Product Overview
Warranty Olympus Co. 1 Years Service & Spareparts
Pixel 10 MP
Battery Lithium
LCD 2.5″

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.
While you’re shooting at the zoo on a sunny day you’ll want to clearly see what’s on your Live View screen. With the E-510, you can preview and review photos on a high-resolution, 2.5-inch HyperCrystal™ LCD. You’ll see the screen with amazing clarity in bright sunlight and from angles up to 176 degrees.

The Olympus EVOLT E-510 digital SLR is a great camera to help you evolve as a photographer. Only Olympus digital SLRs are engineered to be 100-percent digital. Simply put, this means your pictures will have stunning edge-to-edge sharpness that can’t be beat. Olympus’ Live View LCD technology is a unique feature that enhances your picture-taking experience. Whatever life brings, whatever you’re photographing, you’ll capture colorful memories with the E-510’s proven Dust Reduction System and powerful, 10-megapixel imager.

YOUR LIFE IN LIVE VIEW.
We innovated Live-View LCD screens on our digital SLRs to make your shooting experience better. At Olympus, we trust what our customers have told us and we’ve learned that Live View technology will enrich your photography experience in any situation, from any angle.

SEARCHING FOR STABILITY?
You’re in a car. Or on a boat. Keeping the camera still is difficult. With the E-510’s sensor-shift image stabilization, your pictures will come out clear. Inside, a gyro sensor tracks the image while the camera automatically adjusts for the motion. And the image stabilization mode can be activated to assist you in low light settings. Blurriness is minimized or even eliminated, and because it is in the body it works with all of the lenses, not just a few.

MORE STORAGE OPTIONS THAN GRANNY’S ATTIC.
The EVOLT E-510 has two memory slots that hold Compact Flash Type I and Type II, Microdrive and xD picture cards. Use the dual slot design to transfer images you want to save from one card to another. Manage your memories

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Body material Plastic

Sensor 4/3 type Live MOS sensor
17.3 x 13.0 mm active area
10.9 million total pixels
10.0 million effective pixels
RGB (Primary) color filter array
Fixed low pass filter (anti-alias filter)

Dust suppression Supersonic Wave Filter

Image processor TruePic III

Image stabilization “Supersonic Wave Drive” (in-body sensor shift)
Two modes: Horizontal+Vertical, Vertical only

Image sizes 3648 x 2736
3200 x 2400
2560 x 1920
1600 x 1200
1280 x 960
1024 x 768
640 x 480

File formats RAW
RAW + JPEG
JPEG (EXIF 2.2) - three levels

JPEG compression SHQ (1/2.7)
HQ (1/4)
SQ (1/8 or 1/12)

Lenses 4/3 standard lens mount
Range of ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses available
Multiply focal length by 2 for 35 mm equiv. FOV

Auto focus 3-point TTL Phase Difference Detection
Automatic or manual point selection
EV 0 to 19 (ISO 100) detection range

Focus area selection Automatic
Manual

Focus modes Single shot AF
Continuous AF
Manual focus

Manual focus Focus by wire
AF assist lamp Yes, flash strobe (flash must be raised)

Exposure modes Auto
Program AE (with shift)
Aperture priority AE
Shutter priority AE
Manual
Scene
Scene select AE

Scene modes Portrait
Landscape
Macro
Sports
Night Scene & Portrait

Other scene modes
Portrait
Landscape
Landscape & Portrait
Night Scene
Night Scene & Portrait
Children
Sport
High Key
Low Key
Digital Image Stabilization
Macro
Nature Macro
Candle
Sunset
Fireworks
Document
Panorama (req. Olympus xD-Picture Card)
Beach & Snow

Sensitivity Auto
ISO 100
ISO 125
ISO 160
ISO 200
ISO 250
ISO 320
ISO 400
ISO 500
ISO 640
ISO 800
ISO 1000
ISO 1250

Metering system 49-zone multi-pattern
Range (Digital ESP): 1 to 20 EV (50 mm F2, ISO 100)
Range (Spot): 3 to 17 EV (50 mm F2, ISO 100)

Metering modes Digital ESP
Center-Weighted Average
Spot (2%)
Highlight based spot
Shadow based spot

AE Lock AE/AF lock button
With shutter release half-press

AE Bracketing 3 frames
1/3, 1/2, 0.7 or 1.0 EV steps

Exposure steps 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV

Exposure compen. -5.0 to +5.0 EV
1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps

Shutter speed Auto mode: 2 - 1/4000 sec
P, A, S or M mode: 60 - 1/4000 sec
Bulb (up to 8 mins)

Flash X-sync speed 1/180 sec
1/4000 sec (Super FP mode)

Aperture values Depends on lens: 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps

White balance Auto
Lamp (3000K)
Fluorescent 1 (4000K)
Fluorescent 2 (4500K)
Fluorescent 3 (6600K)
Daylight (5300K)
Cloudy (6000K)
Shade (7500K)
Custom
Kelvin (2000 - 14000 K)

WB fine tuning Red - Blue: +/- 7 steps (2 mired each)
Green - Magenta: +/- 7 steps (2 mired each)

WB Bracketing 3 frames
4, 8 or 12 mired steps

Color space sRGB
Adobe RGB

Image parameters Color mode (Vivid, Natural, Muted, Monotone)
Saturation (5 levels)
Contrast (5 levels)
Sharpness (5 levels)
Monochrome (B&W, Sepia, Red, Green, Blue) - filter (Ye, Or, Re, Gr)
Graduation (High Key, Normal, Low Key)

Drive modes Single
Continuous
Self-timer
Remote control

Continuous 3.0 fps
RAW: 6 frames maximum
JPEG: Up to card capacity @ HQ 1/8 (with high speed media)
Self-timer 2 sec
12 sec

Flash Auto electronic pop-up
TTL auto / manual
Guide no. 12
Sync modes: Auto, Red-eye reduction, Slow syncro with red-eye reduction,

Slow syncro, 2nd curtain slow syncro, Fill-in, Off
Flash power: Up to +/- 2EV in 1, 1/2, or 1/3 EV steps

External flash Hot shoe
TTL Auto FP / TTL auto for Olympus dedicated flash (FL-20, FL-36, FL-50)
Modes:Auto, Manual, Red-eye reduction, Slow syncro with red-eye reduction, Slow syncro, 2nd curtain slow syncro, Fill-in for exclusive flash.
Flash power: Up to +/- 2EV in 1, 1/2, or 1/3 EV steps
Viewfinder Eye-level TTL Optical Pentaprism
Field of view 95%
Magnification 0.92x with a 50mm lens and -1 dioptre
Eye point 14 mm at -1 dioptre
Dioptre adjustment -3 to +1 dioptre
Focusing screen: Fixed type
Mirror: Quick return mirror

Viewfinder information Aperture value
Shutter speed
Record mode
AF confirmation mark
Flash
WB
AE lock
Number of storable still images
Exposure compensation value
Metering mode
Battery warning
Exposure mode
AF frame (super imposed)
IS activating mode.

Orientation sensor Yes

LCD monitor 2.5″ TFT LCD monitor (wide viewing angle, semi-transmissive)
230,000 pixels
100% frame coverage

Playback functions Single
Magnify (2 - 14x)
Index (4, 9, 16, 25 frames)
Calendar view
Rotation
Light box view
Slide show
Histogram (Lum / RGB)
Highlight & Shadow point warning

Editing RAW development
JPEG editing (B&W, Sepia, Red eye reduction, Color saturation, Resize)

Storage Compact Flash (Type I and II) / Microdrive
xD- Picture card

Connectivity USB 2.0 (Hi Speed)
Video Out (NTSC / PAL)
IR Remote control (optional)

Power BLM-1 1500 mAh Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (supplied & charger)

Dimensions 136 x 92 x 68 mm (5.4 x 3.6 x 2.7 in)

Weight (no batt) 460 g (16.2 oz)

Box contents E-510 body, 14-42mm lens (kit contents), Li-ion battery BLM-1, Li-ion battery charger BCM-2, USB cable, Video cable, Shoulder strap, OLYMPUS Master CD-ROM, Instruction manual, Warranty card.