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Olympus Evolt E500 8MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-180mm f3.5-f6.3 Zuiko Digital Ultra Zoom Lens (Silver) |  | Brand: Olympus
Category: Photography
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Rating:  136 reviews
Sales Rank: 48168
Media: Electronics
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 180
Minimum Focal Length: 18
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 5
MPN: 262150
Model: E-500
UPC: 718122058907
EAN: 0718122058907
ASIN: B000EBA03M
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| • | 8-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints | | • | 2.5-inch HyperCrystal LCD display; 5 metering modes and built-in filters, including nine filters for black-and-white photography | | • | Exclusive dust-free technology for spot-free photos | | • | Silver body; lightweight ergonomic design; kit includes Zuiko 18-180mm f3.5-6.3 digital SLR lens | | • | Powered by one lithium-ion battery; stores images on CF, Micro Drive, or xD Picture Cards |
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Product Description
Premium picture quality and superb performance come easy with this comfortable to handle digital SLR. At a time when we want complex things to become simple, the EVOLT E-500 succeeds in doing so with a sleek, lightweight design for impressive portability and advanced controls and options that can be accessed with minimal effort. Bursting with speed and producing spotless pictures with exceptional color and detail, the EVOLT E-500 is tailor-made for anyone to use while capturing the imagination in the process.The EVOLT E-500 makes it so simple to capture great pictures with 15 easily selectable scene modes and 10 exposure modes that all you need to do is point it in the right direction. Each pristine Zuiko digital-specific lens is perfectly matched to the camera's image sensor and features an internal CPU for direct communication with the camera to produce super sharp, bright, colorful pictures from edge-to-edge. Shoot, store or backup pictures on your preferred choice of an xD-Picture Card, CompactFlash or both with the convenience of two media card slots. The exclusive TruePic TURBO Image Processor delivers a camera that responds with impressive speed from the moment it's turned on and smooth, colorful images every time. Supersonic Wave Filter vibrates 35,000 times per second to eliminate dust from the image sensor and any concern you'll ever have about changing lenses. The full-frame transfer CCD is designed to capture more information from each individual pixel to help you receive brilliant results from edge-to-edge with a full range of color, contrast and detail.The included Zuiko Digital 15-180mm lens delivers superb image quality from edge-to-edge. It covers a broad range, with close-ups coming out crisp and clear. Multi-coating minimizes ghosting and flaring that can occur while the sturdy metal lens mount ensures rugged durability. +PLUS+ 2GB DELUXE ACCESSORY KIT:
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 A Classic from Olympus ! November 19, 2009
Francisco Salazar (MARACAY, ARAGUA Venezuela)
This was my first digital SLR, and it's a great camera, olympus gives you a lot of advanced options even in their entry level models, build quality it's a lot better than the equivalent canon or nikon offers, also zuiko lens are among the best on the market, even the kit lens are great, you can't say that about the other camera brands ;), i also have the newer e520 wich it's really cool to use with old manual OM zuiko lens with the liveview feature , but i think the Kodak sensor in the e500 it's far superior at lower isos, better colours and overall dinamyc range .
Got more than expected November 1, 2009
Robert Smith (Auburn, WA USA)
I needed a backup camera body for my existing system because I am going to be a photographer for a group of about 100 people going on a cruise. I placed the order with some concern. Would the pre-owned product operate properly and arrive on time (or at all)? As soon as the body arrived I compared all its functions to my existing camera body. I now have them both organized identically, so that I can switch between camera bodies instantly and not miss a beat. The camera delivers as expected. In addition, there were some extras: The body came with storage media and an OEM battery, something I didn't expect. In addition, it came with an OEM battery charger! That was a pleasant surprise. I would trust this seller for any future purchases.
 Very capable E-500 June 26, 2009
Paul Porter (New Orleans)
The E-500 has been a great camera for me overall. It is easy to use and controls are well placed. It is of comfortable size and fairly light in weight even with a zoom lens on. While the camera is light in weight the materials used do not feel cheap and it fits well in your hand(I have big hands) while in use. Auto focus works well in the conditions I have used it. Images are well exposed and color reproduction has been very realistic. 8 MP is fine for my uses and the "truth be told" enough for most people. Battery life has been excellent as well. Cons-doesn't have Live view and the view finder is on the on the smallish side.
Classic 35mm SLR Design In A Digital Camera June 17, 2009
Andre S. Grindle (Brewer Maine)
Without a doubt this was a hefty camera to deal with in terms of price.I was looking to replace my first digital camera which was an Aiptek DV4500 4MP MPEG4 Pocket Digital Camcorder,more of a swiss army knife digital camera/camcorder/voice recorder thingy-more of a toy then a functional device.Finally one day,it just fell apart basically.So in some haste I replaced it with....this.I found myself with a large money surplus and decided that if I were to invest a lot of money in a new digital camera,I wanted one that had similar functions to the Pentax K1000,[USED] P30T, 05520, 35mm Cameras and Ricoh KR-5 manual 35mm SLR's I'd been using along with comperable if not better image quality. When I first took this camera out of the box I found it more then a little intimidating.The instruction manual is the size of a small novel (presented in three languages) and frankly....three years after purchasing the camera I still haven't learned every single little thing about it. Digital SLR's are a very very different animal from what I'd been used to. After you insert your flash memory card your off to the races and all you have to do is....figure out all the complex technicalities of SLR photography. Of course with a few days practice you will get incredible photographs with this,especially if you had a lot of knowledge beforehand about photography as I did.At present there are 12 megapixel cameras out there but,even now the resolution on this 8 megapixel model is absolutely stunning. It's definately a professional camera and has all kinds of sophisticated features.One of my favorites on this is the motor drive.It's a bit tough to use this setting with the built in flash but in proper conditions it is an excellent feature for any kind of action photography.This camera also has a number of amazing lighting and and picture options.You can choose from a number of ISO speeds but,of course keep in mind that as with 35MM the higher an ISO speed you choose,the coarser and grainer the finished product is likely to appear,especially when printed on huge paper. But this camera does offer all the great features of a semi-automatic 35 mm SLR and two excellent lenses.One word of note:you'll probably require a longer range flash attachment for the 80-200 telephoto zoom lens included but in terms of outdoor work it really does bring in far images closer and clearer,with not too bad f-stops too.Other great lighting features are a handful of flash options,even for outdoor "fill" flash use and even on the automatic setting the use of exposure compensation to lighten or darken your general image. There is a manual setting which allows you full control but even I admit I rarely use it:the manual shutter/F-stop settings are controlled with tiny buttons that are hard to sync up and,while a built in light meter is included for this situation it's somewhat more time consuming.So recommended setting on this camera for the impatient subject?From my experience that would be the auto close up (or portrait) setting with the motor drive swiched on,with the use of flash indoors or natural light outside for the best effect.So with a little practice with it's complex modes and a little time this camera will delivery the best pictures you can probably imagine.
My-Mode for HDR, and Silver body to keep it cool in the sun! June 7, 2009
Rolf Bertram (Anna Maria Island, FL USA)
The my-mode button helps in HDR by allowing to recall a user defined setting of, for example aperture and exposure time in manual mode. This allows HDR with more than the built-in factor 4.
Other notes: The silver housing seems excellent, and it keeps very much cooler in the Florida sun, which reduces sensor noise. Do you know, a black surface in the Florida sun can get so hot, you can't touch it anymore? Silver however does not even get warm! The black housing however seems to have another problem, a very severe surface texture-rub-off problem. I judge this by only seeing one used black E500, which had 20k shots on it, and the housing surface looked very ugly in places where fingers touch often. I have a E300 with over 20k shots on it, and it still looks like brand new. There seems to be a problem with the black E500 housing surface. But, this is judged only by seeing just one used E500 in black. Anyway, I prefer silver in order to keep it cooler in the sun.
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