically a new standard for digital SLR technology) and is going to be aimed more at the consumer side of digital SLR market.
Also compatible with their entire line of Olympus E-System lenses. They haven't set a price for this one yet.
Read – Olympus EVOLT E-300

The D-590 Zoom (known as the C-470 Zoom in Europe) is their new four megapixel entry-level camera which comes with a 1.8-inch anti-glare LCD screen and a 3x optical zoom lens, but no optical viewfinder. Should come out next month and retail for $299.
Read – Olympus C-590 Zoom

We're a sucker for anything sleek and minimal, so we're completely charmed by the new four megapixel AZ-2 Zoom, which is just eight-tenths of an inch thick and has a nice, large 2.5-inch anti-glare LCD screen and a 2.8x optical zoom lens.
Read – Olympus AZ-2 Zoom