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**NanoGordeno** · 06-09-2008, 12:12 PM

My old point and shoot camera has been acting kinda flakey lately, so I've been thinking of caving and just getting a DSLR. Admittedly, I'm quite new to the DSLR thing, so I've been reading up on different cameras and features to try and educate myself in what would be a good price to featureset purchase.

My older sister does a bit of amateur photography and she has an Olympus EVOLT E-300 that's a few years old now, but it seems to take pretty good pics and didn't cost an arm and leg. Well, the E-300 isn't in production anymore, but I was talking to her earlier and she said I can get the E-510 for about $600USD with a 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 lense, and the lenses for Olympus cameras seem to be interchangeable between models, so my sister and I could share if need be.

Do you guys think it's a good deal? Does anyone actually have an E-510 that could give me some personal thoughts on the cam? In about a month I'll be going to Japan for a couple weeks, and I want to take some nice pics while I'm there[yes].

06-09-2008, 12:12 PM	#1
NanoGordeno Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 414 Senior Member	Olympus EVOLT E-510 - Anyone have one? My old point and shoot camera has been acting kinda flakey lately, so I've been thinking of caving and just getting a DSLR. Admittedly, I'm quite new to the DSLR thing, so I've been reading up on different cameras and features to try and educate myself in what would be a good price to featureset purchase. My older sister does a bit of amateur photography and she has an Olympus EVOLT E-300 that's a few years old now, but it seems to take pretty good pics and didn't cost an arm and leg. Well, the E-300 isn't in production anymore, but I was talking to her earlier and she said I can get the E-510 for about $600USD with a 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 lense, and the lenses for Olympus cameras seem to be interchangeable between models, so my sister and I could share if need be. Do you guys think it's a good deal? Does anyone actually have an E-510 that could give me some personal thoughts on the cam? In about a month I'll be going to Japan for a couple weeks, and I want to take some nice pics while I'm there[yes].
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