Olympus E-500 SLR Review

Playback menu options:

• Slideshow - Begin automated slideshow playback in single or multi-frame mode
• Auto Rotate - Enable image rotation with the sub dial
• RAW Data Edit - Perform processing on RAW images, white balance or sharpness and then saves TIFF or JPEG image to card.
• JPEG Edit - B&W, Sepia, Redeye Fix, Saturation, Resize
• DPOF - Store print reservation information (# of prints, date/time and index prints)
• Copy All - Copy all images from CF card to xD (or vice versa)

The E-500 can display a review image with varying amounts of overlay information on it. Pressing the INFO button cycles you through the following review modes: image only, image+info 1 (shown above), image+info 2 (shown below), image+shooting info, image+histogram, image+hilight and image+shadow.

The Shooting Information display shows the storage card (CF or xD), image quality, AF frame used, separate color channel histograms, exposure mode, shutter speed, aperture, exposure and flash compensation, lens focal length, ISO speed, Metering mode, white balance mode and compensation, and color mode.

The histogram shows graphically the contrast and dynamic range of the image. This chart shows a scale of 0 - 255 (left to right) with 0 being black and 255 is white.

Highlight areas will blink to indicate possible over-exposure.

Shadow areas will blink to indicate possible under-exposure.

Index mode displays 4, 9, 16 or 20 thumbnail images per screen or shows a calendar with a thumbnail of the first image captured each day.

To check for critical focus or color you can magnify the image up to 14x in multiple steps, you can scroll around inside of the enlarged image at any step.