"The E-500 is the lightest (body only) digital SLR available at the moment..."

"Pick up the E-500 and it feels immediately familiar, good ergonomics, a comfortable hand grip and a 'normal' pentaprism viewfinder... "

"Dive into the E-500s menus and you soon realize this camera offers far more from a features point of view than the competition, you just don't find features like this on a $699 camera..." *

"...you'll be hard pushed to argue with the 'value proposition' the E-500 represents. As a bonus you can always put some of the savings towards one of the excellent Olympus E system lenses (of which there are now considerably more to choose from)."

* A kit containing the E-500 body and 14-45mm lens is expected to retail at approximately £620 in the UK.
View the complete review at DP Review.