129 of 137 people found the following review helpful:

A real winner from Olympus, June 11, 2007

Here are my initial thoughts on this Olympus. The E510 makes its predecessor (the E500) proud. This camera will definitely keep the DSLR competition honest and only benefit us consumers! I am thrilled to-date. (3 days with it)

PROS
* Image Stabilization
* Great Construction, feels well made
* Light weight (lighter than my friend's Pentax K100)
* Phenomenal Kit Lenses
* Lightning fast AF with 2 very good & light Zuiko kit lenses
* Image quality, lower noise at higher ISOs
* Great battery life (500+ photos in mixed shooting conditions)
* Image sensor dust removal (at bootup)
* Both CF and xD cards

CONS
* Not a con, but Live View is quirky. When I use a DSLR I prefer to use the viewer, but I can see how some folks would LOVE to use the LCD. Its more of personal thing and if you dont want to use the LCD you just don't.
* No others yet 

145 of 169 people found the following review helpful:

Great, but with serious flaws, August 25, 2007

Overall, I'm delighted. So what's not so great. Well, the build quality. I had the camera out on a Florida evening that was quite humid. The next morning the LCD was full of what looked like water droplets and the shutter was dead. This camera wasn't ever near a source of water, just very humid air. It needs to go back and Olympus suggests from leaving here to getting it back will 3 to 4 weeks. This camera isn't 4 weeks old. Plus to get that speed I get to pay FedExs or UPS both ways. So even if they do the repair under warranty I'm out $50 to $100. That doesn't make me a happy consumer.

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