I have been looking for a digital SLR and keep leaning in the Olympus E500 direction. How does it compare to others in it's price range.
2006-09-22 10:15:44 · 6 answers · asked by David G 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
The E500 gets good reviews but it has two big drawbacks compared to the similarly priced (and highly regarded) Nikon D50:
* A tiny viewfinder
* A startup time of 1.7 seconds
If you compare the two brands in general, Nikon also gives you a much wider selection of lenses and accessories (in every price segment), and Nikon offers a better upgrade path for the bodies. In all, I think the D50 makes a lot more sense.
2006-09-22 10:56:21 · answer #1 · answered by OMG, I ♥ PONIES!!1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I chose an Olympus e500 after considerable research. I love it. It is slightly less cost (usually) than the Canon Rebel which was the other top runner for what I was looking at. I used eBay and a sniping service and got the camera, three lens, extra cf cards etc etc for around 500 bucks.
If you want to see some of the pictures I have taken with mine you can go to http://www.silvaspoon.net
On that site also, under travel/cameras you will find some links down the left hand column for outlets that usually have cameras on sale.
You do not say what kind of photography you intend, but the evolt series are a pretty good bet for most things. The truth is you can take a fantastic picture with a disposable camera off the rack if you know what you are doing.. it just makes it easier to have good equipment.
2006-09-22 10:37:55 · answer #2 · answered by Silvatungfox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very almost all lenses that greater healthful the OM SLR cameras will greater healthful on the Olympus E series cameras with the OM adapter type MF-one million. the only exceptions that I extremely have stumbled on are some 0.33 party lenses that used their own adapters to greater healthful the OM cameras. The MF-one million lists for about $one hundred U.S. yet there are additionally 0.33 party adapters equivalent to the MF-one million that sell for notably much less. I extremely have used the adapter to shoot with an E500 and my familiar OM lenses, an Olympus Macro lens and a bellows unit. the concentration is handbook, the meter works yet in user-friendly terms particularly modes (the many times used Metering device and aperture priority settings, if I keep in mind properly) and demands the lens to be stopped right down to the shooting aperture for metering. to boot, you will get many different varieties of adapters for different producer's handbook lenses for the Olympus digital SLRs consisting of Nikon, Minolta, Pentax, etc. stable luck. The E500 is an incredible digital camera! email in case you have different questions.
2016-10-15 07:38:16 · answer #3 · answered by benavidez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a great camera for the price - i would look at ebay and go for one of the refurbished kits they have posted. you can probably get the camera and lens for about $500. hard to beat that price.
on the other hand, there are a lot of better dslrs out there...if you're willing to spend $800 - $1000. my main complaint with my e-500 is the size of the viewfinder. the sensor is smaller than the the usual APS sized digital slr sensor, and the viewfinder is smaller too. i find it rather annoying since most dslr viewfinders are already too small. it makes it kind of hard to compose....but check one out, and if that doesn't bother you then go for it.
2006-09-22 10:38:47 · answer #4 · answered by lazy_magnet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
E500 is by far the best digicam in it's feature/price range. However the new 10 meg cameras by Nikon (D80), Sony (Alpha), Canon (XTi) , and my favorite Pentax (K10D) now are overpowering that price point.
2006-09-23 00:40:32 · answer #5 · answered by clavestone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The canon rebel is well worth the extra bucks!
2006-09-22 14:52:08 · answer #6 · answered by turners_pics 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋