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I might, not overly keen on ordering it off the net, I can get a for-sure 10% off here, plus my friend makes commission.

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I think I’ve reconsidered.

I am going to save up the extra 300 I need (I can swing 10% off at a certain store) and get the D70S.

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I checked out so more indepth reviews and I guess from I can see, although there are a lot of features on the e-500 that appeal to me, especially over the D50, the image quality of the D50 and it’s lens is worth the extra money.

I also think I found someone who works at a camera shop in town that can get it for me for less than online (only about 8 bucks cheaper) but it saves me shipping costs, and a wait time.

The other beneficial thing too is that the D50 takes SD, although I would prefer CF I already have a whole whack of SD cards.

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Get a room 😛

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I checked out this adapter ring and found it on Amazon.

It allows for the attachment of Zuiko lenses, of which I only have one 50mm 1:1.8 that I use now. The zoom lens I have is a Vivitar and will likely not attach, and as mentioned I CAN get the ring that will allow me to attach Nikon Al lenses. The Zuiko ring costs a little over $100.

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I’ll try and dig it up, I did find this though, an adapter that lets me connect Nikon Al lenses.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Nikon-AI-lens-adapter-for-Olympus-E-330-E-500-E-300-E-1_W0QQitemZ170051762790QQihZ007QQcategoryZ30059QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

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probably mostly my brand snobbishness talking, though. 🙂

Buying a camera is a personal decision, and the right camera for one person might be the wrong camera for another. I don’t want to scare you out of a camera you’ll really enjoy.
But…
For the love all that is good in the world, hold the camera in your hands before you buy it, even if that means pestering the folks at the local camera shop then leaving to buy it cheaper elsewhere.

Lemme tell you a short story about a guy with big hands and a tiny camera. He got HORRIBLE HAND CRAMPS, even though his “friend” assured him that the handgrip was comfy and great.
Nothing’s worse than having little annoyances like debilitating hand pain keep you from enjoying the shooting.
I ended up getting a handle-mount flash just so I can walk around with the @#$%ing thing and be able to sign my name at the end of the day.
So, you know, keep that in mind.
Grip, viewfinder, buttons, etc… make sure you’re comfortable with them in person.

Haha don’t worry, I have been into my local shop a lot over the last 6 months checking these out. I actually appologized to the girl yesterday for never buying one but always looking.

I have a problem with grips as well, since my hands are sizeable. The Olympus sits nicely in my right hand, but the D50 even better. There was another one I tried, I don’t recall which (might have been a digital rebel) but it was awful, I could barely hold onto it, my pinky finger was under the camera and my ring finger was practically under there too, the grip was shallow and immediately I told her I won’t even look at that one.

As I said to her yesterday the Olympus is one that I have been consistently impressed with each time I come in, now the Nikon I have been as impressed with, it’s a stupendous camera so really I guess it will just come down to what I get for the price. I don’t really care about the MP differences, at the sizes I’ll be printing them it won’t matter much.

Some of the features are great on the Olympus, but I guess I’ll have to look a bit deeper to see if I can find the same things in the Nikon, which I havn’t tried as extensively.

Everyone has been helpful so far, keep it coming

Thanks!

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I compared the two and surprisingly they are quite similar, different on-camera features mind you but specs wise similar.

Do you reccomend it just because of the lens?

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Conditions for me would likely be mostly outdoors, some inside potentially darker areas, but my guess would be primarily outdoors.

The telephoto would be nice, but it’s not something I think I will use right off the bat. I know you can get an adapter for this camera (under 200) that will allow you to add other lenses that fit Olympus film onto it, and I have a 200mm telephoto that would fit this with a ring, I use it with my OM-10.

I was really attracted by the price since it’s even lower than what I thought I could spend and would at least get me the camera and the lens and I can go from there deciding what lenses to buy. If it turns out it’s a really shitty lens and a terrible deal I guess I’ll have to save, but the most I’ll be doing with this is probably outdoors stuff for my university newspaper.

I suppose I should mention, similarly there is a Nikon D50 with an 18-55 DX on there for a 100 more than the package I am looking at.

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I’ve been toying with the idea of going to a DSLR sometime soon, and this is quite inticing, refurbished, but again, you have to question the quality of the refurbished product.

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Not too long after Nikon pulled out of the film business.

Sad, really.

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I missed the cutoff date on this, I would have liked to enter.

Maybe there will be some more geekesque contests later.

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I like it, the engine on it, the pipes look almost surreal, I can’t really describe it.

Good work.

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