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| B | means they are good, with some standout features. |
| C | means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth. |
| D & F | mean they are absolutely awful or old. Avoid at all costs. |
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Reflections on upgrading Olympus E500 to E510
(chessnut - 3/13/08)I own the E500 before finally upgrading to the newer E510. The colors of the E500 are a tad richer and more vibrant than those of the E510 but thats because the E500 uses the famous Kodak CCD sensor which is well known for color reproduction while the E510 uses the Panasonic NMOS sensor.
Apart from that, the E510 is better in the other aspects. For one, it has significantly lower noise from ISO 800 onwards. It also has live view which is useful for capturing images when the camera is placed at angles which makes it difficult to peep through the viewfinder.
The E510's stabilization has been proven to be effective in reducing camera shake. I was able to take sharp pictures handheld, with exposure time of up to 1 second! This is an impossible feat for me on the E500.
E510 also has more customisable options. You are now able to set more degrees of noise filtering as compared to the E500 which only had 3 options (including turning noise filter off).
As pointed out by many, the E510's noise filter is a little harsh and works best when set to low or totally turned off as well as tweaking the sharpness values.
The viewfinder of the E510 is also bigger and brighter than the E500 making it much easier to compose the picture through the viewfinder.
On the whole, I am very satisfied with my E510 and have since retired my E500. It is isn't a top-of-the-line camera but its multiple useful features that works makes it a good all rounder & value-for-money camera.
