Comments on: Olympus E520 sample images

By: Tam Hanna, Site Founder

Tam Hanna, Site Founder — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:03:14 +0000

LEARN TO READ

THE CAMERA WAS DEFECTIVE!

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By: Xavi

Xavi — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:13:32 +0000

This review seems to be a joke !!!
LOL
Best regards,
Xavi.

By: DJK

DJK — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:48:31 +0000

How about binning this review and starting again ?

Most of the shots show obvious camera shake:
the first night shot with the zoom at 40mm has horizontal motion blur;
the second and fourth shots do indeed appear to be poorly-focussed on the part you have blown up – in fact, the first is sharp on the markings on the roadway, as is the fourth, but in a plane slightly closer to the viewer;
the third shot suffered a brief vertical jolt (motion blur again);
the final shot (presumably at the highest ISO) appears as good as it gets.

In the second series, these are all badly-focussed; in addition, the ISO100 appears to have motion blur in both directions, but more horizontal motion during the exposure (bottom left to top right, I’m guessing – it could be the opposite);
the ISO200 appears to have a strong bottom left-top right movement (the worst of the four);
the ISO400 has mainly vertical motion; the 800 mainly horizontal motion, possibly a shake in the 800 rather than a poor shutter press.

Use your tripod, put a lag on the shot, or use a cable release (if you can fit one / have one): try again, and use your tripod on something made of concrete that does not suffer traffic or earthquake vibrations; don’t try to take them from a train, or when you’ve had a large amount of caffeine, like these.

I am a Canon / Pentax user, BTW.

By: Tam Hanna, Site Founder

Tam Hanna, Site Founder — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:59:07 +0000

Hi Folks,
there is an easy reason why I cant have been bribed:

a) The cam was defective

b) I voted with my money and my feet by buying and still using it

Best regards
Tam Hanna

By: MBiehn

MBiehn — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:30:44 +0000

I didn’t say Tam was paid for his review, it would be ridiculous, I spoke of other reviewing sites…
Regards
MBiehn

By: Ryan Rix, Vice Administrator

Ryan Rix, Vice Administrator — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:51:14 +0000

Hi,

Ah, engarbage fanboys… *sigh* so much fun to listen fight with eachother :-B

I’ll stick with my $100 Canon powershot a95, thanks. I’ve found that DSLRs only lead to holy wars and the PS takes shots well enough for me.

@Tam: You’ve spoken with BW regarding the DDOS then?

@asmarlak, MBiehn: Accusing Tam of getting paid for these reviews is like accusing Tom Brokaw of being Communist. Tam’s a jounarlist (even outside of tamspalm, he writes and photographs for a few Austrian tech mags, iirc) and has values, unlike many of these engadget-referred children apparently do.

Best regards,
Ryan Rix
Coadministrator

By: MBiehn

MBiehn — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:24:30 +0000

Asmarlak, credit for you! That’s true as it can be. The reviews are paid. Olympus with it’s 4/3 sensor can achieve almost the same quality as so called high-end DSLRs name it Nikon or Canon. I’ve even read a review where compared e-510 (kit lenses) with Canon 1d Mark III. In a test Oly scores better in matter of sharpness than Canon. As for Nikon I had a chance (or not) of using it. THERE, the results out of the box are inaccaptable. Colors washed out, flat. Yuck.
HARRY ANUAS & DANIAL DOBBSON think twice, before you post something or try OLY first. I doubt if you ever had one in your hand.

By: Asmarlak

Asmarlak — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:37:47 +0000

In all product lines there are defected few pieces. Don’t blame a brand or a model because of that. Olympus makes the best and the most affordable cameras today when you get a lot more for your money. I had the e-510 for a year and recently bought the Canon XSi a week ago after reading great reviews about it, I returned it because after tweaking every setting possible I couldn’t get what I easily get by the e-510. Many reviews of top brand cameras are paid.

By: Nathan Soliz

Nathan Soliz — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:19:29 +0000

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=28345798
Even forum members on DPReview have better reviews and a perfectly working camera.

By: Nathan Soliz

Nathan Soliz — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:16:20 +0000

You say this camera is a POS and yet you explain that there is a problem with the camera itself… You’re the Worst reviewer I’ve had the chance to stumble upon.

Don’t bitch at a camera that has a defect due to it being released a bit early; Or rushed. It happens and it happened to my Canon 20D, which after a few months of waiting instead of buying the first one is a Great super sharp camera.

You’re like some game reviewer reviewing an Alpha build.. Learn to Review!
http://dpreview.com < Has a better review.