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I haven't followed cameras that much. Generic advice (from an | |
Olympus user): | |
- Olympus makes great lenses. Thus, they are very expensive. There are | |
few/no cheap lenses that will work with Olympus DSLR's. It's a major | |
flaw. If this situation remains, I'll never buy an Olympus DSLR. | |
- In camera image stabilization (Olympus + Pentax) vs in lens | |
stabilization (Canon + Nikon). I don't have either. The latter is | |
"better", but then you have to get a lens that supports it, which I | |
assume will cost a lot (never checked). With the former, you get it | |
regardless of whatever lens you attach, but it's not as powerful. I'd | |
go with the former. I strongly suspect the Olympus E-420 doesn't have | |
it at all, and I'd suggest getting a different Olympus that does | |
(should he choose Oly). | |
- While I followed the camera scene, I was very partial to | |
Pentax. They're the only DSLR manufacturer whose cameras are | |
compatible with *all* their SLR lenses ever made. Some of their more | |
recent cameras may have flaws - I don't follow. At the time, they were | |
the best overall camera. They didn't excel in any one area, but Pentax | |
cameras were the only (affordable) DSLR's that had no flaws in any | |
aspect (physical, noise levels, focusing, menus, etc). The Olympus | |
cameras had some flaw. The Nikons did and so did the Canons. Again, | |
this may not be the case now. | |
- A lot of Olympus cameras have really crappy viewfinders, and this can | |
really hurt any attempts at manual focus. Pentax used to be known as | |
having excellent viewfinders. | |
- Advice given under the assumption that all pictures will be shot in | |
RAW mode, so I'm ignoring JPEG quality, and stuff like sharpness, | |
colors, etc. | |
- Historically, Nikon and Canon have the best noise control. Pentax used | |
to be quite good in that regard, and may still be. Olympus used to | |
suck in that regard (and yes, it hurts), and may still suck. | |
- If one has a particular type of photography in mind, much of the above | |
advice may not apply. | |
- Best to try out a camera (if only in a store) before deciding. The | |
feel of the camera may matter a lot, and the weight may matter even | |
more. And since I'm used to my Olympus, I'll say that having a | |
convenient menu system and extra buttons for really quick settings | |
changes (e.g. ISO, etc) is a big plus. |
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