I had an E-500 from 2007 to about 2014. I loved it, but had reached a point where I wanted something smaller, better in low light, and with modern features like WiFi and SD cards; I went with an E-M10. I was so surprised when I compared the colors between the two cameras with similar kit lenses. There certainly is something special about the E-500, and I'm a little sad that I gave it away. No regrets on switching to M43 though!
Yeah the E500 is an excellent camera with some kind of magic quality! I actually own one of the em10 series as well and I did a color test video between those two cameras. The results were surprising!
I still have my E-500. Still use it some times, because it’s still good. If I put it beside a much newer dslr I own, it’s impressive to me how modern the E-500 is. It’s surprising how similar the new camera is to a 20 year old design. And oh, those Kodak colors!
I have to agree! It's exceptional to see a camera of this age still producing amazing images. This was a moment where I realized "obsolete" isn't always obsolete
@@ColtonMatochaIt’s slow, has terrible high iso performance, slow AF, bad low light AF… but when you get everything right it can make magic. Same with E-300.
You forgot to mention the size of the 4/3 lenses, they’re huge. Having handled one of the Olympus E series cameras I can understand why Olympus came up with the micro 4/3 system. Don’t get me wrong, I like the Kodachrome like images churned out by the Kodak CCD sensors. My Nikon D60 has a kodak CCD sensor and the colours are just awesome!
Yes, the mirrorless Olympus MFT lens are so small and compact it's like magic! I probably didn't mention it because I shoot Sony E-mount for work, so the lens didn't seem big compared to Sony's oversized options 🤣🤣🤣
Just picked up the E-500 for $60 with the 14-45mm. Love the colours……i had and E-420 as my first DSLR that i bought new but that had the Cmos sensor i believe. These Kodak sensors really are great in good light. Just looking for the 25mm 2.8 i had years ago, but here in the UK, they’re not that easy to find anymore. Great video; thankyou.
That's awesome! I just took a trip to Minnesota and brought the E-500 with me to shoot some of the trip. I did use it in the evening for some shots of movie theater Marques but in general you're right. It definitely works best with a lot of light to use at lower ISOs. That 25mm is pretty sharp! I've been looking for the 50mm f/2 for a minute now as well. One benefit you have being in the UK is that you have better access to finding an E-400! That camera was only released in Europe/UK and has a 10 mp Kodak CCD sensor! Now THATs a camera I've been hunting for, for a while! 😅
@@pierreghazarian6087 sometimes they do but some sellers don't want to bother with international shipping so they only offer domestic shipping. That said, every once in a while one will pop up but i usually get outbid lol
@@pierreghazarian6087 oh that's very kind. I'm not sure. I've been seeing them for $250-300 plus about $40-50 in shipping which feels a bit high imo. What are you seeing them for?
Thanks for that, Colton. You've given me an idea or two for maintaining the relevance in my life of my E300, rather than just the nostalgia of having owned it from new and it being my first digital camera. Loved your choice of images - representing the strength in colour of this sensor so well. Have a great day.
Now if I can only get my filthy hands on a pentax 645D to see how that version of the Kodak sensor holds up I'll be set lmao! But yes I think there is a place in my setup for both the E-300 & E-500! Thanks for watching and sharing thoughts!
@@ColtonMatocha 645D would be a blast. There's a nice 645 (film) for sale here for about US $500 - it comes with three lenses. I would if I could... and then look for a D body. The 645 lenses adapt to the K1, and some if the 35mm Pentax glass works on the D without vignetting. Pentax is great like that. The 4/3 50 f2 i mentioned that's also for sale on 'Trade Me' is about US $170. I wonder whether the Pentax 'colour science' would be as effective with the Kodak sensor as Olympus managed - or whether the fact that there was such close cooperation between Kodak and Olympus over the little CCDs played a major role? Mysterious stuff....
@@luzr6613 just the question I would love to take a stab at answering! 🤣 there is a 645D at the camera shop by my house but I need to sell my Mamiya RZ67 to fun it and it's proving harder to sell than I expected lol. One day!
Great, informative video! Just wondering if there is a noticeable difference in images made with the 14-54 ver1 and the 14-54 ver2? Keep up the great work!
Oh that's interesting, I wasn't aware there even were two versions! I wonder which version I have. I bet there is some documentation online for the v2 which would indicate what the improvements are supposed to be.
I bought it and sold it because the user experience was so bad. Just reordered it with the 14-45 and all in one 18-180. Looked back and like the images I took with it. Going to give it another shot
Yeah the UI definitely feels dated. I will say though after a while you do get used to it. It won't ever be perfect, but the speed of using it gets better over time. Hope you enjoy it!
Hi Colton! Great channel and review.! Love the colour these sensors can make, I have several Kodak digital cameras from the 2000 and people are always asking what camera I am using. I am assuming there were several different "Kodak" sensors around for higher end cameras and cheaper point and shoots. in the 2000-10s E-500 looks great! Thanks for sharing!
Yes! It's such a nice sensor and a fun camera! Thanks for checking out the channel! There is a pretty wide range of cameras that used kodak ccd sensors from point and shoot to medium format! The E-500 I think fits right in the middle, maybe even a slight bit toward the higher end of the quality spectrum. I'd really like to get my hands on one of the medium format kodak sensors. We'll see! 😄
@@deanrobertnoble138 Yes! Man I'd love to compare the results of that camera! I've heard (but not personally looked into) that the M9, MM, and S2 also have Kodak sensors!
Olympus native lens tap out with the 50mm f2 being the widest. However, Sigma, Panasonic, and Leica also made lens for this system. Sigma has several that are much wider. They have a 50mm f1.4, a 30mm f1.4 and a 24mm f1.8 There is also a nice Wikipedia article that has all the lens that were made for this system listed! A great resource!
@@ColtonMatocha I was also thinking of using a prime Nikon ai F manual lens with an adapter having a beep focus confirmation... because the size is really very compact. What do you think about that option?))
@@evtimstefanov8377 I've never tried it myself, but their are adapters for like $15 bucks that will do Nikon ai F to Olympus four thirds so if you already have the lens you could try it out for next to nothing! Let me know how it goes if you do!
I own the evolt e500 and am looking to upgrade. Primarily stills. What do you recommend. I have been considering a used e620 or a mat camera to use the existing lenses. Technically the camera serves my needs, but it can nearly buy a beer.
Haha we'll for me the E500 is the best of the lineup but if you were wanting something with more megapixels that used the same lens mount then one of the e600 series cameras would probably be your best bet. Should have pretty similar color science!
Probably my favorite, and most used, lens with my 4/3 cameras was Sigma's 150/2.8 macro. The added working distance was a real benefit in closeup and macro work.
Thanks, Colton, for an informative video. I have the e500 Olympus and have enjoyed it immensely. Recently I have resorted to my iPhone 14 Pro because of ease. However, for holidays and family events, I use this for family portraits. I use the 40-150 mm Olympus Digital lens. In the video you mentioned another one. Which lens would you recommend for family portraits? I also love taking scenic pics on Program mode. Thanks again.
Hey! Thanks for checking out my video! That's awesome to hear that you still use this wonderful camera. I would say for portraits and landscapes you can't go wrong with the 14-54mm 2.8-3.5 lens. Its a really wonderful and sharp lens. Alternatively, the kit lens 14-45mm is much cheaper and actually not bad for a kit lens. I personally use the 14-54mm which I really enjoy. It will give you flexibility for framing up shots! Especially if you have times where you want to do group shots vs individual portraits!
I can't speak for the e-500 but I have had a lot of fun adating m42 lenses on my e-300. One thing tht did tickle me with that camera is how much mono work I produce from it - the colours are great, so I get rid of them!
@@ColtonMatocha to be honest, I just looked on eBay and managed to find an m42 to four thirds adaptor. Without electronics to worry about, I didn't worry too much about branding.
Hi Colton, I just purchased this camera and I was wondering if is normal the black screen while taking pictures? I mean the image on the screen is not showing anything till I take a picture then I can see the pic that just took. I can also see the settings like normal. I mean is it normal the black screen while taking pictures? Thank you in advance
You might try hitting the 'info' button on the lower left side of the camera. That should turn on the display. There isn't any live view though so the only thing the back screen shows is the settings info.
@ColtonMatocha okay ! Then it's normal, I honestly thought there was a "liive view" on the display while preparing to take a picture. I believe everything it's okay now. Thank you so much Colton
@@krizlion3328 Oh gotcha! Unfortunately I think these older Sensors/Processors lacked the ability to do live view. Glad that your camera is working fine though! It won't take long to get used to it! Thanks for subscribing! Hope you enjoy the content!
Just thrifted one today, was very excited but let down by the lens selection. Mainly the noisy and slow focusing for low to medium end products (also realized they've been copying sigma design since the early 2000s, not just the new zoomies), and diminishingly expensive high-end optics that's not really that high end... Also, the repetitive and overlapping focal lengths for their supposed standard zooms was a little infuriating, on top of having no comprehensive anthology online for reference. The lack of primes is also concerning since I have not shot zoom on interchangeable cameras before, and I am buying 43 in large to explore zoom photography - I'm scared if the zooms suck I will have nothing to back up to. There is a reason why Olympus and Pentax went down and a lot has to do with their non-cholant approach to building their optics lineups. (Circumstantial, I understand) I know I sound like a hater (I get critical when I hyperfocus in what I'm invested haha 💦💦💦), but I've not been this excited for a camera in a very long time! Can't wait to experience a large part of photography that wasn't accessible to me prior.
The lens selection is certainly not nearly as robust as other brands lineups for the time, however I have been impressed with the overall optical quality of the lens that I do have. The 35mm 3.5 macro prime is exceptional. I also find that the 14-54mm zoom and the 12-60mm zoom are both extremely sharp and produce wonderful image quality! I hope you're able to find a few that you really like! The kit lens 14-42mm and 40-150mm are not bad, but I would avoid them since it sounds like they would not be a good fit for what you're looking for. Overall though I think it's a great camera system and I'll be keeping mine for many more years!
@@ColtonMatocha Thanks for the heads up Colton! Think I’ll eventually collect all the primes in the system since I don’t plan flipping it - but now I’m just eyeing the 50mm macro. 35mm also sounds good very good in lieu of a standard 85 prime.
Mostly I shot those on the 14-54mm zoom lens or the 35mm prime lens! Both are great! I will say the 14-45mm kit lens is actually pretty decent for a kit lens.
The only "reduced functionality" you would get from non-Oly 4/3 lenses would be the aperture ring on the Pana-Leicas won't work. But the Oly lenses didn't have aperture rings, so they'll work the same way It's not like m4/3 where there are software corrections going on in camera or something that you'll miss if you're shooting JPEG. Or artificially lowered frame rates, none of that nonsense. They treated the standard like a standard back then.
Oh that's great info! Thank you for sharing! That certainly opens the door to other prime lens options for this camera. I'll have to remind myself of what's out there.
@@ColtonMatocha Nice! I shot that system professionally for a few years, the E-500 was the first SLR that I bought myself (after shooting on a Minolta film SLR handed down from my mother) before I could afford anything better. The last few holdouts that I kept for a long time after switching to Nikon were the Olympus E-3 with the Olympus 35-100 f/2, and the PanaLeica 25mm f/1.4. Those were my two favorite lenses in the system among those that I owned, though the 14-35 f/2 would have been another I would have liked to own - I never did.
Hey, great question! They do not. The E510 uses a Panasonic Livemos sensor rather than the Kodak CCD sensor in the E500. That said, color science should be very similar if not the same!
Hey! So you can use Four Thirds lens on a Micro Four Thirds camera via an adapter, but you can't use MFT lens on a Four Thirds camera like the E500. The reason is that a 4/3 camera has a mirror which creates some physical space between the lens and the sensor whereas a mirrorless micro four thirds camera doesn't have a mirror and so there's significantly less space between the lens and the sensor. So, you can take a 4/3 lens and create space by using an adapter for a mirrorless micro four thirds camera. A micro four thirds lens on the other hand, is designed to be very close to the sensor which thus is not possible if a mirror is in the way like on the E500.
@@malikanwar9273 There isn't a way to use MFT lens on the e500. You'd have to use the original four thirds lens for the E500. Can be confusing but "Four Thirds" is the DSLR mount. "Micro Four Thirds" is the mirrorless mount.
@@ColtonMatocha ahhh okay. got it. since 4/3 lens isn't really that much in here. im cancelling my will to buy e500. thank you so much sir. you brighten me up
Damn. There was one for sale with a couple of kit zooms and there were lots of watchers but nobody bidding so i put a bid on it for US60 to encourage people but they weren't and now i've bought the bloody thing by accident. (Deliberate absence of punctuation intended to indicate panic arising from foolishness). I could have spent that money on some spare lens caps! Thinking... thinking... maybe i can use it as a starting point for 'trading up'... see if i can turn it into something interesting like a Leica M8 or an Epson RD-1 within six months? Do i even have the energy to bother!!!! Damn.
@@ColtonMatocha No way man!!!! A whole club for luzrs like me? Is it like AA or one of those Paleo men's things where they all wear animal skins and form a circle sniffing each other? You'll take a cheque, right?
aktually, I do own that camara and have not been using it anymore because I touhgt it was not good any more. I have been using may smartphone for making photos and was also surprised abaut the quality and simplicity of it. But now I have taken some photos with the smartphone and the E500 and compare the photos on may screen. And ques what. The quality of the e500 photos where better. Now I will take that camara with me for my next holyday and use it and start learing how to use a camara. Perhaps that will lead me to purchase a better camera one day.
Absolutely! I take the E500 on all of my vacations even though I have more technically superior cameras available. It just does a really wonderful job with the color in the images. IQ is really great. I've even used that camera for my still life work. Just sold a print today from that camera. I hope you enjoy using it!
Thank you for your response. I will for sure use it and get into photography more deeply. By the way were are you from? I ques from the US. I am from Germany.
The E500 is a lovely little camera (not a digicam), but the 35mm f3.5 is not a common lens. It is a wonderful lens with better magnification than the objectively better 50mm f2.0, but it is quite rare. The 50 is more common, but that is not cheap.
Yes I found the 35 on fb marketplace for a deal a while back. Really hoping to find a 50 for a good price eventually! I love the macro aspect of the 35 though! What's your favorite lens on this system?
@@ColtonMatocha Tough call. I think the 50mm is top dog in the line-up due to its fast aperture, versatility and modest size. But close runners up would be the diminutive 25mm, the blue ring 40-150 and the awesome but kinda big 14-54. I mostrly use these lenses on MFT where they have an unusual stable mate in the form of the Canon 55-250 IS STM which makes for an incredible make shift wildlife lens.
@@ColtonMatocha I'd stay away from the EM10's as a rule (compromised build quality). If you want to use 4/3 lenses on MFT, the lowest you should go is the EM5 mk III or any EM1. The first also suffers from shoddy build quality and high price. The latter is the route I went for: the original EM1. Cheap, versatile and due to firmware updates, very capable. One caveat I have with the system is that although the EM1 eventually became capable of internal focus stacking, Olympus won't let you use that feature with 4/3 lenses, only MFT.
I've been looking for a good deal on the 35mm macro lens! It's a hidden gem but yes also rare. Thank you for sharing the bit about internal focus stacking not working with 4/3rds lenses in the MFT cameras you mentioned - that is useful to know.
You should not say don’t replace this instead of a ( modern) camera? Really? Lol this camera was inspired by a filmmaker Sir! But you didn’t know that. Anyway it’s a beautiful camera and can kick ass and hang with any Modern camera! Just my opinion
Well I absolutely love this camera and I shoot it super frequently! It's become one of the main cameras I use for my artwork. But that said, I still hold onto my Sony A7 iii because that is the camera i use for my paid work. That's really what I was trying to get at. I didn't want people to think I was suggesting this camera be used in a commercial setting. For fun, or even for art it's great though! Some of my best shots lately have been on this and the E-300!
I bought ths camera over 18 years ago when my eldest daughter was born. I ti have i. Very great rendering close to film quality.
I bet you took some really memorable photos on that camera then! It's a fantastic quality image!
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I had an E-500 from 2007 to about 2014. I loved it, but had reached a point where I wanted something smaller, better in low light, and with modern features like WiFi and SD cards; I went with an E-M10. I was so surprised when I compared the colors between the two cameras with similar kit lenses. There certainly is something special about the E-500, and I'm a little sad that I gave it away. No regrets on switching to M43 though!
Yeah the E500 is an excellent camera with some kind of magic quality! I actually own one of the em10 series as well and I did a color test video between those two cameras. The results were surprising!
As a happy E-500 back in 2005, I can tell you how much fun I did have with that amazing camera
That's awesome! I'm guessing you no longer have it?
@@ColtonMatochaI did trade it back in 2009 for a Sony A200 plus some cash, I needed to experince something new and it was totally worth it
@@karim2k yeah that's a great camera too!
I just got one of these today planing a shoot later this week can’t wait to see the images
That's great! It takes a moment to get used to but once you have it down it's a great camera. What are you photographing?
I still have my E-500. Still use it some times, because it’s still good. If I put it beside a much newer dslr I own, it’s impressive to me how modern the E-500 is. It’s surprising how similar the new camera is to a 20 year old design. And oh, those Kodak colors!
I have to agree! It's exceptional to see a camera of this age still producing amazing images. This was a moment where I realized "obsolete" isn't always obsolete
@@ColtonMatochaIt’s slow, has terrible high iso performance, slow AF, bad low light AF… but when you get everything right it can make magic. Same with E-300.
You forgot to mention the size of the 4/3 lenses, they’re huge. Having handled one of the Olympus E series cameras I can understand why Olympus came up with the micro 4/3 system. Don’t get me wrong, I like the Kodachrome like images churned out by the Kodak CCD sensors. My Nikon D60 has a kodak CCD sensor and the colours are just awesome!
Yes, the mirrorless Olympus MFT lens are so small and compact it's like magic! I probably didn't mention it because I shoot Sony E-mount for work, so the lens didn't seem big compared to Sony's oversized options 🤣🤣🤣
Sony made the D60 ccd sensor
E-500 was recently added to the photons to pixels site. Interesting to compare the Photographic Dynamic Range chart vs other cameras/sensors.
This is a great resource! Thank you for sharing!
Just picked up the E-500 for $60 with the 14-45mm. Love the colours……i had and E-420 as my first DSLR that i bought new but that had the Cmos sensor i believe. These Kodak sensors really are great in good light.
Just looking for the 25mm 2.8 i had years ago, but here in the UK, they’re not that easy to find anymore.
Great video; thankyou.
That's awesome! I just took a trip to Minnesota and brought the E-500 with me to shoot some of the trip. I did use it in the evening for some shots of movie theater Marques but in general you're right. It definitely works best with a lot of light to use at lower ISOs.
That 25mm is pretty sharp! I've been looking for the 50mm f/2 for a minute now as well. One benefit you have being in the UK is that you have better access to finding an E-400! That camera was only released in Europe/UK and has a 10 mp Kodak CCD sensor! Now THATs a camera I've been hunting for, for a while! 😅
@@ColtonMatocha eBay doesn’t have sellers in the EU sending worldwide? Considering the low value I don’t see how customs would be problematic.
@@pierreghazarian6087 sometimes they do but some sellers don't want to bother with international shipping so they only offer domestic shipping. That said, every once in a while one will pop up but i usually get outbid lol
@@ColtonMatocha what’s your maximum price? I’m looking for one myself, I could get two, send me a message in private.
@@pierreghazarian6087 oh that's very kind. I'm not sure. I've been seeing them for $250-300 plus about $40-50 in shipping which feels a bit high imo. What are you seeing them for?
Thanks for that, Colton. You've given me an idea or two for maintaining the relevance in my life of my E300, rather than just the nostalgia of having owned it from new and it being my first digital camera. Loved your choice of images - representing the strength in colour of this sensor so well. Have a great day.
Now if I can only get my filthy hands on a pentax 645D to see how that version of the Kodak sensor holds up I'll be set lmao! But yes I think there is a place in my setup for both the E-300 & E-500! Thanks for watching and sharing thoughts!
@@ColtonMatocha 645D would be a blast. There's a nice 645 (film) for sale here for about US $500 - it comes with three lenses. I would if I could... and then look for a D body. The 645 lenses adapt to the K1, and some if the 35mm Pentax glass works on the D without vignetting. Pentax is great like that. The 4/3 50 f2 i mentioned that's also for sale on 'Trade Me' is about US $170. I wonder whether the Pentax 'colour science' would be as effective with the Kodak sensor as Olympus managed - or whether the fact that there was such close cooperation between Kodak and Olympus over the little CCDs played a major role? Mysterious stuff....
@@luzr6613 just the question I would love to take a stab at answering! 🤣 there is a 645D at the camera shop by my house but I need to sell my Mamiya RZ67 to fun it and it's proving harder to sell than I expected lol. One day!
Great, informative video! Just wondering if there is a noticeable difference in images made with the 14-54 ver1 and the 14-54 ver2? Keep up the great work!
Oh that's interesting, I wasn't aware there even were two versions! I wonder which version I have. I bet there is some documentation online for the v2 which would indicate what the improvements are supposed to be.
I bought it and sold it because the user experience was so bad. Just reordered it with the 14-45 and all in one 18-180. Looked back and like the images I took with it. Going to give it another shot
Yeah the UI definitely feels dated. I will say though after a while you do get used to it. It won't ever be perfect, but the speed of using it gets better over time. Hope you enjoy it!
Hi Colton! Great channel and review.! Love the colour these sensors can make, I have several Kodak digital cameras from the 2000 and people are always asking what camera I am using. I am assuming there were several different "Kodak" sensors around for higher end cameras and cheaper point and shoots. in the 2000-10s E-500 looks great! Thanks for sharing!
Yes! It's such a nice sensor and a fun camera! Thanks for checking out the channel! There is a pretty wide range of cameras that used kodak ccd sensors from point and shoot to medium format! The E-500 I think fits right in the middle, maybe even a slight bit toward the higher end of the quality spectrum. I'd really like to get my hands on one of the medium format kodak sensors. We'll see! 😄
Think the Leica M8 has a Kodak CCD sensor.
@@deanrobertnoble138 Yes! Man I'd love to compare the results of that camera! I've heard (but not personally looked into) that the M9, MM, and S2 also have Kodak sensors!
Great video Colton... Thank you! Would you recommend some more primes preferably with wider apertures, please? Thanks again!
Olympus native lens tap out with the 50mm f2 being the widest. However, Sigma, Panasonic, and Leica also made lens for this system. Sigma has several that are much wider. They have a 50mm f1.4, a 30mm f1.4 and a 24mm f1.8
There is also a nice Wikipedia article that has all the lens that were made for this system listed! A great resource!
@@ColtonMatocha Thank you. I searched before that but didn't find much info. I'll have a look again.
@@ColtonMatocha I was also thinking of using a prime Nikon ai F manual lens with an adapter having a beep focus confirmation... because the size is really very compact. What do you think about that option?))
@@evtimstefanov8377 I've never tried it myself, but their are adapters for like $15 bucks that will do Nikon ai F to Olympus four thirds so if you already have the lens you could try it out for next to nothing!
Let me know how it goes if you do!
I own the evolt e500 and am looking to upgrade. Primarily stills. What do you recommend. I have been considering a used e620 or a mat camera to use the existing lenses. Technically the camera serves my needs, but it can nearly buy a beer.
Haha we'll for me the E500 is the best of the lineup but if you were wanting something with more megapixels that used the same lens mount then one of the e600 series cameras would probably be your best bet. Should have pretty similar color science!
Sigma made few lenses to 4/3 mount. I have 30mm 1.4. It's very big but still usable with E-1 body.
Ooo! I need to check out some from their lineup! How are they in image quality?
Probably my favorite, and most used, lens with my 4/3 cameras was Sigma's 150/2.8 macro. The added working distance was a real benefit in closeup and macro work.
Thanks, Colton, for an informative video. I have the e500 Olympus and have enjoyed it immensely. Recently I have resorted to my iPhone 14 Pro because of ease. However, for holidays and family events, I use this for family portraits. I use the 40-150 mm Olympus Digital lens. In the video you mentioned another one. Which lens would you recommend for family portraits? I also love taking scenic pics on Program mode. Thanks again.
Hey! Thanks for checking out my video! That's awesome to hear that you still use this wonderful camera. I would say for portraits and landscapes you can't go wrong with the 14-54mm 2.8-3.5 lens. Its a really wonderful and sharp lens. Alternatively, the kit lens 14-45mm is much cheaper and actually not bad for a kit lens. I personally use the 14-54mm which I really enjoy. It will give you flexibility for framing up shots! Especially if you have times where you want to do group shots vs individual portraits!
@@ColtonMatocha thank you , Colton.
Do you shoot raw or in jpeg with the E500?
I can't speak for the e-500 but I have had a lot of fun adating m42 lenses on my e-300. One thing tht did tickle me with that camera is how much mono work I produce from it - the colours are great, so I get rid of them!
I don't do a lot of monochrome pictures, but I'm positively sure this sensor can produce some great ones! Which adapter did you use to adapt the lens?
@@ColtonMatocha to be honest, I just looked on eBay and managed to find an m42 to four thirds adaptor. Without electronics to worry about, I didn't worry too much about branding.
@@achaycock I'll have to check that out!
Hi Colton, I just purchased this camera and I was wondering if is normal the black screen while taking pictures? I mean the image on the screen is not showing anything till I take a picture then I can see the pic that just took. I can also see the settings like normal. I mean is it normal the black screen while taking pictures? Thank you in advance
You might try hitting the 'info' button on the lower left side of the camera. That should turn on the display. There isn't any live view though so the only thing the back screen shows is the settings info.
@ColtonMatocha okay ! Then it's normal, I honestly thought there was a "liive view" on the display while preparing to take a picture. I believe everything it's okay now. Thank you so much Colton
@@ColtonMatocha I'm just subscribed to your channel, I really appreciate your quick response
@@krizlion3328 Oh gotcha! Unfortunately I think these older Sensors/Processors lacked the ability to do live view. Glad that your camera is working fine though! It won't take long to get used to it! Thanks for subscribing! Hope you enjoy the content!
I have used the 150mm f2 adapted to my em1mkll.
Try to find that lens!!
It’s a masterpiece 👌👍
Oh that's great! What do you like most about that lens? And what do you shoot mostly with it?
I had that lens with my E-5. Fantastic, sharp, beautiful lens. Come to think of it, it would have been very interesting to use for astrophotography.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
the photos look amazing...are the straight out of camera or edited RAW's?
Thanks for watching! Yeah it's a great camera! Images were shot in RAW and then only minor tweaks in Lightroom.
@@ColtonMatocha thanks for replying....Have you compared a Nikon CCD vs Olympus CCD?
@@bvista58 I haven't yet but that could be a good one to do in the future!
@@ColtonMatocha look forward to that... :)
Could u use this camera to record video with a capture card... Does it have an clean HDMI out? Like use it as a webcam or in OBS studio... Thanks
No there isn't an hdmi port on this camera. It has a video out, but that is A/V and just for doing a slideshow of still images
@@ColtonMatocha Ohhhh okay thanks!
Just thrifted one today, was very excited but let down by the lens selection. Mainly the noisy and slow focusing for low to medium end products (also realized they've been copying sigma design since the early 2000s, not just the new zoomies), and diminishingly expensive high-end optics that's not really that high end...
Also, the repetitive and overlapping focal lengths for their supposed standard zooms was a little infuriating, on top of having no comprehensive anthology online for reference. The lack of primes is also concerning since I have not shot zoom on interchangeable cameras before, and I am buying 43 in large to explore zoom photography - I'm scared if the zooms suck I will have nothing to back up to.
There is a reason why Olympus and Pentax went down and a lot has to do with their non-cholant approach to building their optics lineups. (Circumstantial, I understand)
I know I sound like a hater (I get critical when I hyperfocus in what I'm invested haha 💦💦💦), but I've not been this excited for a camera in a very long time! Can't wait to experience a large part of photography that wasn't accessible to me prior.
The lens selection is certainly not nearly as robust as other brands lineups for the time, however I have been impressed with the overall optical quality of the lens that I do have. The 35mm 3.5 macro prime is exceptional. I also find that the 14-54mm zoom and the 12-60mm zoom are both extremely sharp and produce wonderful image quality! I hope you're able to find a few that you really like! The kit lens 14-42mm and 40-150mm are not bad, but I would avoid them since it sounds like they would not be a good fit for what you're looking for.
Overall though I think it's a great camera system and I'll be keeping mine for many more years!
@@ColtonMatocha Thanks for the heads up Colton! Think I’ll eventually collect all the primes in the system since I don’t plan flipping it - but now I’m just eyeing the 50mm macro. 35mm also sounds good very good in lieu of a standard 85 prime.
@@hanfei6871 let me know how you like the 50! I've thought about checking it out myself!
what lens do u use to take those pic Colton?
Mostly I shot those on the 14-54mm zoom lens or the 35mm prime lens! Both are great! I will say the 14-45mm kit lens is actually pretty decent for a kit lens.
The only "reduced functionality" you would get from non-Oly 4/3 lenses would be the aperture ring on the Pana-Leicas won't work. But the Oly lenses didn't have aperture rings, so they'll work the same way
It's not like m4/3 where there are software corrections going on in camera or something that you'll miss if you're shooting JPEG. Or artificially lowered frame rates, none of that nonsense. They treated the standard like a standard back then.
Oh that's great info! Thank you for sharing! That certainly opens the door to other prime lens options for this camera. I'll have to remind myself of what's out there.
@@ColtonMatocha Nice! I shot that system professionally for a few years, the E-500 was the first SLR that I bought myself (after shooting on a Minolta film SLR handed down from my mother) before I could afford anything better.
The last few holdouts that I kept for a long time after switching to Nikon were the Olympus E-3 with the Olympus 35-100 f/2, and the PanaLeica 25mm f/1.4. Those were my two favorite lenses in the system among those that I owned, though the 14-35 f/2 would have been another I would have liked to own - I never did.
@@reginalb124 both of those lens sound really nice. I wouldn't mind getting my filthy hands on them one day! 😁
Does the Olympus E510 have the same sensor?
Hey, great question! They do not. The E510 uses a Panasonic Livemos sensor rather than the Kodak CCD sensor in the E500. That said, color science should be very similar if not the same!
so if i want to use micro four third lens, i have to buy adapter right?
Hey! So you can use Four Thirds lens on a Micro Four Thirds camera via an adapter, but you can't use MFT lens on a Four Thirds camera like the E500.
The reason is that a 4/3 camera has a mirror which creates some physical space between the lens and the sensor whereas a mirrorless micro four thirds camera doesn't have a mirror and so there's significantly less space between the lens and the sensor. So, you can take a 4/3 lens and create space by using an adapter for a mirrorless micro four thirds camera. A micro four thirds lens on the other hand, is designed to be very close to the sensor which thus is not possible if a mirror is in the way like on the E500.
@@ColtonMatocha so. i only can use 4/3 lens on e500 right?. or is there any solution if i want to use m4/3 lend on e500?
@@malikanwar9273 There isn't a way to use MFT lens on the e500. You'd have to use the original four thirds lens for the E500.
Can be confusing but "Four Thirds" is the DSLR mount. "Micro Four Thirds" is the mirrorless mount.
@@ColtonMatocha ahhh okay. got it. since 4/3 lens isn't really that much in here. im cancelling my will to buy e500. thank you so much sir. you brighten me up
Damn. There was one for sale with a couple of kit zooms and there were lots of watchers but nobody bidding so i put a bid on it for US60 to encourage people but they weren't and now i've bought the bloody thing by accident. (Deliberate absence of punctuation intended to indicate panic arising from foolishness). I could have spent that money on some spare lens caps! Thinking... thinking... maybe i can use it as a starting point for 'trading up'... see if i can turn it into something interesting like a Leica M8 or an Epson RD-1 within six months? Do i even have the energy to bother!!!! Damn.
Welcome to the E-500 club. We meet every second Tuesday and membership dues are collected on the first of the month. 🤣
@@ColtonMatocha No way man!!!! A whole club for luzrs like me? Is it like AA or one of those Paleo men's things where they all wear animal skins and form a circle sniffing each other? You'll take a cheque, right?
would this camera replace my iphone 13?
Idk if it necessarily replaces it, but it certainly could prove to be of value. It would give you more traditional camera controls and abilities!
aktually, I do own that camara and have not been using it anymore because I touhgt it was not good any more. I have been using may smartphone for making photos and was also surprised abaut the quality and simplicity of it. But now I have taken some photos with the smartphone and the E500 and compare the photos on may screen. And ques what. The quality of the e500 photos where better. Now I will take that camara with me for my next holyday and use it and start learing how to use a camara. Perhaps that will lead me to purchase a better camera one day.
Absolutely! I take the E500 on all of my vacations even though I have more technically superior cameras available. It just does a really wonderful job with the color in the images. IQ is really great. I've even used that camera for my still life work. Just sold a print today from that camera. I hope you enjoy using it!
Thank you for your response. I will for sure use it and get into photography more deeply. By the way were are you from? I ques from the US. I am from Germany.
I still have my e-500
That's great! Are you still shooting with it?
@@ColtonMatocha i have not used it in years but i ordered a new battery for it and plan to use it again.
The E500 is a lovely little camera (not a digicam), but the 35mm f3.5 is not a common lens. It is a wonderful lens with better magnification than the objectively better 50mm f2.0, but it is quite rare. The 50 is more common, but that is not cheap.
Yes I found the 35 on fb marketplace for a deal a while back. Really hoping to find a 50 for a good price eventually! I love the macro aspect of the 35 though! What's your favorite lens on this system?
@@ColtonMatocha Tough call. I think the 50mm is top dog in the line-up due to its fast aperture, versatility and modest size. But close runners up would be the diminutive 25mm, the blue ring 40-150 and the awesome but kinda big 14-54. I mostrly use these lenses on MFT where they have an unusual stable mate in the form of the Canon 55-250 IS STM which makes for an incredible make shift wildlife lens.
@@birzanlucian2051 oh gotcha! Which MFT camera do you use? I've been casually interested in the om10 iii but Idk if I'll pull the trigger lol.
@@ColtonMatocha I'd stay away from the EM10's as a rule (compromised build quality). If you want to use 4/3 lenses on MFT, the lowest you should go is the EM5 mk III or any EM1. The first also suffers from shoddy build quality and high price. The latter is the route I went for: the original EM1. Cheap, versatile and due to firmware updates, very capable. One caveat I have with the system is that although the EM1 eventually became capable of internal focus stacking, Olympus won't let you use that feature with 4/3 lenses, only MFT.
I've been looking for a good deal on the 35mm macro lens! It's a hidden gem but yes also rare. Thank you for sharing the bit about internal focus stacking not working with 4/3rds lenses in the MFT cameras you mentioned - that is useful to know.
Find the oly 12-60 swd for this camera. You'll never take it off.
I've heard its a pretty great lens. If I already have the 14-54 I wonder if the law of diminishing returns will be at play. What are your thoughts?
@@ColtonMatocha I couldn't live without the wider 12 end. I had both and sold my 14-54 mkii with zero regrets.
@@ml.2770 I do like the idea of a 24-120mm lens that's actually good quality. Since I always take the E500 on trips, it could be handy.
You should not say don’t replace this instead of a ( modern) camera? Really? Lol this camera was inspired by a filmmaker Sir! But you didn’t know that. Anyway it’s a beautiful camera and can kick ass and hang with any Modern camera! Just my opinion
Well I absolutely love this camera and I shoot it super frequently! It's become one of the main cameras I use for my artwork. But that said, I still hold onto my Sony A7 iii because that is the camera i use for my paid work. That's really what I was trying to get at. I didn't want people to think I was suggesting this camera be used in a commercial setting. For fun, or even for art it's great though! Some of my best shots lately have been on this and the E-300!