Olympus E-510

Four thirds, 10 MP, 2.5"
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        Summary Olympus E-510

        Prices Price
        Body only
        $293
        Kit
        Unknown
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        Score Snapsort rank
        Within its price range
        #n/a of 1
        Among similar cameras
        #n/a of 6
        Specifications Key specs
        Sensor size
        Help Four thirds 18x13.5mm
        Screen resolution
        Help 230k dots
        Megapixels
        Help 10 MP
        Movie format
        Help None
        Screen size
        Help 2.5"
        Light sensitivity
        Help 1,600 ISO
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        Pros

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        The Olympus E-510 vs other recent entry-level DSLRs

        Panorama In-camera panoramas Help
        Stitches together multiple photos into a panorama
        Lowest price Very inexpensive Help
        $293.08
        Weight Light Help
        490 g
        Size Quite small Help
        Prosumer size (136×92×68 mm)
        Thickness Thin Help
        2.7"
        Longest exposure Very long exposures Help
        60 seconds

        Cons

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        The Olympus E-510 vs other recent entry-level DSLRs

        Low light performance Very noisy at high ISO Help
        442 ISO
        Color depth Little color depth Help
        21.2 bits
        Movie format No movies Help
        None
        Screen size Very small screen Help
        2.5"
        Continuous shooting Slow continuous shooting Help
        3 fps
        Touch screen No touch screen Help
        More buttons
        Weather sealed No weather sealing Help
        Need to shelter it from weather
        Autofocus Manual focus only Help
        None
        HDR Lacks in-camera HDR Help
        You could do HDR manually
        Shutter lag Poor shutter lag Help
        360 ms shutter lag
        Announced Old Help
        March 2007
        Light sensitivity (boost) Lacks boost light sensitivity Help
        None
        Built-in focus motor No focus motor Help
        Won't autofocus with all lenses
        Popularity Not so popular Help
        Among snapsort users
        Overall image quality Very low overall image quality Help
        52.0
        Dynamic range Very narrow dynamic range Help
        10 EV
        Screen resolution Very low resolution screen Help
        230k dots
        Viewfinder size Small viewfinder Help
        0.46x
        Startup delay Poor startup delay Help
        1200 ms startup delay
        True resolution Lower true resolution Help
        10 MP
        Screen flips out Fixed screen Help
        Less flexible
        Autofocus contrast detection autofocus Help
        slower focusing
        Lens availability Very few lenses available Help
        34 lenses
        Viewfinder Uses battery, see less detail Help
        Pentamirror
        GPS No GPS Help
        Missing geo-tagging
        Viewfinder coverage Below average viewfinder coverage Help
        95%
        Fastest shutter speed Slow shutter speed Help
        1/4000 of a second

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        Discussion

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        Sazzdalam (7:49 PM, January 05, 2012)
        I WANT TO BUY THIS CAMERA! i dont know about it! should I Buy  Nikon D3000 or Olympus E520
         
        Avatar for Martin Cura Martin Cura (2:21 AM, December 09, 2011)
        Nice beginner camera. Have had it for over 2 years now and learned to love it. Falls short of today's advances but for anyone not demanding too much or the latest, I don't see any problem with it. It's small size has kept it very comfortable and it has travelled quite a lot.