Olympus E-510

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: The Four Thirds system grows up

Verdict: The Olympus E-series continues to get better and better. The E-510 is a superb photographer's camera, offering superb handling, outstanding performance, a huge degree of control and first rate picture quality, in a compact and robust package and at a ...

Review summary: The feature rich Olympus Evolt E-510 is a Four Thirds format, 10 megapixel digital SLR with on-board mechanical image stabilization and Olympus' Supersonic Wave Filter dust reduction system.

Pros: Excellent image quality, fast, very tweakable, good noise management, compact, easy to use, Live View LCD, excellent Dust Reduction system, full manual controls, and dual memory card slots

Cons: Default images are a bit soft, there's slight tendency toward underexposure, and no ability to immediately delete an image 

Verdict: If I were buying a mid-level dSLR today I would probably purchase the competitively priced, compact, capable, and responsive Olympus E-510. For casual photographers, Canon Powershot S3/S5 owners, and Panasonic FZ7/FZ8 owners looking to move up to a ...

Review summary: Olympus may not make the slimmest or sexiest SLRs on the market, but it does manage to pack a lot of photographic oomph into its beefy shooters. And the new 10-megapixel E-510 is no exception. Heir apparent to the E-500, this SLR retains its ...

Pros: Sharp, detailed images. Can use viewfinder or LCD to compose shots. Image stabilization works incredibly well, regardless of lens. Ergonomic case is comfortable to grip. Dual CF and xD slots double on-camera storage. Great wide-angle performance from ...

Cons: Two-finger exposure compensation control requires some co-ordination. Default information display is quite crowded.

Review summary: The diminutive Olympus E-510 looks and feels much like its iconic 35mm OM series predecessors, but the similarities end there. The E510 may be the ultimate bridge camera; an imaging device that almost perfectly spans the gap between prosumer P&S ...

Review summary: Announced on the 5th of March 2007, alongside it's "little brother" the Olympus E-410, the Olympus EVOLT E-510 is currently Olympus' top of the range Digital SLR, it features a 10 megapixel sensor, a 2.5" screen, a 3x optical zoom Zuiko Digital kit ...

Pros: Easy to use (lots of modes to suit all levels of photographer) ; Excellent image quality ; Excellent battery life (less when using live view) ; Very good Zuiko Digital kit lens ; Very good 2.5" screen, viewable from any angle ; Quick performance, ...

Cons: Images overly soft on default settings (due to noise filter) ; Panorama mode only available with Olympus "Panorama" XD cards

Verdict: The Olympus EVOLT E-510 has a number of appealing features, built in image stabilisation, a working dust reduction system, high quality kit lens(es), solid body with good grip, and one-touch white balance. However it goes one step further than the ...