Product Description

The 10 megapixel Olympus E-510 digital SLR is ready to deliver nothing short of the ultimate in professional-grade photography: With Live View available on the 2.5/6.4cm HyperCrystal LCD makes it extremely comfortable to frame compositions. Experience the advantage of an image stabiliser built directly into the camera body giving you the freedom to work with any number of Four Thirds System lenses and still enjoy protection against unwanted blur. The powerful new processing engine boasts excellent noise performance, shots come out even more brilliant and true-to-life. The Supersonic Wave Filter has been integrated to keep the E-510s image sensor dust-free.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44087 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Olympus
• Model: E-510 Double Lens Kit
• Released on: 2007-06-26
• Dimensions: 3.60" h x 5.35" w x 2.20" l, 1.01 pounds
• Display size: 2.5

Manufacturer's Description
The Olympus E-510 digital SLR with Live View and Image Stabiliser;Experience the latest in digital SLR photography. The Olympus E-510 gives you the tools to create professional-grade photos with all the control and ease you would expect from a D-SLR camera of this calibre. Let the successor to the E-500 make it even easier and more enjoyable to frame compositions with Live View available on its 2.5”/6.4cm HyperCrystal LCD. Experience the advantage of an image stabiliser built directly into the camera body â€" giving you the freedom to work with any number of Four Thirds System lenses and still enjoy protection against unwanted blur. With a powerful new processing engine that boasts excellent noise performance, shots come out even more brilliant and true-to-life. Olympus’ own Supersonic Wave Filter has been integrated to keep the E-510’s image sensor dust-free â€" just like in all E-system cameras since 2003. And a new Live MOS sensor with 10 Megapixels of detail-capturing power means that shots come out brighter and more life-like than ever before.

Sharper shots anytime, anyplace;As one of the world’s technology leaders, Olympus is constantly incorporating the latest and most advanced features into its cameras â€" and the E-510 is no exception. With an image stabiliser built directly into the camera body, there’s always extra protection against blur caused by camera shake â€" no matter which lens you choose to use.

A camera for every occasion;With 28 user-friendly shooting modes as well as a number of manual controls available, the E-510 will satisfy the needs of both experienced and novice users. Various colour modes plus Black&White filters provide an extra aspect of creative control, while the integration of both CompactFlash and xD-Picture Card slots means that users upgrading from an Olympus compact camera can continue using their existing xD-Picture Cards.

What’s more?;The E-510 comes with a long-life rechargeable battery â€" so your shooting sessions can last even longer. And since almost all E-System accessories can be used with this D-SLR, there are a number of top-quality accessories that will integrate seamlessly into your kit. With a near-telecentric design, E-System lenses adhere to the Four Thirds Standard â€" a set of compatibility guidelines optimised for the specific demands of digital photography;The ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 (35mm equivalent focal length: 28-84mm) provides full 3x zoom performance.It is a small, light zoom lens with a range of use from medium wide angle to classical telephoto portrait.

The ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150mm 1:4.0-5.6 (35mm equivalent focal length: 80-300mm) provides full 3.8x zoom performance.It is a small, light zoom lens perfect for portrait to sports shooting.

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Customer Reviews

Excellent little camera
Having been a Canon user for sometime now ie 350 & 400D, I decided to give a 4/3 camera a try.

So after reading loads of reviews the Olympus E-510 is the one i went for and ive not been dissapointed one little bit.

To start off with it has tons of features like live view, built in body IS, anti dust system ect plus you can use either XD or compact flash or both together, also a biggy for me is spot metering 3 different types to boot aswell, eh Canon only just finally decided to add this to it's overpriced 450D.

Another good thing with this camera is the supplied 14-42mm & 40-150mm both very well built & very very good optics considering they kit lenses, & the pictures this camera can produce are nothing short of excellent ISO noise control is also very good.

Another plus with 4/3 cameras is it 2x so if you invest in say a 300mm lens it becomes 600mm very handy.

Now onto the viewfinder loads of reviews said the viewfinder was small but to be honest it's not that small similar to the 400D just more square.

All in all you get alot of features for your money with the E-510 for a very good price & if your condsidering getting your first DSLR I would easily recommend the Olympus E-510.

Superb camera!
Had one since June, with the standard kit lens. Optics superb, very sharp. Colours great straight from the camera. No fringing,
Image stabilisation works great (1-2 stops extra). Dust filter works great - never seen any dust on any images.
Handling great - just the right feel, weight and balance. Very light weight with kit lens.
Images slightly soft, easily fixed by setting the camera to Low Noise Filter and Sharpening to -1 to get the best RAW images.
Aperture of f3.5-f5.6 not as wide as some (comparable to other kit lenses) - can get a wider standard zoom but more expensive. The Image Stabilisation lets you take shots at lower shutter speed though. Build quality good, except the card cover appears flimsy.

EVOLT-ution
There was no competition between the Olympus E510, Canon EOS series and the Nikon D80x... the Olympus E510 won hands down. A beautiful camera with great functions such as Image Stabilisation, a Dust reduction system (SSWF- Super-Sonic Wave Filter) and Live View, it has everything the amateur and professional photographer could want. Having previously used only digital cameras I have found it fairly straight forward to configure. It is quite lightweight (for an DSLR) and the image quality is vividly breathtaking. I would recommend getting the double lens kit to start with rather than the single lens 14-42mm to take full advantage of this cameras capabilities. The Canon EOS series and Nikon's are seriously lagging behind the E-510 and for the additional 'must have' features it is worth the extra pounds.