“Olympus E520″

Ready to upgrade to a digital camera? Get the Olympus E-520 digital SLR camera. Your life is full of priceless, fleeting moments that you want to keep just the way you see and feel them. Preserve each moment with the E-520. With the E-520’s Live View, you can shoot your subject while viewing it on the LCD monitor, so it’s just like shooting with a compact camera. In addition to phase-difference detection AF, the E-520 incorporates a high speed Imager AF that offers easy 11-point multi-area autofocusing with Live View simply by half-pressing the shutter button.

Face Detection AF automatically detects up to 8 faces at a time and adjusts focus appropriately. Accurate composition is assured by the monitor’s 100% field of view. The E-520 is equipped with a 2.7″ HyperCrystal II LCD monitor with high-definition 230,000-dot resolution, improved contrast ratio, and enhanced color reproduction capability. While shooting with Live View, framing-assist patterns or a histogram can be displayed on the LCD monitor to improve your picture composition and check exposure condition.

The Olympus E-520 incorporates a Live MOS sensor with 10-Megapixels, Olympus’ original TruePic III image processing engine delivers improved imaging, gradation expression and color reproduction capabilities as well as minimized noise at high ISO setting. Olympus’ highly acclaimed dust reduction system employs a Supersonic Wave Filter in front of the image sensor, which vibrates at such high speed and with such great power that it removes even the most stubborn dust; dust that cannot be removed by just shaking the image sensor or by discharging the static electricity.

The new Olympus E-520 digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera delivers brilliant images thanks to advanced technologies that help take the blur out. Industry leading Image Stabilization built into the portable camera body compensates for movement so that images are sharp and blur-free with any lens and even at slow shutter speeds. Autofocus Live View brings subjects into sharp focus on the camera’s HyperCrystal II LCD. Together, these technologies produce amazing results, along with the following features that further expand the DSLR experience:

• In-Body Image Stabilization with Supersonic Wave Drive technology provides blur-free images when using any of the more than 30 digital-specific lenses;
• Face Detection Technology targets and locks on faces to ensure they are in focus and blur-free for amazing portraits
• Shadow Adjustment Technology opens up detail in the shadows that other cameras would render too dark or underexposed while maintaining detail in the highlights
• Perfect Shot Preview enables photographers to view and select White Balance and Exposure Compensation effects right on the LCD, and see how the image will look before they even capture it.
• 10-megapixel CMOS sensor captures enough detail for photo-quality 18 x 24-inch prints
• Lightweight ergonomic design; kit includes 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko lens
• Compatible with CompactFlash Type I and II, Microdrives, and xD-Picture Cards (not included)

Olympus E-520 Technical Details

• Optical Sensor Resolution: 10 MP
• Optical Sensor Technology: Live MOS
• Optical zoom: 3 x
• Maximum aperture range: F/3.5-5.6
• Minimum focal length: 14 millimeters
• Maximum focal length: 42 millimeters
• Lens Type: Zoom lens
• Optical sensor size: 13.0 x 17.3mm
• Included Flash Type: Pop-up flash
• Display Size: 2.7 inches
• Light sensitivity: ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO auto (100-1600), ISO 1600
• Image types: JPEG, RAW
• Shooting Modes: Macro, Candle, Sunset, Low key, Children, High key, Documents, Fireworks, Landscape, Anti shake, Beach/snow, Night scene, Sports mode, Nature macro, Portrait mode, Panorama assist, Underwater wide, Underwater macro
• Exposure Control Type: Candle, High key, Night scene with portrait, Underwater macro, Underwater wide, Anti shake, Low key, Documents, Landscape, Portrait mode, Nature macro, Macro, Beach/snow, Landscape-portrait, Children, Fireworks, Panorama assist, Night scene, Sports mode, Sunset
• Viewfinder Type: Optical
• Width: 5.4 inches
• Depth: 2.7 inches
• Height: 3.6 inches
• Weight: 16.8 Ounces

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