ebliss
PM'er Latte
Registered: January 2005
Location: shah alam
Posts: 453
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Review Date: Wed, 29 August 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Very good build quality, IS 3+ stops, complete right hand control, compact, feature rich
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Cons:
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Small OVF, 3 AF points, ISO 1600 usable, DR is a bit narrower
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I welcome in-body IS and Live View to expand my photography learning experience. Ergonomically, it is an E-500 clone, and I love the total photographic control my right hand has so that my eye don't have to leave the OVF during shots to change the camera settings.
As for the OVF, not much has changed. Still SMALL!!. ISO800 is good, though.
Coupled this baby with the Pro-Grade 11-200mm f/2.8-3.5 lenses, and I have a very versatile package.
Macro in manual focus is made easy with Live View for precise focus (7-10x magnification) and framing (100% frame coverage and also grid layouts). With Live DoF Preview, I can see the DoF without frame darkening. EXCELLENT!! IS ensures shake is reduced.
The Image Stabilization is good, consistently working at 3-ish stops. My current record is 4.3 stops of stabilization using the 50-200mm F/2.8-3.5 lens @ 200mm.
I have to be very careful with highlights, though. The DR is a bit narrow, so for outdoor shots the exposure compensation should be dialled down -0.3 or -0.7EV. Shadows should be preserved with lower Contrast at -1 or -2, but I need take care of dark noise during post-process.
Other improvements from E-500 include 1) faster AF, 2) better WB, 3) auto ISO, 4) faster write speed, 5) less noise.
Overall the Olympus E-510 is a nice package but needs the Pro-Grade lenses to shine. The cost is about RM8,000 for the 3 amigos 11-22, 14-54 and 50-200mm F/2.8-3.5 lenses, though.
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 ebliss...
Mataku . 74MP . 22mm F/3.2 . ISO 1-800 . HDR 20 EV .
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