Comments on: Olympus EVOLT E-500 review http://www.camera-news.com/blog/2005/11/09/olympus-evolt-e-500-review-dcrp/ Digital Camera News and Reviews Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:45:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John http://www.camera-news.com/blog/2005/11/09/olympus-evolt-e-500-review-dcrp/comment-page-1/#comment-47 John Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:20:40 +0000 http://www.camera-news.com/?p=507#comment-47 I have previously owned several different long zoom compact consumer cameras. I wanted to upgrade to higher quality images though, and the E500 with the two lens kit came in at the perfect price and weight point for me. I don't want anything so heavy that it is a burden to haul around, and the two lens kit gives me 35mm equivalent range of 28mm to 300mm. I immediatly fell in love with this camera, and can hardly put it down. It is simple enought for a beginner, but has advanced features that will make a pro happy. (I used to be a pro)- The most important thing when buying a camera is how it "fits you", but the E-500 has great ergonomics and speed, is easy to learn and provides outstanding quality. You can see some photos that I took on my very first day out with this camera, at http://www.pbase.com/brdavid/olympus_e500_day_1 If there is any knock at all, it is that the kit zoom lenses perform better at least one F-stop down from wide open. But that isn't really a knock, as that is true of most lenses, especially the lower prices ones. I have previously owned several different long zoom compact consumer cameras. I wanted to upgrade to higher quality images though, and the E500 with the two lens kit came in at the perfect price and weight point for me. I don’t want anything so heavy that it is a burden to haul around, and the two lens kit gives me 35mm equivalent range of 28mm to 300mm. I immediatly fell in love with this camera, and can hardly put it down. It is simple enought for a beginner, but has advanced features that will make a pro happy. (I used to be a pro)-

The most important thing when buying a camera is how it “fits you”, but the E-500 has great ergonomics and speed, is easy to learn and provides outstanding quality. You can see some photos that I took on my very first day out with this camera, at
http://www.pbase.com/brdavid/olympus_e500_day_1

If there is any knock at all, it is that the kit zoom lenses perform better at least one F-stop down from wide open. But that isn’t really a knock, as that is true of most lenses, especially the lower prices ones.

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