Yeah I had a play waith a Nikon D50 today - and took a few shots in the
store and was impressed with what the LCD showed. It felt a little odd at
first - and I didn't play with manual settings (in case I messed anything
up). Basically I just pointed and when it acquired focus (which it does very
quickly) I took the shot. Ok a camera store doesn't offer much in the way of
opportunities - but I took a shot of the plate glass window and the
autofocus wasn't fazed in the least (as I expected it wouldn't be). Then I
whirled around and took a shot of the shelves (a couple of feet away) and
the autofocus was very quick. The light levels in the store were low but the
D50 coped well - *much* better than I expected! The D50 felt a tad bulbous
at first - compared with my film SLRs - but after a two shots felt perfectly
natural. The viewfinder was much better than my friend's Fuji - I think I've
found the DLSR I wnat to start with. I've got to save another £100 to get a
new one - but I'd rather buy brand new than get one of eB*y. That way, I get
the warranty and I know it shouldn't have any problems. I'm actaully looking
forward to making the transition to digital - but wil keep at least one film
SLR - I'm not going to abandon film completely.
Allan
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inconvenienced. (And threw a party for them afterwards for being really cool
about it).
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>From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Re: Which camera is best buy?
>Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:31:55 -0000
>
>
>And keep in mind also that a new E-1 with 14-45 can be found (in UK) for
>GBP399.
>
>--
>Piers
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of Moose
>Sent: 08 November 2006 06:31
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Which camera is best buy?
>
>Allan Mee wrote:
> > Hi
> > I've got £300 to spend on a s/h DSLR. I've spent all day looking for a
> > decent s/h DSLR for that price. So far I've found two camera shops
> > with a DSLR at that price. A camera repair shop (where I bought my
> > Olympus C150
> > compact) has an Olympus E300 for £329 - but will sell for £20 less for
> > a cash sale. Forget offhand what lens he said it has.
> >
>
>--snip
>
>Were it my £300, I think I'd wait and add to it a bit. The C 400D is out
>and
>the 350D will be coming down in value soon and is a step up from the 300D
>in
>resolution, noise and some other features.
>
>--snip
>
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