The folks at DPReview have just posted a detailed, hands-on preview of the new Olympus E-300 digital SLR.

The E-300 becomes the second ‘Four Thirds’ system digital SLR from Olympus and is targetted at the more affordable end of the market. It’s unusual shape comes from the use of a sideways swinging mirror and porro finder system. The E-300 has an eight megapixel Kodak CCD sensor and a 4/3 system lens mount. Our preview includes full specifications, body, controls, operation, displays and menus.