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I wander any members had any experience of Olympus E-510 Digital SLR Camera with two lens offer (ED 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 & ED 40-150mm 1:4.0-5.6) ? This is I believe a Four Thirds DSLR. Comments’ most welcome.

Sezar

They're reputed to be nice cameras, having a pretty good in-camera anti-shake system, but may be more susceptible to noise at high iso than Canikon as the sensor is smaller. Also, check out prices of other lenses that you might want before you buy as Zuiko prices are expensive, and independent lenses are not readily available.

Thanks, what would be a suitable alternative without paying outrageous prices?

......and independent lenses are not readily available.

Sigma do the
18-50mm f2.8 EX DC Macro
150mm f2.8 EX DG Macro
50-500mm f4-6.3 EX DG
All in the 4/3 mount.
They do quite a few others as well, but these 3 seem a pretty fair combination to me!

Roger

Thanks Roger

Not for me, not saying the camera it self is inferior in any way. But there are only a few lenses available from Sigma, I couldn't find any by Tamron, and their own lenses are not cheap to say the least

Gruditch

This camera seems to have a long list for the "cons"...

"Quote dpreview"

Dynamic Range less than competition (highlights by about three quarters of a stop; 0.7 EV)
Serious highlight clipping on bright days unless you reduce exposure
Small viewfinder (difficult to see fine detail, difficult to check focus, difficult to use with glasses)
Live View usefulness countered by LCD which doesn't tilt, not bright enough outdoors
Long, unstructured menus make finding some less common settings frustrating
Live histogram and preview brightness inaccurate if you use Live Preview Boost.
Best results require adjustment of Noise Filter and Sharpness settings
Visibly noisier results than most competitors above ISO 400
Slower than average startup due to the SSWF (should be at power-off / intervals)
No delete / cancel option during record review (immediately after shutter release)
Auto focus provides just three focus points, although AF performance good
Focus-by-wire kit lens means no focus distance indication, lack of precision and slight lag
Flash must be raised for AF assist

Martin.

Ok it is inferior

Gruditch

OK, I see problems now, it is inferior