Olympus DSLRs

[theduck]

Does anyone on here other than me use one? I know there are a few Nikon and Canon users, but havent noticed anyone saying they use Olympus.

 

[Dafthead]

I bought an E400 in April, took some fantastic pics, but wanted new lenses, which were like hens teeth, so flogged it last month and bought a 400d which seems easier to find lenses for.

 

[theduck]

There are plenty of lenses available and second hand lenses are easy to pick up if you know where to look.

Hate the 400d, feels so cheap

 

[b3nje]

never ever tried one.

always been a nikon man...samsung gx-1?? is a good camera

 

[Jay]

Nikon D50 owner here

 

[theduck]

Looks like I am the only Olympus user then, love my E1

 

[Dafthead]

There are plenty of lenses available and second hand lenses are easy to pick up if you know where to look.

Hate the 400d, feels so cheap

I couldn't find a 70-300mm anywhere for decent money?

Had them both for a while (until I sold the olympus) and prefer the feel of the canon, the olympus was a b**ch to get hold of properly

 

[theduck]

There are plenty of lenses available and second hand lenses are easy to pick up if you know where to look.

Hate the 400d, feels so cheap

I couldn't find a 70-300mm anywhere for decent money?

Had them both for a while (until I sold the olympus) and prefer the feel of the canon, the olympus was a b**ch to get hold of properly

70-300 has only just been anounced...

I presume you mean the Olympus equivalent to the canon 70-300 which is the 50-200 (Olympus is 2x crop not 1.6x) and thats about £650 new, but is some of the best quality glass you can buy. You can get a 40-150mm which is a lot cheaper at about £180 new.

 

[Dafthead]

£650 is twice what i paid, too expensive for me as a hobby really

 

[theduck]

you are paying for the quality of glass though. the 40-150 is a good cheaper alternative. Sigma do one I think not sure what the price is on that though

 

[unofficialPete]

hmmmm never tried one but not a fan looking at the E system on paper. Ultrade wide comes at a considerable cost, infact 30D+10-22 is less than the 7-14mm on its own :S

does the quality glass make up for the smaller sensor?

 

[ukaskew]

Olympus gave me an E-400 for free and I sold it within a month or so In all seriousness though, as a standard DSLR I found it pretty good and the image quality from the kit lens was superb, I just couldn't cope with the handling (it was too small) and the choice of lens was quite restrictive if you are on a tight budget (the high-end lens' are exellent, but the choice at the cheaper end is limited compared to Nikon and Canon)

The E-1 is still a stunning piece of kit though, virtually every war photograph taken in the past 4 years has come from that camera, and despite "only" being 5MP it's still the camera of choice today, if it's bomb-proof you need you've got the right camera

I tried to get hold of one a while ago to use as a weather-proof second body to use with the stunning Olympus 50-200 2.8 (absurd length when you convert it to 35mm equivalent) but decided to go with a Nikon D200 instead because I struggled to find a good second-hand one.

 

[Rhino172]

Olympus gave me an E-400 for free and I sold it within a month or so In all seriousness though, as a standard DSLR I found it pretty good and the image quality from the kit lens was superb, I just couldn't cope with the handling (it was too small) and the choice of lens was quite restrictive if you are on a tight budget (the high-end lens' are exellent, but the choice at the cheaper end is limited compared to Nikon and Canon)

The E-1 is still a stunning piece of kit though, virtually every war photograph taken in the past 4 years has come from that camera, and despite "only" being 5MP it's still the camera of choice today, if it's bomb-proof you need you've got the right camera

I tried to get hold of one a while ago to use as a weather-proof second body to use with the stunning Olympus 50-200 2.8 (absurd length when you convert it to 35mm equivalent) but decided to go with a Nikon D200 instead because I struggled to find a good second-hand one.

to me lol!! I love it...not used any other DSLR's other than the Nikon D80 and as I'm new to the whole DSLR thing but I can't really tell much difference between the two pic quality wise...great camera it is...just got a sigma 55-200 lens which is great..sooo much better than the 18-44 kit lens..

some pics (with the olympus lens, haven't used the Sigma one much yet)

 

[theduck]

The E-1 is still a stunning piece of kit though, virtually every war photograph taken in the past 4 years has come from that camera, and despite "only" being 5MP it's still the camera of choice today, if it's bomb-proof you need you've got the right camera

Bomb proof is definately what I need! lol. Its a great camera, jsut want to get some of the better lenses for it. Currently own the 14-45 and 40-150 but get use of a sigma 30mm f/1.4 aswell. Is the only lens of my dads he lets me take out the house lol.

Samples of my work:

Gallery: http://stumac1985.deviantart.com/gallery

 

[Dafthead]

nice pics!

 

[unofficialPete]

How do you find the Sigma?! am in search of a prime with a 50mm FoV

 

[InSoMnIa]

i use to own the e-400 too, but due to the same problems of getting decent lens cheap i flogged it on ebay only lost a tenner on it too. Now have the canon 400d, i was after the nikon d80 but judt alittle too much out of my price range.