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Review summary: Overall, I can only conclude that with the E-500 Olympus has introduced a very strong product. For its price-range, it offers the user a remarkable amount of options: plenty of special functions, fantastic image quality and an ergonomically very well ...

Verdict: When the Olympus E-300 first appeared in the market, many raised an eyebrow. Was this the camera that would truly make a mark for the FourThirds system? It wasn't. With the E-500 digital reflex Olympus gives it another shot, one that in my opinion is ...

Review summary: After using the Canon Digital Rebel XT with an 18-55 mm lens, I decided to try the latest affordable digital SLR from Olympus - Olympus EVOLT E-500 with 14-45 mm f/3.5-5.6 Olympus Zuiko lens...

Verdict: I am very impressed with the Olympus EVOLT E-500 and its kit lens. Not only the camera and the lens are solidly built and feature-rich, they are easy to use and produce good results. If you plan on changing lenses a lot, the unique dust reduction ...

Review summary: A more classic design from Olympus that veers away from the E-300â€(tm)s eccentric body shape. Same 8mp sensor but with a new noise filter makes this a far more attractive buy. Good colour rendition and a special anti-dust mechanism for clean images ...

Review summary: With the arrival of Olympus's third E-system camera, we see a return to traditional values, with a camera that looks like a traditional SLR.

Review summary: As long as you don't mind the 4/3 sensor (which has a 2x "crop factor") andthe lack of 3rd party lenses, it looks like a very interesting and reasonablypriced camera which may tempt a lot of digicam users to move up to a DSLR