Olympus E-520 anandtech.com User Reviews

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 kit lens. It took me a few days to get used to the new menu system and the Olympus way of changing setting...

Awesome Live view ; Light weight and fairly compact ; Nice Grip and right hand controls ; Excellent Value ; Built in IS (horizontal + vertical, vertical, horizontal for those nice panning shots ; I believe it uses the E3 sensor (but don't quote me) ; Real...

I had some trouble focusing in the dark using the built in flash for focusing (with 14-42 and Prime 50mm ) The low-light focus aid is the built in flash ; Only 3 point AF - does not seem to bother me though ; Have to make some adjustments to the exposure...

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, Pentax), my choice finally come to Olympus E-520. I've used the camera for a month and i found myself quite pl...

Great value for money especially with the double lens kit ; Weight is very light, ideal for casual shooters like myself ; Good kit lenses ; IS feature (image stabilization) is very helpful when shooting low light/night photos, mainly because the ISO - shu...

Usable ISO in my opinion is maximum at 800 --> this means slower maximum shutter speed ; Low light/night photography might experience problems when taking pictures...such as blurry pictures, especially handheld --> make sure you take lots of the same pict...

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 brands and models I almost gave up on finding what I thought I wanted. The features I was looking for in a c...

This is a well built camera that feels comfortable in my hands and feels very sturdy and tough ; The dials and buttoms seemed cluttered and unorganized at first but after getting used to them they are easy to use ; Auto mode takes great pictures ; Best ba...

I do love this camera but it isn't perfect. Here are some of my complaints. I should mention though that none of these weaknesses would have prevented me from buying this camera ; Lots of noise at high ISO settings. 800 and 1600 ISO are pretty much unusab...

Compact, 10.1-megapixel digital SLR with built-in image stabilization, Live View with auto focus, Face Detection, Shadow Adjustment Technology, Dust R

The lens offers great versitility being a 1-300. It is tack sharp through out its focal length. An aperature of f4, low dispersion glass, rugged lens with a rotating tripod collar and reasonably fast.

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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 times to quality as a lemon and therefore needed replacement and the E520 was the model offered. So far I...

Better in lower light than previous models ; Vertical Panning IS is a nice bonus ; Face recognition is a nice bonus

Softer images than previous sensors ; Focus locking issues