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Olympus EVOLT E-500 with 14-45mm / 40-150mm Lenses
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gadgetguy.com.au Professional Review.

Olympus E-500 - Gadget Guy Australia

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With a street price close to $1,000 this Olympus camera will win many friends, equipped with its near 3x zoom kit lens and imaging to an eight megapixel CCD. The maximum image size is 3264 x 2448 pixels, leading to a print measuring 37 x 28 cm

Review Verdict: When heading for the store, cash or card in hand, be prepared to bargain, with the likelihood that you can win the E-500 plus a larger memory card and maybe another lens ? and still be looking at less than $1,400

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Pros: Dual card format. Compact and relatively light camera.
Cons: Some may want more than 8 megapixels.
photoreview.com.au Professional Review.

Olympus E-500

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The new Olympus E-500 camera represents an excellent choice for keen photographers who want better performance, functionality and flexibility than a high-end digicam can provide. The E-500 is the lightest interchangeable-lens DSLR available and, with the

Review Verdict: In use, the E-500 performed admirably, delivering images that were sharp and clean with slightly warm but close-to-accurate colours. Metering tended to favour shadow details, causing some blocking of highlights in shots taken in bright sunlight -especiall

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techradar.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 5 star(s) Olympus E-500

Comments:
The E-500 looks like the camera the E-300 should have been all along

Review Verdict: If you want to retain some shadow or highlight detail in these areas, you'll need to apply a degree of exposure compensation first. For example, to just retain detail in a bright sky, you might set the EV compensation to -0.3EV or -0.7EV before using the

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Pros: Easy and pleasant to use, Surprisingly free of fringing , Good definition levels, A classy build
Cons: Sluggish manual focus, Inferior high ISO performance
Computeract!ve Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4 star(s) Olympus E-500

Comments:
This popular digital SLR gets a long overdue update

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mobiletechreview.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4 star(s) Olympus EVOLT E-500

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Digital photography and I go way back. My first digicam was the Apple QuickTake, a VGA affair that looked more like an underwater exploration pod than a camera. Needless to say 1) I've been using these things for a long time 2) I had film SLR cameras for

Review Verdict: Good times for dSLR shoppers. It's really hard to go wrong with any of the intro offerings from Olympus, Canon, Nikon or Pentax. The EVOLT E-500 does give a lot of bang for the buck, especially if you go with the 2 lens bundle. It has some of the most use

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QuickTake:

Pros: Excellent resolution, great color (accurate and vivid), Supersonic Wave Filter keeps the sensor clean, pretty fast continuous shot mode, lightweight and compact yet still has substance.
Cons: Viewfinder is small. 4/3 might be a put-off for traditionalists. Shots over ISO 400 aren't great. Startup time isn't instant (even when automatic sensor cleaning is disabled).
alaTest.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.8 star(s) Review summary of Olympus Evolt E-500

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1732 reviews of Olympus Evolt E-500 from international magazines and websites.

Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 81/100 and users 89/100. Comparing these reviews to 89991 other Digital SLR Cameras reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 76/100 = Good.

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cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.7 star(s) Olympus EVOLT E-500 with 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens & 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 lens Reviews

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Review Verdict: The Olympus Evolt E-500 is a compact, easy-to-use digital SLR camera with a broad feature set for its class and very nice photo quality overall.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Compact design; strong autofocus performance even in low-light situations; intuitive and easy-to-navigate menu system; wide range of automated and manual features to appeal to both serious hobbyists and curious SLR newcomers.
Cons: Unreliable automatic white balance in some conditions; slow start-up time when dust reduction is enabled; compatible Zuiko lenses don't indicate focal distance.
cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.55 star(s) Olympus EVOLT E-500 with 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens & 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 lens review

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Review Verdict: The Olympus Evolt E-500 is a compact, easy-to-use digital SLR camera with a broad feature set for its class and very nice photo quality overall.

Read full review at cnet.com

QuickTake:

Pros: Compact design; strong autofocus performance even in low-light situations; intuitive and easy-to-navigate menu system; wide range of automated and manual features to appeal to both serious hobbyists and curious SLR newcomers.
Cons: Unreliable automatic white balance in some conditions; slow start-up time when dust reduction is enabled; compatible Zuiko lenses don't indicate focal distance.
cnet.co.uk Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.7 star(s) Olympus E-500 with 14-45mm <br>lens: fully featured

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Review Verdict: The Olympus E-500 is a compact, easy-to-use digital SLR camera with a broad feature set for its class and very nice photo quality overall

Read full review at cnet.co.uk

QuickTake:

Pros: Compact design ; strong autofocus performance even in low-light situations ; intuitive and easy-to-navigate menu system ; wide range of automated and manual features to appeal to both serious hobbyists and curious SLR newcomers ;
Cons: Unreliable automatic white balance in some conditions ; slow start-up time when dust reduction is enabled ; compatible Zuiko lenses don't indicate focal distance ;
cnet.com.au Professional Review.

Olympus E-500 Review - Digital Cameras

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The Olympus E-500 dSLR is an excellent all-rounder for photography enthusiasts who wish to step up to the digital SLR arena and budding professionals. While it may not be the best in its class, it's definitely scoring lots of value points.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Lightweight body, Easy-to-understand button layout, Full-frame transfer CCD, Supersonic Wave Filter, 15 scene modes, Excellent performance in its class, Battery lasts over 300 shots, Usable pictures up to ISO 800, Small optical viewfinder, Boring menus la
Cons: Small optical viewfinder, Boring menus layout, No status LCD, Over-exposed pictures may exhibit hard clip properties, USB 1.1 connection
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