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Disappointed with the e510
(konoimo - 6/13/07)I purchased the 510 a few days back with high expectations. was thinking it would replace my e500 as primary camera... I shoot with the e500 everyweekend at lowlight events, weddings, concerts. I was looking for a good lowlight camera...
took e510 home and slapped on my 11-22 and 14-54mm both F2.8-3.5 lenses and took some comparison shots of e500 and e510.
I was very, very disappointed at results. Color-wise, the e510 did not reproduce it as well as the e500. Colors didn't 'pop' out at you. Also, the e510 seemed to have oversharpened images. Its slightly bareable if you reduce it in the settings. Noise reduction on camera is not as great as it seems to blur some details. You will have to set it to LOW or OFF to make it bareable. Also, the images from the e510 seemed to be underexposed with or without flash. Seems dark and lacklustre. I found with flash, I'd have to turn up the flash compensation to make up for it and flash recharge time suffers.
The live view feature is nice but to me image colors take primetime. Image quality was disappointing considering the glass I put on it to test.
I returned the e510 the next day and scoured the city for another e500. They are almost all gone but was lucky to find one cheap. i bought it instead for almost half the price of a new e510... Out of the box the e500 is a way better camera. The e510 just left such a bad impression on me. Oly better do a good job with the replacement to the E-1. Otherwise, I'm selling my OLY gear and going Nikon instead.
