Olympus Evolt E-510 Digital Camera with 14-42mm Lens

Pros: Compact and light, great image quality and handling. Superb kit lenses. Image stabilization.
Cons: Imperfect Live View, slow AF in low light. Poor menu system.

Two years is a long time in digital photography, with technology moving quickly and yesterday's cameras of choice fast becoming today's also-rans. Thus it is that two years after buying a Fuji S9000, I found myself considering a DSLR to replace it. ...

Pros: Lg LCD. 10MP. Sensor cleaner. Image stabilizer. Price. 2 lenses. Quality. Size.
Cons: Small viewfinder. No movie mode. Pinch type lens cover.

This is my first SLR and I am more than pleased with the quality of the photos. I took it out of the box, took a few minutes to sort of familiarize myself with the basic functions, then began taking some of the most gorgeous photos I've ever seen! After ...

Pros: In general a great camera for beginners and experts alike
Cons: Noise at ISO1600, Live View focusing takes LOTS of time

This camera is the first Digital SLR I ever owned, but since then I have bought two more, hopefully my opinion isn't skewed. This camera is really targeted at the first-time SLR buyer. It is feature packed, and at a low price, but I can easily assume ...

Pros: Great price, fast focusing, image stabilization, flexible settings, full-featured menus, and, of course, GREAT PICTURES!
Cons: Small-maximum-aperture kit lenses, menu settings reset when powered down, sometimes a LONG shutter lag.

I've been doing film photography for over 30 years (both taking and teaching), so it was hard for me to switch to digital. Even though I'm quite technical, I can get overwhelmed by all the menu options, for example. After much research, I decided to ...

Pros: A great camera much nicer then a point and shoot
Cons: If I want to add additional lenses they are costly

I have owned many digital cameras all point and shoot but never a Digital-SLR. With this being my first Digital-SLR I needed to find out all of my options and what camera was going to work best for me. After reading tons of reviews by professionals ...

Pros: Large 2.5" LCD, programmable function(Fn) button, 2 stabilization modes
Cons: Pop up flash casts a shadow from the lenses that come in the kit.

I did much research on DLSR's before purchasing my first. The camera is feature rich in a nice starter price range. I have had the Olympus EVOLT E-510 for two months now and have been able to take nice pictures of anything. I like the 10 megapixel ...

Pros: Once you figure everything out, this is an excellent camera for the intermediate photographer.
Cons: You can's see the image in the LCD screen prior to taking the picture.

I got this camera for Christmas last year and it came with an extra lens for up to 75mm I think. I loved the camera from the beginning, the only complaint I have about it is that you cant see in the LCD what the picture looks like prior to taking the ...

Pros: Sharp images. Light weight. Beautiful color. Auto focus right on easy to use.
Cons: No lighted control wheel.Buttons placed in inconvenient locations. Need an external flash sync socket

I have used this item in Alaska, cruises, Mexico, Panama, on vacations, business, manufacturing photography, and personal use. Works great. Body is adequate. I would prefer a magnesium or aluminum body. It handles easily, feels like part of my arm. I like the Quick View, but seldom use it, except for white balance check occasionally. Buttons and control placement needs to be rethought out so you won't accidentally press something you don't intend to. I like the idea of three ways to select a function, the control wheel on top, the selection button on back or menu. All control legends on wheel on top, on back control button, etc, should be illuminated for use in low light or night photography. Like the two types of storage media. Battery life seems really good.

Pros: Image stabilization and excellent image quality (albeit I use the sharper 14-54 lens).
Cons: Live view delay (for my purposes, it's too slow).

In reply to the previous reviewer, DSLRs do not have 'movie mode' functions. I recommend to that reviewer if he misses the movie mode, he should revert back to his digicam. I like the movie mode, and this is why I have kept my Canon Powershot S3IS. I use it for exactly that purpose.
The Olympus E-510 is a very good camera. Of course, as with all cameras, the results depend a great deal on the skill of the photogrpaher. I like the image stabilzation and the 10 megapixels. I find that with Is1 turned on, I can shoot all the way down to 1/20 second shutter speed and still get sharp pictures. I do not use the 'live view' function as I detect a delay with that feature. I never much liked that on my E-330. The image stabilization feature for all lenses is what sold me on this camera.

The image quality is excellent, but keep in mind the fact that I do not use the kit lens; I use the 14-54 lens, and this is a sharper lens than the included kit lens.