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First the short (term) of it. E500 with decent kit lenses that had the reach of 28-300mm in 35mm terms. All of this in a package that is light and easy to use and carry. The thing takes great pics.

The Long of it is long bright lenses that are extremely compact vs what other manufacturers can even dream of offering. Hang a 50-200 f2.8-3.5 on the camera and you have the reach up to 400mm f3.5 in 35mm terms. Add the excellent 1.4 teleconverter and you now the 35mm equivalent is 560mm f4.5 and the entire lens/cam weighs 4 lb and is a foot long when not zoomed. Can carry it all day long around my neck if I want to and the setup is very very flexable.

If you try the same reach and capability with other non-4/3 manufacturer and see what kind of package you need to carry and pay for. NO THANKS!
 
It was the way the blue logo looks over the silver background box when I bouth my e-20, LOL
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Bluephotons
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Bob Dylan
 
The colors! Simply can't beat image color from an Oly camera.

Dust Buster. Laugh at C and N users when they whinge about dust after bagging out Oly cameras. haha.

Lenses. Best digital lens quality I've seen, and at reasonable prices. The 50-200 is a killer!
 
Digi from the ground up with lenses to match. 28-400mm (in 35 mm terms) with 2 lenses. Weather proof. Excellent IQ and very good ergonomics. Heavy duty shutter rated to 150,000 clicks. After putting about 75 weddings and everything else on my E-1 I figure I am past the half way point as far as the shutter goes. Went to the dark side spring of '06 when no replacement was forthcoming (still waiting , yaaaaawn) but use the "extreme cam" on occasion. Also of note, I cut my digital teeth with the Oly E-20, long since departed. Good luck!
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Rick Sostaric, Cleveland Ohio
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sngreen said:
I suppose Olympus was the only dSLR you ever used? How could then
others match?

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  • Sergey
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Hi Sergey

This is the second time in as many days I have notice your negative attitude towards Bill. What are you hoping to achieve through your postings? Are you trying to single handedly drive him away from the forum? Given how long Bill has been around I think you are unlikely to do this. By following him around making negative remarks you make yourself look childish. If you don't like Bill you should just ignore his posts.

Regards
Doug

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Hi,

I chose my Oly E-500 because someone that I respected who had worked for Zeiss some years ago said that Oly glass was really excellent. I have a lot of great lenses now and am patiently waiting for a better body to come out. My best lens is the 7-14mm. It's really great.

Timothy
 
After buying the 8080 based on researching it and using it for a year I decided to go with a 300 due to the flexability of the interchangable lenses.

Even though I have had a Oly OM g for 20 years and have alway appreaciated the glass I wasnt locked into a Oly product when starting new into the dslr market.

I did like the oly colors on the 8080, the glass and image quality were outstanding. other features listed here weighed heavily for the 300's purchase.

I now have the 330 and quite a few lenses and haven't regreted the choice. I really look forward to the new releases but to be honest I have no pressing need to replace my bodys, the 300/330/8080 combo covers alot of ground and can produce stunning results.
I will be adding to the lens collection though.
JimB
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It all started long ago and far away with a lowly OM-G

The OM of Getto cams
 
I have an E-500 for over a year now.
My choice was the dust remover and the Oly color.
I am very happy with my E-500 , since I added a 14-54 and the 35 macro.
 
Same as others, I really liked the image quality I saw here and elsewhere, I liked the quality of the kit lenses (far better than either N or C's at the time I purchased), and the price was hard to beat, it got me into a dSLR at least 6 months before I could have afforded it otherwise - the worst camera is the one that's still at the store.....

If I had waited it would have been a lot harder, I was a Nikon user in the past and they released the D50 with that nice kit lens soon after I bought the E-300; I might have been swayed by the D50's high-ISO IQ and the old glass I own. The price of the competition's kits have become much more competitive over the last year as well.

ECM
 
...of E-330 helps in photographing people without them taking too much notice, as well as making underwater photography easier. Personally, the most important aspect of the art is framing and its liberating to have this feature.

I like Olympus design philosophy of taking digital photography further than what film cameras can do.

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Jeff Sim
 
In my opinion, love 'em or hate 'em, Olympus has had the most original designs of any of the DSLR makers. They've tried to push the envelope with cameras like the E-300/330, and E1.Where as, say, Canon, have been using the same designs that popped up in the 80's with the original EOS-1, which itself was an update of earlier non EOS cameras like the T-90.

Then of course, the dust buster. Having had problems with dust in my Fuji s7000, the SSW filter was a major selling point.
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Lumix DMC-L1, Olympus E-1

30mm Sigma, ZD 50mm, ZD 11-22mm, Leica 14-50mm, ZD 14-54mm, ZD 50-200mm, ZD 8mm fisheye. FL-36 Flash.SHLD-2.
Ricoh GR-D
Sony DSC-V3
Fujifilm f810
 
I let some time go by while I pondered the question in this post.

Now that I've thought about it for a day I can honestly say, the "Dust Buster" was what first attracted me to the Oly DSLRs.

I got my first Oly DSLR (an E-300) and was AMAZED at the difference in the way it rendered the color in my photos....

Now I own an E-1, an E-500, and the E-300...Im sold on the image quality and colr from the Oly cameras.
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It seems Mark Twain had something to say about all the speculation on Oly's next Pro DSLR

'There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact'. Mark Twain.

Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.
 
Humm. Well I used to shoot on Minolta 35mm gear but when I got my first digital camera (just a small point and shoot) the salesman at my local camera store suggested I look at the Olympus (back in 2003 I think it was). The camera I bought was a C4040 and the image quality (especially for the time from a P&S) was outstanding. That camera got stolen and I replaced it with another P&S, the C7070 (I think it was called). Last year I finally decided to move my SLR photography over to digital (although I still shoot some 35) and having been so impressed with the quality and user interface of the Olympus I bought a E-330. The live view was handy for me since I often travel and shoot without a tripod so I'm always looking for things to rest the camera on or wedge the camera between to keep it steady and often that means it's very awkward to get to the optical viewfinder. When I saw that feature become available on the SLR i finally said, 'it's time'. :)

-Iain.
 
Douglas Palmer said:
Hi Sergey

This is the second time in as many days I have notice your negative
attitude towards Bill. What are you hoping to achieve through your
postings? Are you trying to single handedly drive him away from
the forum? Given how long Bill has been around I think you are
unlikely to do this. By following him around making negative
remarks you make yourself look childish. If you don't like Bill
you should just ignore his posts.

Regards
Doug

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Douglas,

I paste it below, which part of it is negative and which is not true? And why would not you be curious what the sentence exactly mean? Are we speaking English yet?
Douglas Palmer said:
Douglas Palmer said:
No camera I've ever used has matched the quality and
flexibility of the Olympus offerings.
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I suppose Olympus was the only dSLR you ever used? How could then
others match?
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sngreen said:
I paste it below, which part of it is negative and which is not
true? And why would not you be curious what the sentence exactly
mean? Are we speaking English yet?
sngreen said:
sngreen said:
No camera I've ever used has matched the quality and
flexibility of the Olympus offerings.
Click to expand...
I suppose Olympus was the only dSLR you ever used? How could then
others match?
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The negative bit is the assumption that Bill has never used another DSLR. I don't think I'm confused by the meaning of any of the sentences. We are close to speaking English but as you are from Austria I can forgive the your little mistakes.

Regards
Doug

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And many many more @ http://dougjen.net

 
I picked it up, and instantly new I wanted it (this was in Nove 2003, at full price). I ordered an E-1, 15-54, 50-200, EC14, grip and grid focus screen immediately.

My previous SLR was a Canon T90, and I'd been using Canon FD since I started in photography. If Canon hadn't made the FD mount obsolete, I expect I would have bought a Canon 10D. It was a very strong contender, but in terms of total package price and indeed appropriate lens availability, it couldn't compete.
 
but after printing samples from C, N & Oly my decision always goes to Oly. Furthermore, if I want to use C & N, I could always borrow them from others cos everybody seems to use them but not Oly/Pentax/Minolta.

Hey, really feel proud of carrying one especially when going outing with friends who are using C & N.

Cheers.

ABBAR
 
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