Hi everyone,

Well, after having used a prosumer camera for years, I think its time for me to make the jump to a DSLR. Even though, I know a fair bit about cameras, I'm still consider a newbie when it comes to DSLRs. My question is, what is a good entry level camera? I was told that the Olympus E-410 is a good start. My budget is RM3000, plus minus a few hundred. Is this a good model to start with? How is it compared to Nikon and Canon entry level DSLR? Are there many lens in the market for Olympus? Thanks for your comments.

thanks for all the response. are there many lenses out there which are compatible with the e-510?

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Added on November 6, 2007, 7:35 amooo..just read a bit more about th e-510, looks like it can support most lenses out there

This post has been edited by giggsy: Nov 6 2007, 07:35 AM

hi kayan,

thanks for that extensive explanation. yeah, as mentioned by the other contributers, no one SLR can suit everyone's needs. I know that there are specific ones those who like to take portraits, architectures, sceneries, sports, etc...

However, as I dont think I am looking to take any kind of specific pics. I just want to take as many pics as I can, of different categories, just to get a hang of using an SLR before upgrading to a higher end one. I just want something that gives an overall good / average pic quality for all sorts of scenarios.

I'm not too sure, but I have so far narrowed it down to either Nikon D300, Nikon D80, Canon 350D. I've decided not to take the Olympus because I figured that lenses are hard to come by. Any other good ones? And is the K100D really that good? Let me go read up on it...

This post has been edited by giggsy: Nov 7 2007, 06:10 AM

haha, thanks:) D400 sounds like a good buy...

ahhaha..rich? if i'm rich, i wouldnt care what camera to buy. just keep buying new ones if its not good:P