Bob Atkins got a chance to play around with the Olympus E-510 and posted a brief review of it on his website which can be accessed here.
The Olympus E-510 DSLR is a "Four Thirds" format camera and according to Atkins has an impressive feature list. The camera control layout was fbe ound to pretty simple and image noise was seen only in higher ISOs. Focus was good in bright light, but slow in dim light and he was surprised by the fact that manual focus is done electronically rather than mechanically.
The Olympus E-510 DSLR ships with two lenses and both the lenses are targeted at the entry-level user. However both lenses performed well though at times barrel distortion was noticed by Atkins.
Atkins concludes by saying:
“I'd say the E-510 with the 14-42 and 40-150 lenses would make an excellent starter camera for someone moving up from a digital P&S, especially if cost and size are issues. For around $650 you get the camera along with the two lenses (and both become stabilized via the body). A similar Canon system might be a Rebel XTi plus the EF-S 18-55IS and the EF-S 55-250IS, which would cost around $880. I think the Canon system is probably better and more expandable (there are more lenses available in the Canon system), but if you just want a small camera and a couple of inexpensive lenses, the Olympus is hard to beat in terms of price and features.”
The Olympus E-510 Medical and Macro Pro Kit which has been designed keeping in mind the needs of medical practitioners and macro photographers. The Medical & Macro Pro Kit includes the E-510 body, Zuiko Digital ED 50mm 1:2.0 Macro lens, SRF-11 Ring Flash Set with FR-1 Flash Adapter Ring, and SBC-1 E-System Bag Compact.
The 50mm Macro lens offers magnification of 1:2 (half life-size), which is equivalent to life size (1:1) in a 35mm film photo and the Ring Flash ensures even illumination. This kit will retail for £1329.
For its popular DSLR, the E-510, Olympus unveiled a series of camera kits each targeted at a professional field. Hence photojournalists or travel photographers can make use of the E-510 Reportage Pro Kit and E-510 Traveling Pro Kit respectively.
The E-510 Traveling Pro Kit consists of the E-510 body, ZUIKO DIGITAL 11-22mm 1:2.8-3.5 and ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 18-180mm 1:3.5-6.3 lenses, FL-36 external flash, plus the SBC-1 E‑System Bag Compact. The two lenses cover a focal range of 11-180mm and the kit is retailing for £1529.
Where as the Reportage Pro Kit includes the E-510 body, Zuiko Digital 14-54mm 1:2.8-3.5, FL-50 external flash and SBC-1 E-System Bag Compact.
The Olympus E-510 Nature Pro Kit (£3459) caters to nature photographers who need to cover a wide variety of subjects. Thus this particular kit consists of the E-510 body, the ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 7-14mm 1:4.0, ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-54mm 1:2.8-3.5, ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 50-200mm 1:2.8-3.5, and ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 50mm 1:2.0 Macro lenses. It even includes the ZUIKO DIGITAL 1.4x Teleconverter EC-14.
Bob Atkins got a chance to play around with the Olympus E-510 and posted a brief review of it on his website which can be accessed 
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For its popular DSLR, the E-510, 
