lurker":3nmjcc2j said:
I'm still uming & arhing.
I have a film Olympus OM2n with some really nice lens so I'd like to put them back into use if I can.
I went to Jessops & asked the spotty erk if my OM lenses were compatable with Olympus digital offering and he went "dur" or similar. Would I need an adapter ? I asked, Dunno he replied. With that I chucked the camera at him & walked out. No wonder they are about to go bust!
Jessops HQ is not far away & I might try again via there.
My mate who is into Photography says buy a Canon
I continue to dither
Any Olympus DSLR users here???
This all sounds very familiar, I went into Jessops to get a Cokin filter set at the weekend, the young chap behind the counter looked slightly dumbstruck and then said "What's it for, Canon or Nikon?", not wanting to have to beat an appropriate response into his skull I made my excuses and left.
Believe me Lurker, your mate who is into photography uses a Canon and like the vast majority of keen photographers is almost totally biased by the kit he already uses, it's one of the most brand-snobbish hobbies/past-times you can find! The only way to find which slr you want is to work out your budget and then go a large shop and try them all out, because if you don't like the way it feels, you're not going to use it, no matter how brilliant it looks on paper or how much your mate likes it.
I bought a DSLR about a year ago and as I do tend to, I did a ridiculous amount of research on the subject. Naturally, if you look long enough you will find completely contradictory information, but the crux of it was that they will all take excellent photos if you know what you're doing. With that in mind I looked at the specs for each of them and decided on an Olympus as it had a feature non of the others did. I then went into a large Jessops as I happened to be passing and decided to look at the camera I would be ordering online later that day - boy am I glad I did! I didn't like the Olympus much, rather like the Canon it felt like a toy with nasty cheap plastic, the Nikon was far better, but didn't have many of the features I was looking for. The Sony was ok but at that stage no-one was really sure where Sony were going with their SLRs, so I decided against that one, then I picked up the Pentax that all the websites are so snooty about and it clicked instantly (pardon the pun). It fitted my hand perfectly, all the controls were in the right place, it was fast in operation, felt robust and had a few nice touches none of the others did.
Now, if money was no object would I have bought a Pentax? Probably not, all the things I love about the Pentax are available from the other manufacturers, you just have put some extra '0's on the price.
My point is that no-one can tell you what the camera *you* will want to use is, you have to try them out first and don't be dissuaded by anyone's opinion, try them all.
In answer to your question, in my close circle of slr-user friends we have a Canon user, two Pentax users (including myself) and an Olympus user. The Olympus user is very happy with it, but it as we discovered with considerable annoyance at my son's christening it will often not work in low light conditions, it just fires off continuous strobes from the flash, dazzling everyone, ruining everyone else's photos and making everyone squint. However, my sister and brother in law are both professional togs and they use Olympus.
Hope this helps.
V.
