Olympus EVOLT-500 Digital SLR Camera, 8 Megapixel, with 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ, and 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 EZ Digital Zoom Lenses

Key Features

• The advanced 8 megapixel full frame transfer CCD uses less space on the chip fordata transfer and instead utilizes more of the pixel area to capture data, thereby resulting in images with a higher sensitivity, higher dynamic range, lower noise and better overall quality.
• A large, high-resolution 2.5" LCD provides a big canvas with which to review andshare pictures and features HyperCrystal technology so you can even do so up to a 160-degree viewing angle, left to right and up and down. The big screen also makes it easier to use the menu, identify icons and adjust settings.
• Compatible with the largest selection of digital specific lenses anywhere. Each Zuiko lens is precision-crafted to deliver pristine images and is perfectly matched to the camera's image sensor for amazing sharpness and color from one edge of the image to the other.
• Get great photos while barely lifting a finger with 15 scene modes. Just select the one you want from the menu - Beach and Snow, Portrait, Landscape, Sports andmore - and press the shutter button. That's it.
• For a bit more say in your photos' appearance, choose between 6 basic modes (Auto, Landscape, Portrait, Night Scene Portrait, Macro, and Sports) while stillleaving the aperture and shutter speed settings to the camera itself.
• Exercise total control with creative modes like Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual.
• Shoot using any of five metering modes including the new 49-point Digital ESP metering, center-weighted average metering, spot metering, highlight spot metering (for clean, true whites with detail), and shadow spot metering (for rich blacks with detail).
• Use the five most popular black-and-white modes - Yellow, Orange, Red, Green, and Normal (no filter) - to expand your ability to add even more drama to your black-and-white pictures.
• Additional features:
• Automatic pop-up flash provides just the right amount of illumination when necessary and remains out of the way (closed) when not.
• Select the level of lighting you want via any of the seven (7) available flash modes.
• Stable and lightweight body is designed with ergonomic styling and an advanced grip making it extremely comfortable to handle and use.
• Dual Media Slots let you capture, store, and backup photos on an xD-Picture Card, CompactFlash card or both.
• R, G, B Histogram available with both highlight and shadow waning.
• PictBridge-compatible.
• Select from left, center, or right Auto Focus points either automatically or manually.
• Use the AF Illuminator to focus in dim light or darkness.
• Shoot using any of five focus modes: C-AF, S-AF, MF, S-AF+MF, C-AF+MF.
• Choose White Balance or Preset White Balance with the exclusive one-touch WB button on the back of the camera.
• Eliminate unwanted image noise with Noise Reduction.
• Control color saturation, contrast and sharpness levels separately for each fileby selecting any of three available color parameters: Vivid (for printer-ready colors); Natural (for true, accurate colors); and Muted (ideal for Photoshop® users who enhance/scale images).
• Add dramatic effects of color to your black-and-white pictures such as sepia, blue, green, and purple.
• Choose your preference from two color space settings, sRGB or Adobe RGB, for desired results.
• Customize the settings that best suit your subject with Contrast, Sharpness and Tone Controls.
• Olympus Zuiko 14mm - 45mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ Digital Zoom Lens:
• Sturdy and versatile lens delivers stunning images even as close as 15 inches.
• This compact, lightweight standard zoom lens covers the focal distances most commonly used in normal photography, from wide-angle to short-tele-angle.
• It offers superb cost performance, and because it was designed specifically for use with digital cameras, it also provides excellent image quality. It is ideal not only for first-time SLR digital camera users, but also for advanced users in need of a lens for day-to-day use.
• Compact, lightweight "Designed for Digital" standard zoom lens providing the equivalent of a 28-90mm focal length on a 35mm film camera
• Compact, lightweight "Designed for Digital" standard zoom lens providing the equivalent of a 28-90mm focal length on a 35mm film camera
• This ultra, compact, lightweight 3.2x standard zoom lens covers the zoom range most frequently used in normal photography. Because it was designed specifically for use with digital cameras, it also provides extremely good image quality all the way out to the periphery of the image.
• At around 285g, this product is the perfect everyday lens for the photographer on the move.
• The interchangeable Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f3.5-4.5 lens (equivalent to 80-300mmin 35mm photography) is perfect for everything from portraits to sports scenes.
• It features a 3.8x zoom, a f3.5-4.5 brightness for effects like background blurring and compression, a new multi-coating and reliable metal lens mount, along with 13 elements in 10 groups and a weight of just 15.75 oz./450 grams (approx.).