Olympus Evolt E500 8MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-180mm f3.5-f6.3 Zuiko Digital Ultra Zoom Lens (Silver)

Olympus Evolt E500 8MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-180mm f3.5-f6.3 Zuiko Digital Ultra Zoom Lens (Silver)
Manufacturer: Olympus
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Premium picture quality and superb performance come easy with this comfortable to handle digital SLR. At a time when everyone wants 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.

Average customer rating:

Get the camera. Skip the lenses!
Absolutly perfect! You will not be disappointed...ever!
Proprietary software is a bad joke
Wow, great pics for great price. Opposite of buyer's remorse.
so far so good

Olympus Evolt E500 8MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-180mm f3.5-f6.3 Zuiko Digital Ultra Zoom Lens (Silver)

Manufacturer: Olympus
ProductGroup: Photography
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Product Features:

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

ASIN: B000EBA03M

Product Description

Premium picture quality and superb performance come easy with this comfortable to handle digital SLR. At a time when everyone wants 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.

Customer Reviews:

Get the camera. Skip the lenses!.......2007-07-03

I bought this very same kit in April. It's a great kit! The camera is great, bla bla bla. I think everyone's already beaten that horse to death. Plenty of reviews here on how great the camera is, and I agree with them. But I have to say, compared to the other lenses made for the e500 (and other e-system DLSRs), these kit lenses are pretty bad. The kit lenses are a great starter. And they're worlds better than anything you'll get with a point-and-shoot. But having replaced both of these lenses with better ones, I regret spending the money on the kit initially. I feel I should have just bought the body, and a separate lens (the 14-54 NON KIT lens is freakin' amazing!). That's my advice to you. Definitely get this camera. The image quality is on par with similar offerings from Nikon and Canon, and it has the same, or very similar features. But if I were you I'd get the e500 body ONLY rather than the kit. Buy the body, buy a good lens separately. Yeah, you'll pay a little more, but the quality you'll get will be worth it. Especially if you think you may upgrade your lens later on anyway. Trust me. Spend a little more now, and it'll literally save you about $200 later.
Buying a DSLR means buying into that maker's lens system. You're not just buying an e500 here, you're also buying into Olympus's lens system. And that's a very good system to buy into. Olympus Zuiko lenses are incredible, both in the image quality they give you, as well as their performance.
As far as lenses go, I'd suggest you buy--seperately--the 14-54 Zuiko lens (Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko ED Digital SLR Lens for E1, E300 & E500 Cameras). Careful not to confuse it with the 14-45 lens that comes with the kit. It's not the same lens at all, and not at all in the same class.
The 18-150mm lens may sound tempting, but don't bother with it. It's of the same build quality, and has the same image quality and performance as the kit lens. The 14-54 is built like a tank and the image quality will blow you away.
Hope this helps somebody

Absolutly perfect! You will not be disappointed...ever!.......2007-07-02

I have had this camera for over a month now and shot dozens of scenes. It has yet to fail me and the results are wonderful. The colors are so crisp and bright. There are 15 different scene modes available for the less than average camera operator and they are fabulous. I just shot a fireworks display over the weekend and the results were amazing. I've had several people tell me they thought a professional photographer took the photos. That felt good! It's very easy to use right out of the box but yet there is plenty to learn for those that wish to become more advanced. The price is awesome, you can't touch a competitor camera for this price with two lenses. I can't say enough good things about it. Don't hesitate, you'll love it!!

Proprietary software is a bad joke.......2007-06-27

After a bit more than two weeks, it is easy to rate the camera and the two lenses a 5.0. The imaging software which comes with the camera is not a problem; it is a bad joke. It is slow, ponderous & difficult to use. The instructions ( if they may be called that ) are totsally lacking in common sense. Give the camera & lenses a 5.0. Give the software a 0. Rating = 4.0

Wow, great pics for great price. Opposite of buyer's remorse........2007-06-25

Summary for those who want the punchline: Moved up from 100 dollar point and shoot, don't have a lot of money, first dslr, amazed.

I've been using a 100 dollar point and shoot for about a year and a half, and I found that I liked photography, and I was encouraged by others to pursue it further. So I got 3 pics published in my university's art journal, and now this summer i decided to go for the DSLR, to see if I could pursuit this hobby more rigourously.

I'm still in school, and so on a tight budget, but I couldn't be happier blowing my summer's first paycheck on this thing. For 600 dollars, a whole new world of opportunities with photography were opened up. The dual lenses, lets me try macro shots but also allows me to zoom in for crisp images on those further away items.

The picture quality is great, you can crop an image drastically and still maintain resolution better than a 5 or 6mp point and shoot.

I'm aware that Canon and Nikon are supposed to be the top quality contenders, and I envision that several years from now, with a meatier income purchasing one. But I won't bother for a while, because this thing is fantastic.

If you are on a tight budget and are looking to bump up to a dslr, this is the ticket: two lenses offer versatility, the camera is a solid platform, and the quality is exceptional. I was hesitant after I placed the order that it might not be worth the money... but now I couldn't be happier. This thing has made me serious about photography as a hobby, and maybe more.

so far so good.......2007-06-10

i've this camera for about a month now and in a month i already have few shots which i can enlarge to the max. perfect digital SLR, its the one i was looking for. all i can say is, its just great so far.

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