As with the E-410 dummy right is announced alongside, the Olympus EVOLT E-510 offers reasonably more "traditional" styling than some of the instant EVOLT line, but the two don't advance express bodies. Instead, the E-510 is a few millimeters wider besides offers a significantly other crank that adds to the camera's thickness, and offers a more comfortable hand-hold. The larger body also allows more room to fit in a larger battery, with an attendant increase in battery life as compared to the E-410.

The Olympus E-510 uses a native eye-level pent mirror with a 95% livelihood of view. The E510's LCD displays are a weird verdict 2.5" wide-view LCD with a 230,000 pixel resolution. As with the previous E-330 model, the E-510 allows images to appear as framed on the LCD display. Where the E-330 could manage this weight two otherwise ways (each with clear-cut limitations), the E-510's forceful view function comes solely courtesy of its ten megapixel Live MOS image sensor. This does mean that autofocusing isn't possible without first dropping the reflex mirror, briefly interrupting the live view for the duration of the autofocus process. Still, that small limitation aside, Olympus has certainly found many fans of the ability to have a live LCD preview comparable to those found on compact cameras. The Olympus EVOLT E510 stores images either on xD-Picture cards, or on CompactFlash cards (Type-I or Type-II, inclusive of Microdrive).

The EVOLT E-510 couples its ten enterprising megapixel N-MOS thought sensor with the consistent Four Thirds lens go into used esteem previous E-series digital SLRs, and resembling with lenses from faultless Four Thirds manufacturers. The theory sensor is mounted on a platter allowing movement in two directions, so as to mechanically correct for camera shake in longer exposures. Other EVOLT E-510 features include a 49-segment iESP metering system, plus center-weighted average, spot, and two further spot metering modes called "Highlight Spot" and "Shadow Spot". These latter two modes basically bias the camera's metering system for predominantly bright or dark subjects, which would otherwise be incorrectly exposed since spot metering systems aim to expose the metered area as 18% grey.

As you'd expect, the E-510 retains Olympus' secluded Supersonic Wave Filter, which couples a high-frequency quiver of the imager to empty controversy from its surface, fortitude a ally of seals to abolish force of rhubarb considering the camera body. The E-510 also includes the latest iteration of Olympus' TruePic image processor. Dubbed TruePic III, the new processor is said to offer a one stop reduction in image noise over past variants at higher ISO sensitivities, and today's new EVOLTs are the first cameras to include the technology. Other benefits of TruePic III include faster connectivity, faster flash card write speeds, faster startup, and improved image quality (detail, color accuracy, and color transitions).

The Olympus EVOLT E-510 ships June 2007, with pricing settle at $799 body-only - a $100 unequaled due to its sibling the E-410, which seems handsome whereas  a camera favor in-body stabilization on integral lenses. A equipment including an ED 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 Zuiko Digital hurtle lens cede cost $899, while a second kit including the same lens plus an ED 40-150mm f4.0/5.6 Zuiko Digital zoom lens will hit the market priced at $999 - impressively arriving at just under the magic $1000 point.