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Olympus Evolt E510 10MP Digital SLR Camera with CCD Shift Image Stabilization and 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 Zuiko Lenses
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The Olympus EVOLT E-510 digital SLR is a great camera to help you evolve as a photographer. Only Olympus digital SLRs are engineered to be 100-percent digital. Simply put, this means your pictures will have stunning edge-to-edge sharpness that cant be beat. Olympus Live View LCD technology is a unique feature that enhances your picture-taking experience. Whatever life brings, whatever youre photographing, youll capture colorful memories with the E-510s proven Dust Reduction System and powerful, 10-megapixel imager.
EVOLT E-510 Highlights
Innovative 2.5-inch Live View HyperCrystal LCD The E-510 features a Live View LCD to provide users with the freedom to choose how they compose their shots, using either the LCD or the optical viewfinder on the back of the camera. The Olympus Live View LCD empowers users to easily compose their subjects live on the LCD before the shot has been taken, offering a level of versatility that can not be achieved by other digital SLR cameras that only offer an optical viewfinder. By holding the E-510 away from the face and using the Live View LCD to compose, its possible to shoot upward from a low angle for dramatic composition, in close for detailed macro photos of a butterflys wings or photographing a parade over a crowd of people.
The E-510s big and bright 2.5-inch LCD display with approximately 230,000 pixels includes HyperCrystal technology, which offers many times the contrast of conventional LCD monitors, and enables images to be beautifully displayed in vivid color -- both in preview and playback. The HyperCrystal LCD also provides a wide viewing angle, which ensures images can be composed from even the most obscure angles. The larger LCD makes viewing icons and text on the cameras menu a squint-free process.
Detailed, bright, and colorful photos with 10-megapixel Live MOS image sensor The E-510 is loaded with an impressive 10 million pixels for high-resolution photos. The 10-megapixel sensor gives photographers the flexibility to blow up their prints to the large sizes supported by many of todays printers, or crop the image to print only a part of the image that is important to them. The high-performance Live MOS image sensor in the E-510 delivers excellent dynamic range for accurate color fidelity, and a new state-of-the-art amplifier circuit to eradicate noise and capture fine image details in the highlight and shadow areas.
Mechanical Image Stabilization for sharp images Unlike other digital SLR cameras in its class, the E-510 employs Mechanical Image Stabilization, which compensates for camera movement. This new technology complements Digital Image Stabilization, which compensates for a moving subject. Combined, Mechanical Image Stabilization and Digital Image Stabilization provide a powerful solution, ensuring blur-free photos even in active shooting situations where photographers may encounter camera shake or a moving subject. This powerful combination resides within the cameras body, translating to blur-free images taken with any of the more than 30 digital-specific lenses.
Dust Reduction System for spot-free images Olympus Dust Reduction System produces spot-free photos with the exclusive Supersonic Wave Filter. The patented ultrasonic technology vibrates to remove dust and other particles from the front of the image sensor, and captures the debris on a special adhesive membrane every time you turn on the camera. These spot-free photos liberate users from hours spent retouching photographs at the computer or sending their cameras back to the manufacturer to remove dust trapped inside.
TruePic III for image clarity Olympus enhanced TruePic III Image Processor produces crystal clear photos using all the pixel information for each image to provide the best digital images possible for every photo with accurate color, true-to-life flesh tones, brilliant blue skies and precise tonal representation in between. TruePic III also lowers image noise by one step to reduce noise in images shot at higher ISO settings, enabling great results in low-light situations.
Lens compatibility All E-Series cameras support the Four Thirds Standard whereby Olympus and various other manufacturers produce high-quality Four Thirds-compliant lenses and accessories that are specifically designed for digital SLR image capture. Because the E-510 is part of the Olympus E-System, it is compatible with a large and growing range of Olympus E-System accessories to further enhance personal shooting styles and applications. This includes the full line-up of Zuiko Digital Specific lenses and flashes.
Easy-to-use, easy-to-handle light and ergonomic design The EVOLT E-510 is extremely portable, measuring 5.35 inches (136mm) by 3.61 inches (91.7mm) and 2.2 inches (56mm), excluding protrusions, and weighing 16.2 ounces (460 grams) body only. The new camera has a classic penta-mirror design that is light and compact enough to comfortably shoot with all day. Beyond its portable size, the E-510 delivers unparalleled ease of use -- from menus that make sense and buttons on the body that are easy to understand and operate, to automatic settings for every imaginable situation.
While the E-510 includes a full range of manual control options to customize your creativity, it also has 28 shooting modes designed to provide the ideal settings for a variety of shooting situations automatically. These include Digital Image Stabilization, Night Scene, Fireworks, Beach and Snow, and Candle Light to name a few, as well as an xD Panorama mode (for use with Olympus xD-Picture Cards). Users also benefit from special color modes and the possibility to apply a variety of Black & White filters.
Accepting both CompactFlash Type I & II, Microdrives, and xD-Picture Cards, the camera provides a choice of data storage options for enhanced flexibility, and it is possible to transfer image files from one card to the other right inside the camera.
Included 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 Zuiko lenses The versatility of the Olympus E-System comes from delivering the largest selection of "Designed-for-Digital" lenses -- more than any other manufacturer to date. Olympus Zuiko Digital Specific Lenses come in a wide range of focal lengths to achieve the best image result in any given situation, and impress with their spectacular clarity and edge-to-edge sharpness.
The E-410 one-lens outfit includes a compact, Zuiko Digital ED 14-42 mm f3.5-f5.6 Lens (equivalent to 28mm-84mm in 35mm photography) that perfectly matches the imager so light strikes the sensor directly to ensure rich, accurate colors and edge-to-edge sharpness. Its 3x ED Glass zoom lens covers the range most frequently used in everyday photography and weighs just 7.5 ounces, offering users an extremely dynamic, portable everyday-use zoom. Close-ups as near as 9.84 inches (0.25 m) are also possible throughout the zoom range.
The E-410 two-lens outfit adds the Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 (80-300mm equivalent) Lens, which provides users with greater telephoto power for far-away shots in a compact size. This telephoto lens is smaller than many standard zoom lenses at 2.6 inch diameter x 2.8 inch length and a weight of 8.8 ounces -- a real benefit for anyone who wants to pack a powerful zoom lens without taking up much space. It also has great close focusing abilities, and is able to capture a subject up-close from a distance of 31.5 inches (.8m).
Both lenses are exceptionally compact, allowing unimpeded mobility. They are sized for comfortable handling and designed for maximum image quality at an excellent price. Most important, these new lenses have the world-renowned ED lenses that deliver stunning high-quality images.
All E-Series cameras support the Four-Thirds Standard whereby Olympus and various other manufacturers produce high-quality Four-Thirds-compliant lenses and accessories that are specifically designed for digital SLR image capture. Because the E-410 is part of the Olympus E-System, it is compatible with a large and growing range of Olympus E-System accessories to further enhance personal shooting styles and applications. This includes the full line-up of Zuiko Digital Specific lenses and flashes.
Greg M.
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2008
I purchased this outfit (E-510 plus two kit lenses) not because it's "best in class" (it isn't), but because it seemed the best value in what I was looking for (I concentrate on landscapes, vacations, people; I do not concentrate on sports or formal portraiture). The price for this outfit shrunk from $1,000 to $620 in less than a year and a half. With Olympus introducing the tweaked E-520, the 510 became old hat. An example of excellent (but no longer state of the art) technology deeply discounted.As for the camera itself, these are its noteworthy attributes that might not be apparent at first study of the specs:A) On body (as opposed to on lens) image stabilization. Take a look at lens prices for Nikon or Canon and compare to Olympus' Zuiko equivalents. Nikon and Canon boast on lens stabilization - at a premium price.B) High reviews for the optical quality of these kit lenses - at virtually every aperture setting. They're remarkably lightweight too.C) Four-Thirds sensor functionally doubles the 35mm equivalent zoom factor of the lenses. Thus the 150mm kit lens magnifies to 300mm equivalent - about 8x zoom.D) Relatively lightweight but ergonomically friendly.E) Overall picture quality at various settings - really really good!Work Arounds:A) Noise reduction and sharpness default settings not so good. I prefer the results with the noise filter on "low" and sharpness on "minus one".B) Speed: If freezing sport or fast action is important to you, look elsewhere. ISO is best at 100 - 200. Just fine through 400. Beyond 400 to 800 is just OK - too much granularity for my liking. Above 800 - forget it - noise is obvious.C) Only downside of the kit lenses are their maximum apertures of f3.5 and f4.0. (Would really like a f2.8.) However, pretty typical in this class.D) Built in flash is what you'd expect for this level camera - adequate at best. Consider springing for the Olympus FL-36 - I wouldn't travel without it!All told - I'm very happy with this camera, especially at this price!
Gary Kellogg
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2008
There are many excellent and thoughtful reviews here. Those, plus a lengthy and informative review by Andrzej Wrotniak (Google it) motivated me to purchase the E-510 with two lens kit from Amazon. Info from the reviews, a Quick Start DVD for this camera (that I think should be included in the retail box) and familiarity with my Olympus C-5060 have provided a quick learning experience. I have been getting excellent pictures from the first day.I decided to shoot in RAW only with my new DSLR. The results have been stunning. Olympus' RAW format seems to give a latitude of 3 (three) f stops or more and enables so many tweaks that even a grossly careless setting can often be fixed in post production. Of course it is always better to get everything correct in the camera. One way is to use automatic bracketing. Olympus requires that you activate this via the menu system. I would like to see it available on the Control Panel, but it's a small inconvenience.I use the camera for both pleasure and business. For business, I need to take pictures under conditions as they are presented, sometimes very contrasty, sometimes too little light, etc. By shooting RAW I am not just pleased, but astonished at the amount of information Olympus' sensor gathers and which can be brought out by manipulating the RAW file. The image stabilization works great and lets me generously fudge recommended shutter settings for a given focal length.These observations about the RAW files would apply to any current DSLR I suppose. But I have this one; so there. As a general note, If you have a camera that shoots RAW and you are not using it, then you are probably giving up on lots of shots that could be "keepers" had they been shot in RAW. Pros who used to shoot negative film knew that those negatives held a lot of image information that could be used if needed. Of course, extracting it required expert processing and cash. Today, pictures are all but free, memory is dirt cheap and if you can't use Photoshop, there are a number of freeware or shareware RAW converters, not to mention Olympus' own Master 2 software that does a decent job itself. Play around with RAW and you'll be amazed.I agree with others who are less than delighted with the Live View feature. It is not that it is poorly designed, just that the DSLR format and technology is not quite ready to allow a feature like this to really work as I would wish. If not in a hurry for a shot, then Live View is useable but a bit noisy. An articulated LCD display such as I have on my older C-5060 or which is available on the E-3 for almost triple the price would help a lot.In closing, the E-510 is a feature rich camera for the price, and the build quality, the feel of the camera and the results make it an excellent choice for an enthusiast. Highly recommended.
R. Sarma
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2008
I've had this camera for over 6 months now and so far have taken over 2000 images, a good mixed bag of indoors and outdoors shots. since all reviews favor the pros, based on my personal experience, here are the shortcomings of the camera:1. Limited dynamic range will cause highlight clipping in very bright conditions. This can be corrected to an extent by using ND or Polarizer filters.2. Indoor shots may look a little dark or underexposed and will require exposure compensation.3. TTL metering for in-built flash seems inaccurate, which means you may end up taking a few shots by compensating flash before you find out which setting works best.4. Flash sync speed is slow, which means you cannot use built-in flash as fill flash outdoors during the day.4. No AF assist lamp. The camera uses the flash instead, not only does this disturb subjects, but most of the time, it uses 3-4 fit-inducing strobes leading people to think you've taken that many pictures. Also, using flash for AF assist is highly intrusive and will basically defeat purpose of low light photography especially in museums.
Asdrubal Treviño Alanis
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2007
I received this camera 2 weeks ago. First impressions: Wonderful kit for the price, well packaged, excellent instructions manual. First pictures: Out of focus (?), Blurred images, long time to focus with Liveview. After these results, I decided I was doing something wrong and went back to study the instructions manual. Two weeks after, I confirmed my first impressions. My camera must be defective. I will return it and will think twice to buy again this model.
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