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Olympus Evolt E520 10MP Digital SLR Camera with 14-42mm f 3.5-5.6 and 40-150mm f 4.0-5.6...

Olympus Evolt E520 10MP Digital SLR Camera with 14-42mm f 3.5-5.6 and 40-150mm f 4.0-5.6... by Olympus $440.00 At Amazon on 12-24-2011.

Box Contents - E-520 body, Li-ion battery BLM-1, Li-ion battery charger BCM-2, USB cable, Video cable, OLYMPUS Master 2 CD-ROM, Instruction manual Up to 3648x2736 resolution - RAW 12-bit, JPEG, and RAW+JPEG File Formats CompactFlash Type I/II, Microdrive, xD-Picture Card Dual-Slot Memory Card Slot 3.5 frames per seconds sequential shooting speed, up to 8 frames in RAW mode Dimensions - Width 5.35 x Height 3.60 x Depth 2.68 136x91.5x68mm excluding protrusions Review from dpreview.com Learn more about this camera at DPReview.com  Olympus Evolt E-520 Digital SLR: Highly Recommended (just) by dpreview.com The Olympus E-520 is a refreshed version of Olympus's upper-entry-level camera, the E-510. As such it's a slightly bulked-up E-420 with image stabilization, which makes it one of the most feature-packed and customizable cameras available for under £500/800. It loses some of its sibling's compact chic but offers a bigger, longer-lasting battery and a more familiar grip shape to those people familiar with contemporary DSLRs. Its Four-Thirds sensor (2.43cm2) offers 10 million pixel output and a Live view system that has become commonplace since Olympus pioneered the idea a few years back. It's clearly a camera that comes from a company with a strong heritage of making products for photographers, with useful features such as highlight and shadow spot metering modes sitting alongside a plethora of beginner-friendly point-and-shoot modes. The whole market has become a much more competitive place since the E-510 first hit the market in March 2007, so has the newest version done enough to stand out against the increasingly slick APS-C offerings? New features (compared to the E-510) Larger, 2.7" LCD display (versus 2.5" on the E-510) Contrast detect autofocus (with select lenses) Face detection in live view mode Auto Gradation (Dynamic Range enhancement) Faster continuous shooting speeds (3.5 vs 3.0 fps) Wireless flash control (Up to three groups) Additional Image Stabilization mode for panning • Read more at dpreview.com The E-520 is my very first DSLR and I have had it now since April '09 (the Easter Bunny brought it :-) and I can't say enough good things about this camera or this combo. The camera body is lightweight enough to carry all day without getting tired but sturdy enough to not feel "cheap". The two kit lenses cover most of the distances the average user will want or need, and again neither one is a back-breaker. I use the 40-150mm when I am going to spend a day at the zoo to bring the animals closer to me (since they won't let me get closer to them :-). One really nifty feature that the camera offers is the ability to use Live View Boost to focus and frame pictures with an infrared filter in place on the front of the lens and to actually see what the camera will record. Pretty cool. The controls are easy to use and I think the only challenge I have encountered where they are concerned is not in using them but in remembering what to use when and to remember what menu it is under. Fortunately, most of the things you will need most often (wb, AF, Flash, ISO, etc.) also have dedicated buttons easy to find right there on the camera body. You can also set your own custom profile combos to allow you to quickly switch from one set up to another without having to remember what you did the last time that you liked. The 20 scene modes make life very easy especially when you are just starting out or if you don't want to think and just want to shoot. And the ability (with the optional waterproof housing and light) to shoot underwater would be a really cool thing to do. Color is great, clarity is great, the ability to remotely control the FL-36R or FL-50R flash units without having to have them attached to the camera by wires of any kind is great too. A word about the proprietary XD card (the camera supports three different recording formats, CF, XD and Microdrive (But who uses those really?)) you can have the card in the camera in addition to the CF card and I would recommend having one just for the panoramic assist option which is only available if you use the XD card. The panoramic assist supports horizontal and vertical pans and the stitching software is built into the Olympus Master software that comes standard with the camera. The only down side to having this camera is that you may find it difficult to find all the different lenses available at your local camera store (but there is always Amazon) as Nikon and Cannon have much better marketing. Oh, and one more word about lenses, you can get adapters which will allow you to use not only Olympus OM mount lenses from your SLR but also Pentax, Minolta, Nikon, Cannon, Miyama, and all the rest. Olympus only makes the OM mount adapter but you can find all the others aftermarket. You will need to be able to manually focus and set the f-stop on the lens itself as those features won't be supported through the adapters but it sure opens up options. Back To Top Olympus Evolt E520 10MP Digital SLR Camera with 14-42mm f 3.5-5.6 and 40-150mm f 4.0-5.6... Available from Amazon Price: $440.00 Updated on 12-24-2011.

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