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Olympus E-500

Digital camera - 8 Megapixel - Optical Zoom: 3.2 - Viewfinder: Optical Viewfinder

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E-500 - Pro Digital SLR at budget price
Review of Olympus E-500 by fightgear

Advantages: Great features, sensor cleaning, sexy looks, great lcd viewer, dual card memory
Disadvantages: limited choice of lenses (currently)

...loved the crispness of the Olympus lenses. This camera is a great \'do-it-all\' machine. It\'s simple to use, it has some great features which are easy to find and it looks sexy. The images it produces are sharp and usually have great colour rendition. A good point is that it has two different memory card holders using exactly the same type of cards as the Fuji meaning it is a good step up for Fuji owners who don\'t want to have to buy replacement ...
...40-150mm lenses and also the Olympus Fl-36 flash. All the products have performed perfectly and given me some great shots. Operating the camera can be as complicated or simple as you want. There is an idiot mode which will give you great point and shoot images or there is the ability to control every aspect of the camera exposure. Somewhere in the middle are varying degrees of fun. Battery life is incredible. The camera will last for ages and ages ... Read review

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11.07.2007

Worth a look
Review of Olympus E-500 by vicky1967

Advantages: Light weight, quite easy to use
Disadvantages: detailed manual comes as a disk no hard copy

...on line I found the Olympus E-500. I have to say what attracted me was the complete outfit that came with it. Camera body, 17.5-45mm zoom lens, 40-150mm zoom lens. 1GB memory card, compact photo printer and a bag to bring it all home in. (I also did a deal with a different printer and got a rechargeable battery and charger thrown in, and extra money off) The positives are that this camera is simple to use for the basics, it take a little reading ...
...It has the usual setting of a good quality SLR e.g. fully manual; aperture priority, shutter speed priority, as well as several pre set 'auto settings'. It has its built in fill-in flash and also has a 'traditional hot shoe' (unlike Minolta). The picture can be taken up to 8-mega pixels, stored also as tiff files, raw files or a mixture. There are some negatives with this camera, maybe a little of my ignorance as well. Having had digital cameras ... Read review

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01.09.2006

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Review of Olympus E-500 by scottisheve

Excellent entry level digital SLR. I bought it with a 17-35mm lens and 40-70mm lens. These are really all you need to get started. The range of accessories available is vast from with extra lenses, to flashguns. The 8 million megapixel sensor is what you would expect from an entry level camera, with its noise in low light being quite high. Working at around ISO 400, excellent photographs can be captured. The pop up flash is also surprisingly good. All in all, I would recommend this camera as a great entry level SLR for the photographer wishing to take that step up from compact cameras.

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13.07.2008

Top class camera
Review of Olympus E-500 by stiffy249

Advantages: High quality pictures
Disadvantages: Abit complex but easy to pick up

...experience with cameras I myself get on very well with it with many options for night snaps etc. I would recommend getting this from ebuyer however i belive this camera is being replaced by another olympus model an its not as good so get one while you can! ... Read review

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25.11.2007

Olympus E-500
Review of Olympus E-500 by crispyc123

Advantages: Compact, lightweight, good quality
Disadvantages: none yet

I have always had Olympus SLR's so I may be biased. I brought an E-500 in December and must say I am impressed. It has more than the average user could ever need, whilst at the same time has easy to use functions. The more I use it the more I find out. I love the ability to configure the settings for various situations, but it is also great the way that the built in scene modes and program modes cater for most situations. As far as instructions, ...
...on screen tips. The Olympus Master imaging software is also a neat performer and for those occaisions when more detailed editing is required there is the ability to link it to an external program. All round a great little camera, competant performer, reliable, sturdy and simple enough for the kids to use but with enough advanced features to keep us big kids happy. Ok been using the camera more with the better wether and I'm liking it more each ... Read review

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Product Information

Olympus E-500

General

MPN: 130289, 007164, E-500, 4231, 004279, 137885, 004255

Product Type: Digital camera - SLR

Weight: 435 g

Height: 9.5 cm

Depth: 6.6 cm

Width: 13 cm

Enclosure Colour: Black

Main features

Resolution: 8.0 Megapixel

Colour Support: Colour

Optical Sensor Type: CCD

Total Pixels: 8,150,000 pixels

Effective Sensor Resolution: 8,000,000 pixels

Optical Sensor Size: 13.0 x 17.3mm

Sensor Dust Reduction: Yes

Sensor Features: Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF)

Light Sensitivity: ISO auto (100-400), ISO 100-1600

Shooting Programs: Landscape, portrait mode, macro, beach/snow, landscape-portrait, Children, fireworks, night scene, sports mode, sunset, candle, Document, high key, night scene with portrait, low key

Special Effects: Black & White, Sepia, Saturation, Neutral, Contrast compensation, Vivid

Max Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec

Min Shutter Speed: 8 min

X-sync Speed: 1/180 sec

Exposure Metering: Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot

Exposure Modes: Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority

Exposure Compensation: ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps

Auto Exposure Bracketing: 3 steps in 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV steps

Exposure Metering Zones: 49

White Balance: Custom, automatic, presets

White Balance Presets: Cloudy, tungsten light, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), 2000K - 10000K

White Balance Bracketing: Yes

Still Image Format: JPEG, TIFF, RAW, RAW + JPEG

Remote Control: Optional

Exposure Range: EV 1-20 ( ISO 100 )

Field of View Crop Factor: 2

Manufacturer's product description

Best performance D-SLR camera in a very compact and lightweight design with integrated flash for ease of use, which meets all photographic requirements. The eight million pixels Olympus E-500 digital SLR is a creative photographer's dream with a full complement of manual settings plus the user-friendly simplified and detailed display. It incorporates a CF as well as an XD card slot. The ergonomic, professionally approved layout of the controls, usability is also enhanced by the high-resolution 6.4cm/2.5" HyperCrystal LCD, which allows results to be viewed in a large format directly on the camera.

Memory / storage

Supported Flash Memory: CompactFlash, xD-Picture Card, Microdrive, xD-Picture Card Type H, xD-Picture Card Type M

Image Storage:

TIFF 3264 x 2448 - 24.5 MB
RAW 3264 x 2448 - 13.6 MB
Super-fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 6.4 MB
Fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 4.5 MB
Normal JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 2.5 MB
Basic JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 1.8 MB
Super-fine JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 6.2 MB
Fine JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 4.4 MB
Normal JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 2.4 MB
Basic JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 1.8 MB
Super-fine JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 3.7 MB
Fine JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 2.5 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 1.5 MB
Normal JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 1.3 MB
Basic JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 0.8 MB
Fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 1 MB
Normal JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 0.5 MB
Basic JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 0.4 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.9 MB
Fine JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.6 MB
Normal JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.3 MB
Basic JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.2 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.6 MB
Fine JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.4 MB
Normal JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.2 MB, Normal JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 2.5 MB
RAW 3264 x 2448 - 13.6 MB
TIFF 3264 x 2448 - 24.5 MB
Super-fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 6.4 MB
Fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 4.5 MB
Basic JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 1.8 MB
Super-fine JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 6.2 MB
Fine JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 4.4 MB
Normal JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 2.4 MB
Basic JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 1.8 MB
Super-fine JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 3.7 MB
Fine JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 2.5 MB
Normal JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 1.3 MB
Basic JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 0.8 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 1.5 MB
Fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 1 MB
Normal JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 0.5 MB
Basic JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 0.4 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.9 MB
Fine JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.6 MB
Normal JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.3 MB
Basic JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.2 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.6 MB
Fine JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.4 MB
Normal JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.2 MB, RAW 3264 x 2448 - 13.6 MB
TIFF 3264 x 2448 - 24.5 MB
Super-fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 6.4 MB
Fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 4.5 MB
Normal JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 2.5 MB
Basic JPEG 3264 x 2448 - 1.8 MB
Super-fine JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 6.2 MB
Fine JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 4.4 MB
Normal JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 2.4 MB
Basic JPEG 3200 x 2400 - 1.8 MB
Super-fine JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 3.7 MB
Fine JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 2.5 MB
Normal JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 1.3 MB
Basic JPEG 2560 x 1920 - 0.8 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 1.5 MB
Fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 1 MB
Normal JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 0.5 MB
Basic JPEG 1600 x 1200 - 0.4 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.9 MB
Fine JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.6 MB
Normal JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.3 MB
Basic JPEG 1280 x 960 - 0.2 MB
Super-fine JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.6 MB
Fine JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.4 MB
Normal JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.2 MB
Basic JPEG 1024 x 768 - 0.2 MB
Super-fine JPEG 640 x 480 - 0.3 MB
Fine JPEG 640 x 480 - 0.2 MB
Normal JPEG 640 x 480 - 0.2 MB
Basic JPEG 640 x 480 - 0.1 MB

Flash Memory: 1 GB Flash - CompactFlash Card

Camera flash

Camera Flash: Pop-up flash

Guide Number (m / ISO 100): 13

Flash Modes: Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction

Red Eye Reduction: Built-in

Features: AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation

Lens system

Type: Zoom lens - 14 mm - 45 mm - f/3.5-5.6 Four Thirds, Zoom lens - 17.5 mm - 45 mm - f/3.5-5.6 Four Thirds, Zoom lens - 18 mm - 180 mm - f/3.5-6.3 Four Thirds

Focal Length: 14 mm - 45 mm, 17.5 mm - 45 mm, 18 mm - 180 mm

Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera: 28 - 90mm, 35 - 90mm, 36 - 360mm

Focus Adjustment: Automatic, manual

Auto Focus: TTL phase detection

Auto Focus Points (Zones): 3

Min Focus Range: 38 cm, 28 cm, 45 cm

Max View Angle: 75 degree(s), 63 degree(s), 62 degree(s)

Lens Aperture: F/3.5-5.6, F/3.5-6.3

Optical Zoom: 3.2 x, 2.6 x, 10 x

Zoom Adjustment: Manual

Lens Construction: 10 group(s) / 12 element(s), 7 group(s) / 7 element(s), 13 group(s) / 15 element(s)

Filter Size: 58 mm, 52 mm, 62 mm

Features: Aspherical lens, ED glass, aspherical lens

Lens System Mounting: Four Thirds

Lens system (2nd)

Type: Zoom lens - 40 mm - 150 mm - f/3.5-4.5

Special Functions: Tele, zoom

Focal Length: 40 mm - 150 mm

Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera: 80 - 300mm

Min Focus Range: 1.5 m

Lens Aperture: F/3.5-4.5

Focus Adjustment: Automatic, manual

Optical Zoom: 3.8 x

Lens Construction: 10 group(s) / 13 element(s)

Filter Size: 58 mm

Additional features

Self Timer: Yes

Self Timer Delay: 2sec, 12sec

Flash Terminal: Hot shoe

Additional Features: Direct print, USB 2.0 compatibility, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, display brightness control, PictBridge support, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock

Viewfinder

Viewfinder Type: Optical - eye-level penta-dach mirror

Field Coverage: 95%

Magnification: 1.0x

Dioptric Correction Range: -3 to +1

Viewfinder Frames: Autofocus frame

LCD Display Information: Shutter speed, exposure compensation, AE lock, AF-in-focus, flash charge completion, aperture, frame counter, white balance, metering system, Exposure Mode

Display

Type: LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.5" - colour

Display Form Factor: Built-in

Display Format: 215,250 pixels

Connections

Connector Type:

1 x USB
1 x composite video output

Expansion Slot(s):

1 x xD-Picture Card
1 x CompactFlash Card - type I/II, 1 x CompactFlash Card - type I/II
1 x xD-Picture Card

Software

Software: Drivers & Utilities, Olympus Master

Miscellaneous

Included Accessories: Eyepiece cover, body cap, shoulder strap, Eyepiece cover, dust cap, lens cap, shoulder strap

Cables Included:

Video cable
USB cable, USB cable
Video cable

Power

Power Device: Battery charger - external

Battery

Supported Battery: Olympus BLM-1

Supported Battery Details: 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1500 mAh ( included )

Environmental parameters

Min Operating Temperature: 0 °C

Max Operating Temperature: 40 °C

System requirements for pc connection

Operating System Support: MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows ME, MS Windows 98 SE, Apple MacOS X 10.2 or later

Peripheral Devices: USB port, CD-ROM Drive

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