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Digital camera - SLR - 10.0 Mpix - Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-42mm and 40-150mm lenses - optical zoom: 3 x - supported... More product details

Olympus E-520
alaSCORE 89

3922 reviews

November, 2009

80 / 100

102 Experts

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alaTest collected and analyzed 3265 user reviews of the Olympus E-520 from anandtech.com.

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Sounds interesting

Sounds like it may be interesting. I have to say that I would really like the new Pentax k20 when I graduate, but the new lenses for them start around...

RE: Auto Focus Speed

Your ideal camera wouldn't be Pentax K20D as it has quite slow AF under low light.

Teldar

I'm not sure what you are talking about necessarily, but it would seem no camera is instant auto focus. It's important to hold the button half way dow...

RE: Auto Focus Speed

You really should do a little research, and you will discover that it is quite common to see a marked shutter lag on point and shoot cameras, however,...

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alaTest collected and analyzed 1 user reviews of the Olympus E-520 from cameraworld.com. The average user rating from cameraworld.com is 80 out of 100.

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Beginner digital slr user

This camera is a great camera during the day. Takes beautiful pictures outside. The LCD screen shows you exactly what the picture looks like so you ca...

Average Rating

80

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alaTest collected and analyzed 104 user reviews of the Olympus E-520 from ciao.com. The average user rating from ciao.com is 89 out of 100.

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Different

In the digital SLR market, Olympus is only a small minority of brands, from the influence, sales, user groups, etc. can not be directly in terms of bo...

Olympus E-520

The reflex of the Olympus E-520 is the successor to the E-510. The E-520 has a stabilizer and an integrated LCD screen more off to a great sharpness o...

Olympus E-520

...and top image quality, the Olympus E-520 D-SLR fits the bill perfectly. The next evolution to the EISA award-winning E-500 series incorporates a bu...

Olympus E-520

As the E-510 numerical code list counter-camera's promotion update, E-520 has the built-in image stable organization, but moves the image sensor to co...

Average Rating

89

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alaTest collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of the Olympus E-520 from dell.com. The average user rating from dell.com is 100 out of 100.

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Glad I got this camera!

I read over so many reviews on the different cameras and decided to get this Olympus. I am so glad I did. It has so many features I can use to "play" ...

Best camera I have ever owned

Very easy to use. Takes wonderful pictures Haven't found any yet

Fantastic Camera

I have used and purchased a variety of digital and DSLR cameras since they were first released. I liked the idea of viewing the photographs on my comp...

Average Rating

100

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alaTest collected and analyzed 1 user reviews of the Olympus E-520 from digitalcamera-hq.com. The average user rating from digitalcamera-hq.com is 40 out of 100.

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E520 Shadow

If you are saving to purchase the E520, you'd better plan on saving a little more for the external flash because the incamera flash doesn't...

Average Rating

40

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alaTest collected and analyzed 28 user reviews of the Olympus E-520 from dpreview.com. The average user rating from dpreview.com is 92 out of 100.

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Olympus E-520

Having had an Oly early point and shoot I was familiar with the Oly menu system. A good and competent user out of the box. With the FL-36R flash in r...

Olympus E-520

Excellent image quality, construction and features and especially with the 12-60 lens ZUIKO SWF. The pictures are very well Vivid picture mode and RAW...

Olympus E-520

My experience after having this camera almost a year. E-520 with 9-18mm, 14-54mm, 50-200mm, 50mm, EC14,FL50R. The E-520 is very easy and pleasant to...

Olympus E-520

Based on my one month experience with E-520.

Average Rating

92

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alaTest collected and analyzed 1 user reviews of the Olympus E-520 from epinions.com. The average user rating from epinions.com is 100 out of 100.

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A great choice for beginner or serious amateur

The E520 is Olympus's replacement for the year-old E510, and as such it shares much of the character and personality of the earlier model. It is almos...

Average Rating

100

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alaTest collected and analyzed 1 user reviews of the Olympus E-520 from newegg.com. The average user rating from newegg.com is 100 out of 100.

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Love Olympus

Get the Combo with the Mono and tripod!!! Wasn't going to but puts my old one to shame!! Image Stabilization with 3 modes, Can handle 2 Different typ...

Average Rating

100

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alaTest collected and analyzed 8 user reviews of the Olympus E-520 from photographyreview.com. The average user rating from photographyreview.com is 89 out of 100.

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Olympus E-520

I recently "upgraded " from the E510 to the E520 after a warranty repair replacement. I was happy with my E510 but it had been in for repair enough ti...

Olympus E-520

The Olympus E-520 DSLR has been a great choice for my first DSLR. I'm new to the DSLR world and after spending many weeks researching various DSLR bra...

Olympus E-520

Before buying E-520, i spent 3 months researching for the best DSLR that suits my needs...after comparing with other brands (Nikon, Canon, Sony, Penta...

Olympus E-520

I am really happy with my purchase so far. I really think that this camera is an excellent value especially at the sale price of $520 with the 14-42 k...

Average Rating

89

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alaTest collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of the Olympus E-520 from qvc.com. The average user rating from qvc.com is 80 out of 100.

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Get this set-up! Well worth the money!

"This camera with the 2 lens for the price is a awesome deal. I got the smaller 14-42mm & 45-150mm lens kit and went and purchased the 75-300mm sepera...

A Little Disappointed!

"I purchased this camera to upgrade to a digital SLR and was happy with the over all value. I've been pricing digital SLRs and for all that you are ge...

Average Rating

80

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