Hi everyone,
I am new to this website. I came upon the site when I read an article by John Isaac about the Olympus E-510. I just bought this camera which came with 2 kit lenses. It is my first DSLR camera. My old camera is an Olympus Camedia C-765 ultra zoom. It is a great camera and has many manual options. It produces amazing clarity with the 10x zoom feature. I recently started to photograph birds from my window with my old camera and was able to produce quite a bit of good detail with the right light and settings. I have been practicing using my new E-510 for a couple of weeks now and am disappointed with the detail I am getting on my bird pictures. I have adjusted the settings of the noise filter, sharpness, white balance, etc. It is not that it doesn't produce good quality pictures with great color, but I was expecting more clarity with a 10mp camera vs the old 4mp camera. Do I have to get the more expensive lenses to get the detail that I want?

I know there are some Olympus users here so I thought I might be able to get some pointers. I like the new camera because it has many features that I want so I will keep working with it. Here is some more information that may help you.
I have the 14-42mm and the 40-150mm lenses.