Olympus Evolt E510 10MP Digital SLR Camera with CCD Shift Image Stabilization and 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Lens

Olympus Evolt E510 10MP Digital SLR Camera with CCD Shift Image Stabilization and 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Lens

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• 10.1-megapixel CMOS sensor captures enough detail for photo-quality 18 x 24-inch prints
• 2.5-inch Live View HyperCrystal LCD display
• Mechanical Image Stabilization with Supersonic Wave Drive technology
• Lightweight ergonomic design; kit includes one 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko lens
• Powered by one lithium-ion battery; stores images on CF, Micro Drive, or xD Picture Cards

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Brand : OLYMPUS
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,DSLR Cameras
Rating : 3.6
Review Count : 57

Olympus Evolt E510 10MP Digital SLR Camera with CCD Shift Image Stabilization and 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Lens

• 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.
• I\'ve liked Olympus point and shoot cameras as well their film SLRs so I couldn\'t wait to get the E-510. It\'s a delight. The ample control fit my hands well and are in the right places. The menuing system is great. I thought that thanks to my less than great old eyes I\'d use the LCD for composing most of the time. I was wrong. The viewfinder is simply wonderful and I use it 95% of the time. I love the ability to reuse my many old XD cards as well as the CompactFlash (BTW: get an Extreme IV CF - you won\'t believe the speed). Overall, I\'m delighted. So what\'s not so great. Well, the build quality. I had the camera out on a Florida evening that was quite humid. The next morning the LCD was full of what looked like water droplets and the shutter was dead. This camera wasn\'t ever near a source of water, just very humid air. It needs to go back and Olympus suggests from leaving here to getting it back will 3 to 4 weeks. This camera isn\'t 4 weeks old. Plus to get that speed I get to pay FedExs or UPS both ways. So even if they do the repair under warranty I\'m out $50 to $100. That doesn\'t make me a happy consumer. BTW, if you get an E-410 or E-510 get the two lens kit. It\'s a huge bargain.
• I looked at a lot of reviews before deciding on this camera. One factor was that I have a few \'legacy lenses\' from my traditional 35mm film camera that I wanted to be able to use. I have an old Konica lens that I can mod to fit, and can\'t wait to try it. They do also make several adapters so you can use the older lenses, in either manual or aperture priority (which I\'d guess the former would be why many would turn to a DSLR instead of a higher end P&S in the first place).I like the way the controls are set up (I had an older Olympus digital camera, and my last one was a Fuji Finepix s3100 which both were good at what they did - but I wanted more control over exposure). It did not take long to get used to the controls, maybe because I\'ve had other cameras that were similar in set up, but it feels \'natural\' to me now, and it didn\'t take long. There are many things you can adjust to your liking, and you really should read the manual to get the most out of the camera. I tried to dive in head first without reading it first, but there is so much that you can do with this camera, that you really should read it before you go testing it out, as it will make more sense and what you can do with it.I tweaked some of the settings (for noise and IS and such - you can even customize some minor things - wheel direction and some other things) and could not be happier with the results. After taking a couple of days to \'play around\' with the settings, and to get a feel for it, I am perfectly content with this camera.I also think the feel in-hand is also very nice. It is neither too small (I\'ve heard complaints of other Olympus models being too small for comfort) nor is it too heavy. The body size is maybe half an inch smaller than my 35mm, which is really not that much of a difference to me. The hand grip is also a good size, and the buttons you might need most often are within easy reach. I have medium-smallish hands, and it does not feel too big or awkward for me. I think with medium to large hands you could reach all of them (the AEL/AFL, IS and the live view) without looking/holding it differently. The ones I need more often are all within easy reach. I think the hand grip is a size that would fit a larger range of hand size, as this one is a bit longer than the E-400 series that I\'ve seen, so I think the change in size/grip may have been a result of feedback from earlier models that were reported to be too cramped.It is a great camera, and you can\'t even find \'live view\' on comparable cameras, which I admit I haven\'t really used, but it comes in handy for low light focusing, and making sure you have your focus where you want it for critical images.It\'s got great options and the quality you get for the price can\'t be beat.
• This was my second Olympus DSLR. I kept it in a case and seldom used it when the weather was really bad. After about a year, I pulled it out of the case on a trip and it was not working. It went from working great to not working? The screen had some weird have view on it, so I sent it in and it cost me about half of what I paid for it and their reason for why it malfunctioned was that they told me I was not caring for it properly. That I used it in sandy conditions and got sand in it. I have no clue how that could have ever happened but that was the problem with the camera, so they say. This model camera supposedly has a self cleaning mechanism, but I guess that does not work efficiently enough? To this day I totally disagree with what they told me, so I have to live with it. Buyer beware. I have quit using Olympus now since paying for that repair and now own Canon and so far so good! This E510 now sits in storage.

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