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Hi im jess, im new to the forum!
So heres my dilemma, i am going to buy my first dslr in a week or so, and for ages i have been researching cameras, and have fallen in love with the canon eos range, especially the eos 400d, but today i ran across a site that led me to the olympus e 510 as a better choice after filling in a survey (and when i was researching the cam i found this site) and i have really fell for it by looking at the article and the pictures, but obviously the camera isnt everything.... so i honestly don't know what would be a better choice.
I have been able to find more stuff on the eos range as the olympus which makes me think the eos is a better camera... But i am honestly completely lost and id like to see what you lot think, HONESTLY!! Even if you thik another camera would be better please tell me!
Thank you for any help in advance!!
Jess



Jess,

I would second all the advice given by the others. I would stress the point made about considering your purchase as buying into a system. If you are really serious about wildlife photography, you will quickly realize that it is the quality of lenses that will be the key to great images. Most of the major brand DSLRs these days give excellent resolution. However, they don't all have the same availability of a good collection of high quality lenses. Also at the price of a good quality lens it's nice to have a body that has a large number of high quality used lenses available. I have owned Olys in the past and their high quality optics are superb. However, you might want to compare the lenses availbable from them comapared to the big two, Canon and Nikon. I think you will find that not only are there a greater number of lenses available to the C & N users, but there are a very large number of high quality and lower priced used lenses available.

Just something to consider.

Geo

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