Olympus E-520 Digital Camera with 14-42mm lens

Pros: Light, high quality camera and image quality with loads of features and ease of use.
Cons: Too much noise at high ISO settings. Slow auto focus is low light.

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 almost the same size and weight, has the same look and feel, and handles almost exactly the same. In many ...

Pros: Great color reproduction
Easy to navigate
Fast autofocus
Multiview LCD
Cons: Poor auto bracketing no good for HDR
High ISO noise
Slow autofocus in lowlight
No HD output

This is my first Olympus product ever and I am quite impressed with the quality of the camera it feels sturdy and looks like a high quality DSLR. Form Factor: (9/10)The best part about Olympus' line of SLR camera's is the fact it's ...

Pros: Sharp photos, affordable
Cons: Live View too slow on Auto Focus

I bought the E-520 as an upgrade to my E-500. I wanted to try out the Live View and have larger megapixel count. Now after months of usage, the Live View is never used because the Auto Focus is way too slow and eats the batteries up. However, the unit does take great pictures and the LCD screen is sharp! The unit fits better in my hand than the E-500. I do appreciate that Olympus used the same batteries and charger for the two units.