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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() 1500$ vs 400$? fisheye is something else, for someone just wanting a nice wide angle lens with around 15-16mm FOV, oly is a bad bet for now. |
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On the tele side they are finally offering a cheaper 70-300mm lens, till now I am stuck with 50-200mm with max EFL of 400mm or 560mm with TC. But on the wider side, it is really expensive to make good wide lens for 4/3 format. If wide angle photography is your main stay, then it is expensive, but you'll get excellent glass. But if you are happy with 22mm EFL or above, then Olympus proves to be excellent value for money. | |
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![]() I have faced same problem with my S1 IS. It was over 4 years old and bought from US. I did not have any bill or warranty. Canon India has replaced the CCD Free of charge. Really good service, I must add. Infact, at one point they gave free S3 IS for some people (my friend got it, unlucky me) But still free of charge service is good enough for a 4 year old camera. (However, they have to be convinced it is that CCD fault ONLY) | ||
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For maximum bang for the buck, none comes close to Pentax K10D P.S. The oly's are the cheapest on the site you mentioned. Last edited by extreme_torque : 5th October 2007 at 13:48. | |
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The shutter speed would be lower than it would have been at lower ISO but noise would be there. | |
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I don't think that the 2x crop factor makes good sense. 510, 400D, 350D are entry level SLRs and people buy them because they cant afford the Mark IIs etc., etc., When I started photography I had this telephoto crazy, and coupled with my low light craze I was really dissapointed that oly did not make a cam that did ISO 1600 decently(E-500). But now I do mostly wide angle, and even 28mm FOV seems to be too much. I need 10-22mm. It costs 650$ if I want the high quality canon one. At this price point its an excellent lens with pretty decent quality. | |
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The 9-point AF, it may help you focus faster than Olympus, but once the focus is acquired there is no difference. If you are not into action photography, this is not an advantage. The dust reduction from Olympus actually works, the one on Canon barely works, the one on Pentax/Sony doesn't work at all. Proof: Review: Dust removal systems / sensor cleaning - Pixinfo.com The E-510 has IS that really works, has been proved in the field to provide 2 stop advantage. The 400d doesn't have this feature. The E-510 has live-view feature which works very well, the 400D doesn't have this feature. The E-510 has spot metering, 400D doesn't. The kit lenses that come with E-510 are of top-notch compared to 400D or even the older E-500 it succeeded. I am only pointing out features that matter to photographers, I am sure both of them have many exclusive superficial features. I definitely agree 400D is better than my E-500 in many ways, but E-510 is miles ahead of both of these. However, people may still prefer to buy 400D over E-510 even with all the points. That could be due to reasons like ease of local availability, brand recognition, bigger lens choices, aiming to upgrade to pro body, etc. | |
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The live view adds about a second of shutter lag and the halfpress shutter release button does not locks focus. The metering itself in Oly isnt as accurate as Canon. There are workarounds for not having spot metering, though not perfect. The in-cam processing isnt as good as Canon. Quote:
P.S. E-510 does not support a battery grip or an AC adapter. | ||||||
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() In my opinion the in built anti-shake, may not be as effective as lens-based stabilization, especially at longer focal lengths, nor is it visible through the optical viewfinder. On the other hand you do enjoy the benefits of IS on any lens you attach to a camera with in built anti-shake. |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() There is no end to this argument, let's defer to the experts. See what he says about ISO1600 performance of 400D/D40x/E-510. Also check the kit lens performance. Olympus EVOLT E-510 Digital Camera - Full Review - The Imaging Resource! I am not saying E-510 is flawless, it does have certain quirks, and it has some major advantages. For me the advantages of E-510 overwhelm that of 400D, for you it is the other way. I shoot ISO100 99% of the time, so I don't care about high ISO performance. All my lenses are L quality equivalent at much cheaper price, again I feel that's an advantage. For me E-510 > 400D and for you E-510 < 400D. That's fine with me. The proof of the pudding is in the eating (Sam, you watching?). So, let's do further argument through our images in the non-auto image thread. ![]() Last edited by Samurai : 5th October 2007 at 17:15. Reason: typo |
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In bright light most of the DSLR's would shoot the same, with almost the same detail, what really matters to me is what happens when the going get a little tough, for example indoor pics without flash, evening shots, shooting on cloudy days and that when you require the high ISO performance to be really good. I am sure E-510 would be very close, but close isnt good enough for me ![]() I am not saying Canon is the better of the two, but I look at it from my perspective, and to me Canon seems a better bet right now. I have a Canon S3 IS right now and I plan to buy a ameteur DSLR in the near future, I might as well go for the E-510 because its a compelling choice in its segment, one of the best. I will be having difficult times ahead choosing b/w these.... Pentax K10D, Canon 400D, Oly 510 as my first entry level DSLR. By the way I dont have my images on the thread you mentioned, you can check them out on my flickr page, the link of which, is my signature. Happy Clicking, | |
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