Olympus E-520
August 25th, 2008
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| Prices | • E-520 body only £479.99 • E-520 + 14-42 mm lens £529 • E-520 + 14-42 mm + 40-150 mm lenses £629.99 • E-520 + 14-42 mm + 70-300 mm lenses £759.99 |
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| Body material | Plastic |
| Sensor* | • 4/3 type Live MOS sensor • 17.3 x 13.0 mm • 11.8 million total pixels • 10.0 million effective pixels • RGB color filter array • Fixed low pass filter (anti-alias filter) |
| Dust suppression | Supersonic Wave Filter |
| Image stabilization* | Three-mode (On + two panning modes), sensor shift IS |
| Image processor | TruePic III |
| 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 (12 bit) • RAW + JPEG • JPEG |
| 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 • Contrast detection system (selectable in Live View) • Detection range: 0 to 19 EV (ISO 100) |
| Focus area selection | • Automatic • Manual |
| Focus modes | • Single shot AF • Single shot AF + MF • Continuous AF • Continuous AF + MF • Manual focus |
| AF assist lamp | Yes, flash strobe (flash must be raised) |
| Shooting modes | • Auto • Program AE (with shift) • Aperture priority AE • Shutter priority AE • Manual • Portrait • Landscape • Macro • Sports • Night Scene • Scene |
| Additional scene modes* | • Landscape & Portrait • Night scene and portrait • Children • Sports • High Key • Low Key • Digital Image Stabilization (High ISO) • Nature Macro • Candle • Sunset • Fireworks • Documents • Panorama • Beach and Snow |
| Sensitivity | • Auto (ISO 100 – 1600) • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • ISO 800 • ISO 1600 |
| Metering system | • 49-zone multi-pattern • Range: 1 to 20 EV (50 mm F2, ISO 100) |
| Metering modes | • Digital ESP • Center-Weighted Average • Spot (2% of viewfinder) • 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 compen.* | • -5.0 to +5.0 EV • 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV steps available |
| Shutter speed | • 60 – 1/4000 sec • Bulb: up to 8 min. with limiter |
| White balance | • Auto • Daylight • Shade • Cloudy • Lamp • Fluorescent 1 • Fluorescent 2 • Fluorescent 3 • Flash • Manual ‘one-touch’ • Kelvin (3000 – 7500 K, 7 steps) |
| WB fine tuning | +/- 7 steps in each A-B/G-M axis (in Auto WB/Preset WB mode) |
| Color space | • sRGB • Adobe RGB |
| Image parameters* | • Color mode (Natural, Vivid, Muted, Portrait, Monotone) • Saturation (5 levels) • Contrast (5 levels) • Sharpness (5 levels) • Monochrome (B&W, Sepia, Purple, Green, Blue) – filter (Ye, Or, Re, Gr) • Gradation (Auto, High Key, Normal, Low Key) |
| Drive modes | • Single • Continuous |
| Continuous* | • 3.5 fps • JPEG: Unlimited (Large, Normal) with fast memory cards • RAW: 8 frames maximum |
| Self-timer | • 2 sec • 12 sec |
| Flash* | • Pop-up • TTL auto/manual • Guide no. 12 • 1/180 sec X-sync speed, Super FP up to 1/4000 sec • 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 1/3 EV steps |
| External flash* | • Hot shoe • Wireless |
| Viewfinder | • Eye-level optical single-lens • 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 (Neo Lumi-Micron Mat Screen) • Mirror: Quick return mirror • DOF preview: can be assigned to Fn button |
| Viewfinder info | • 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 impose) |
| Orientation sensor | Yes |
| LCD monitor* | • 2.7″ TFT LCD monitor (wide viewing angle) • 230,000 pixels • Live View available |
| Live View* | • 100% field of view • Pre-view of Exposure compensation, White balance, Gradation, Face detection and Perfect Shot • Grid line displayable • 7x/10x magnification possible • MF/S-AF • Display of AF frame, AF point, Shooting information, Histogram, Heat warning |
| Playback functions* | • Single • Magnify (2 – 14x) • Index (4, 9, 16, 25, 49, 100 frames) • Calendar view • Rotation • Slide show • Histogram (Lum/RGB) • Highlight & Shadow point warning |
| Playback information | • Exposure mode • Metering mode • Shutter speed • Aperture value • Exposure compensation level • ISO • Color space • White balance mode • White balance compensation level • Focal length • Focus area • File type • Picture mode • File name • Image size • Recorded card type |
| Editing | • RAW development • JPEG editing (B&W, Sepia, Red eye reduction, Gradation, Color saturation, Resize, Trim) |
| Menu languages | • English • German • French • Spanish • Italian • Russian • Czech • Dutch • Danish • Polish (Other languages can be downloaded) |
| Storage | • Compact Flash (Type I and II) • xD Picture card |
| Connectivity | • USB 2.0 (Hi Speed) • Video Out (NTSC/PAL) |
| Vertical/portrait grip | No |
| Power | BLM-1 Li-ion battery (rechargeable) |
| Dimensions | 136 x 92 x 68 mm (5.4 x 3.6 x 2.7 in) |
| Weight (no batt)* | 475 g (16.2 oz) |
| Weight (inc batt)* | 490 g (17.3 oz) |