Olympus E-510

The Olympus E-510 is a spiegelreflexkamera camera launched on 23.11.2007.

Technically speaking, the Olympus E-510 ranks in the average of its category, scoring 42 overall. The Olympus E-510 weights 490 gr and spans 136 x 92 x 68 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.

Going into details, the Olympus E-510 behaves better than average in its category for:

• Comfort - Score 66, ranks in the category best 14%.

On the contrary, the performance of Olympus E-510 is below the category average in:

• Image Quality - Score 41, ranks among the worst 6% of its category.
• Speed Performance - Score 35, ranks among the worst 15% of its category.
• Versatility - Score 27, ranks among the worst 26% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Suboptimal, score 36, ranks 6% in its category. Olympus E-510 is not the best choice for Portrait photography; if Portrait is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Landscape - Suboptimal, score 34, ranks 6% in its category. Olympus E-510 is not the best choice for Landscape photography; if Landscape is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Sport - Suboptimal, score 39, ranks 16% in its category. Olympus E-510 is not the best choice for Sport photography; if Sport is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Street - Good, score 51, ranks in the best 60% of its category. Olympus E-510 works well for Street photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Everyday - Good, score 50, ranks in the best 65% of its category. Olympus E-510 works well for daily photography, however other options are available too, which you may want to take into account.