Olympus E-520 Reviews

The EVOLT E-520 is the center of Olympus' three-pronged approach to the digital SLR market. Flanked by the cheaper and more restricted E-420 on one side and the professional-level E-3 on the other, the E-520 is designed to compete with most entry-level SL...

- Solid comfortable construction - Good color accuracy test results - Auto focus in Live View mode - Large number of image presets - High level of control and customizability for advanced users

- Very poor white balance scores - Noisy images - Live View auto focus problematic and slow - Proprietary port instead of standard USB and AV

The E-520 is a camera that manages to package a significant number of excellent features and solid controls into a great body, but really let itself down in our performance testing. There's one of the best Live View modes on the market (with auto focus),

The Olympus E-520 is the replacement for the maker's popular mid-range E-510 DSLR camera.

While the Olympus E-520 is a solid choice overall, Sony's A350 and the Canon EOS 450D are also worth a look before stumping up the cash.

olympus e-520 review: The E-520 adds an appealing range of features to the existing Olympus line-up of dSLRs, but mostly for the first-time buyer. Apart from image stabilisation built into the body and the ability to use older lenses on the Four Thirds sy...

Incredibly lightweight for a dSLR, Image stabilisation built into camera body, Wide range of lenses supported

Some menu functions take getting used to, Small viewfinder, Slow, slow, slow autofocus

The E-520 adds an appealing range of features to the existing Olympus line-up of dSLRs, but mostly for the first-time buyer. Apart from image stabilisation built into the body and the ability to use older lenses on the Four Thirds system, there is not muc...

...that the better optimization of Olympus JPEG almost all other digital SLR can think about all the information about the dynamics and various sensors, which can be seen JPEG. Unfortunately, this is clearly concluded that not only the sensor captures the...

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The Olympus E-520 is a refreshed version of Olympus's upper-entry-level camera, the E-510. As such it's a slightly bulked-up E-420 with image stabilization, which makes it one of the most feature-packed and customizable cameras available for under $500. I...

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