In Reply to: Pl. Recommend Digital SLR camera/lens for $1,000 total, Caarma [Profile/Gallery] , Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:40:51

Canon and Nikon are clearly the Big Two in digital SLRs, but after trying them both out at all sorts of price points, I decided (after MUCH deliberation) to go with Olympus. I spent six years selling 35mm cameras in a specialty retailer and had always been a Nikon guy, but to me, the Olympus had three definite advantages: it is smaller than the others (as are its lenses), it has live view, and it has image stabilizer in the body rather than in lenses. To others, those things might not matter; to me, they outweighed the disadvantages (such as having a smaller processor). I got the E520 with two zooms, a 28-85 equivalent and an 80-300 equivalent, but I shoot the shorter one almost exclusively and then crop (I'd probably get the E620 were I buying today). I've been pleased with the camera and the results. I'll post a link to our Flickr album from the most recent trip; some of the photos are from a Canon P&S, the others from the Oly.

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• Pl. Recommend Digital SLR camera/lens for $1,000 total, Caarma , Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:40:51
  • Re: What did you end up buying?, JimBlake , Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:15:47
    • I ended up buying the following..., Caarma , Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:20:41
      • Oops. The body I bought is a Canon EOS Rebel T1i n/m, Caarma , Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:21:34
  • nikon's pluses - durability, mikeyb, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:44:06
  • Rebel xsi and a fast lens or two, Saabinhappy, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:17:56
  • Nikon & Canon are both excellent. A big part of it, Noel, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:43:55
    • Ditto Canon and B&H, JMJ in NC, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:45:08
  • I've had a D40 for 2 years, IanC , Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:20:40
    • Camera Love, OKSaabs, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:43:00
  • Get Image stabilization!, moeman, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:09:47
  • I went with Olympus, OKSaabs, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:19:20 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Very nice., Boston Baab, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:44:51
      • Thanks!, OKSaabs, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:49:07
  • Do you still have some Canon lenses you want ...., TKC, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:04:59
  • Nikon, Nikon, Nikon (+), vvk, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:57:11
    • Re: Nikon, Nikon, Nikon (+), Xavier, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:21:18
      • Canon, Canon, Canon Re: Nikon, Nikon, Nikon (+), saabsince 93b , Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:01:41
        • Uh-oh....and an alternative, Faux Paws, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:11:24

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