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Introduction
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01.Testing / Performance
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02.Physical Tour
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03.Components
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04.Design / Layout
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05.Modes
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06.Control Options
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07.Image Parameters
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08.Connectivity / Extras
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09.Overall Impressions
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10.Conclusion
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11.Specs / Ratings
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12.Comments
Olympus EVOLT E-500
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Connectivity / ExtrasPicture Quality / Size Options (6.0)
Olympus invites the user into the guts of image size, allowing the compression ratio for High- and Standard-Quality JPEGs to be set at 1/2.7, 1/4, 1/8, or 1/12 – a choice that has big effect on both image quality and file size. As with other special options on the E-500, it would be easier to get excited about if the Evolt delivered better results on the basics – in this case, image quality.
The E-500 writes TIFFs, RAW files, and JPEGs. In addition to HQ and SQ JPEGs, the E-500 offers a SHQ (Super High Quality) image size as the top resolution. SHQ and HQ JPEGs, like TIFFs and RAW files, can only be written at the E-500's full resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels. SQ JPEGs can be written at the following sizes: 3200 x 2400, 2560 x 1920, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, and 640 x 480.
All this amounts to plenty of flexibility in a cumbersome system.
Picture Effects Mode (6.0)
The E-500 offers three Color modes and two Monochrome modes. The Color modes - Vivid, Natural, and Muted - vary both saturation and contrast. Vivid boosts both, and Muted cuts both. All three can be customized, with sliders for contrast, saturation, and sharpness. We noticed significant differences between the settings in our color testing. The monochrome settings are Black & White and Sepia. They can be tuned for sharpness, image tint, and color filter effect – the user can set the camera to shoot the way black and white film behaves with colored filters.
Any of the effects modes can be duplicated in post processing on RAW files. Tweaking images on a computer is generally more flexible and easier to evaluate, and it's reversible.
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