Lightweight and easy to use, excellent image quality, comprehensive control options.
Styling is a bit on the chunky side.
The E-500 is packed with kit too much to go over in detail here. Suffice to say, this is as comprehensively specified D-SLR as you’re likely to want (or need) and at £600 (for the standard kit that includes the 14-45mm lens used in the test) it’s gre...
Abstract: Digital cameras have been improving in quality since their popularity increased a few years ago. Olympus has introduced one of the best digital SLR (single lens reflex) cameras I’ve seen, the EVOLT E-500. The EVOLT E-500 is a 8.0 megapixel camera wi...
Abstract: For the past month, Ive been testing out the E-500 DSLR from Olympus. Its an entry-level DSLR with impressive specs for its class. These past 30 days or so, it has been my primary camera. Its been everywhere with me, every day. Ive used it in all s...
Abstract: What we liked about the Olympus E-500 is the fact that, for the price of an entry level camera, you get a very advanced machine. The E-500 has so many features that it will take the real enthusiast some time to figure them all out, whereas relative be...
Abstract: The Olympus E-500 is definitely a great camera. Most importantly, its low price compared to competing models makes it an excellent value. In absolute terms however, its image quality falls short of the best DLSR cameras. In particular, image noise is ...
Abstract: 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) Ive been using these things for a long time 2) I had film SLR cameras ...
Comfortable. Fast shot-to-shot times. Excellent lens quality. Accurate flesh tones.
Slightly small viewfinder. Memory card not included. Sequential shooting speed could be faster.
If you havent accumulated a bunch of lenses that dictate buying another brand, the E-500 has all the features youll ever need, plus some that its competitors dont have. The E-500 is a quality camera. The Evolt E-500s standard lens yields razor-s...
Abstract: An upgrade over the EVOLT E-300 released a year earlier, the E-500 features more traditional SLR styling, a few technical enhancements, and several new amenities. The external differences are obvious at even a quick glance. Instead of the long and flat...
