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Olympus EVOLT E-510 Digital Camera Reviewby Emily RaymondPublished on July 30, 2007
The hand grip is coated with a comfortable rubbery material, and it sports an infrared window about midway down its face. Between the hand grip and the lens is a printed label designating the camera’s 10 megapixels. Back (7.0) The Olympus EVOLT E-510 has a 2.5-inch HyperCrystal LCD and a small optical viewfinder above it. The viewfinder is surrounded by a large cushioned rubber eyecup that doesn’t pop off easily. The plastic and incredibly tiny diopter adjustment wheel is on the right of the viewfinder. Just above the finder is the hot shoe, which comes with a plastic piece that slides in to protect the leads when a flash isn’t attached. To the left of the viewfinder are some icons that apply to buttons on the top of the camera, although having the icons visible from the back is helpful. The Playback, Delete, Menu and Info buttons are in a column to the left of the LCD. An Olympus logo sits beneath the LCD screen’s glass. To the upper right of the LCD is the AE/AF lock button that also protects pictures in the Playback mode. Two small circular buttons sit below this one: IS (image stabilization) and the live view button. Below this and shifted right is a traditional multi-selector. It consists of five buttons: a central OK button surrounded by directional buttons shaped like elbow macaroni. The directional buttons have other functions when not engaged in menu navigations. From the top and moving clockwise the functions include White Balance, Auto Focus, ISO, and Metering.
On the right edge of the back is the media door, which snaps open and shut without a latch. Such a large door should have a latch – a friction closure is bound to wear out. The plastic is flexible, so it is possible to shut the top and have the bottom cracked open. Left Side (6.75) There is a strap partially inset into the top of the shoulder. With most lenses, it would be better to cradle the lens barrel with the left hand, but the left side of the EVOLT E-510 is featureless, so users could grip the camera there, too.
The shoulder strap lug is partially inset into the top of the right side, limiting the extent to which it could interfere with the user's grip. The media door, constructed from plastic, takes up the back half of the side. The front half is covered in a rubbery material that improves grip.
The chrome-tone shutter release is on top of the hand grip, surrounded by a narrow ridge of plastic. The ridge improves the feel of the release and may improve its seal. Directly behind the shutter release is a much smaller circular button labeled for exposure compensation: this helps make manual adjustments. The top of the neck strap eyelet can be seen on the right with the mode dial placed just right of the viewfinder hump. It's a large, heavily-textured dial. The power switch is a lever that extends from underneath it.
The viewfinder hump resides just left of center. At the back of the viewfinder and enclosed pop-up flash is the hot shoe. It comes with a plastic piece that slides into it to protect it from collecting dust when an external flash isn’t attached. To the left of the viewfinder hump are two chrome buttons: Flash in front and Burst/Self-timer/Remote Control/Copy/Print button near the back (yes, that one button does it all). At the far left of the E-510’s top is a neck strap eyelet to match the one on the right. Bottom (7.5) The EVOLT E-510 has a metal tripod bushing, which is in line with the camera's optical axis and is ideal for alignment on a tripod and balancing larger lenses. There is a textured area around the bushing that almost looks like window blinds, which may improve the 510's resistance to torque on a tripod and also preserve the camera's finish around the tripod socket.
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