Considering change from Canon to Olympus

<p>Look Terrance....a Nikon D300 that's only producing black images..<br>

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Good thing you didn't own that camera!</p>

<p>Tried it. Didn't like it.</p>

<p>I bought an E-420 back in the summer. Most of the images looked very good. The sensor with regard to intrusive noise was not useable at or above ISO 800. I had a killer shot taken at a party. Again the sensor's limitations kicked in, yielding an ugly moire pattern I'd never experienced when shooting my 10D in similar fashion.</p>

<p>There is no substitute for sensor size. APS-C seems to be the limit of what can produce images to my liking. </p>

<p>Michael J Hoffman</p>

<p>You have way to many heavy and ridiculously large zoom lenses. Take one zoom (24-105) and a fast (f1.8 is fine) standard lens: that will equip you for 95% of photos. The others you either just miss (who cares - must one take a shot of everything?) or you move back or forward - zoom with your feet.</p>

<p>To Ken Parks, RE:<br>

The so-called “cheap plastic body” seems to be Mr. Hodgins opinion insomuch that greater weight renders higher quality."</p>

<p>No, it's that a better-built body won't break when you mount a flash unit in the hotshoe and then do some walk-around city street photography.</p>

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<p>To Ken, again, RE:<br>

"The hot shoe incident must be quite isolated. I have shot extensively with the E-510 over the past 14 months, and never experienced the problems with the hot shoe."<br>

Lucky you. My experience was 100% the other way.<br>

RE:<br>

Besides, a good photographer would shoot flash off-camera. I use the FL-50 including the off-camera adaptor. There’s no need to have an on-camera flash, unless one takes pleasure in duplicating the same light effect as your Motor Vehicle Licensing Bureau."<br>

That is one style of shooting. Like studio shooting, with arranged lighting. City street shooting does not necessarily allow the option of arranging things, unmounting the flash unit, putting the adapter into the hotshoe, and getting things wired up before the traffic accident finishes.<br>

What a real "good photographer" does is get the shot.</p>

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<p>Hello All, I received my E 520 + 14-42 mm + 40-150 mm + 70-300 mm a couple of days ago. I am absolutely thrilled! I haven't taken that many shots but from what I have taken, I noticed that I needed less PP. I'm still very much a novice and maybe the Olympus is more forgivable than the Canon? I don't know. What I do know is that after carrying my Olympus gear all day, I was not inconvenienced in the least by the weight. Thanks again everyone and Happy New Year. Alan</p>

<p>Alan, It appears you're on the right track and good luck to your photographic endeavors.<br>

Terrance: A good photographer is always prepared. I'm not talking about studio shooting. In other words, the flash, the adapter, the pre-focus is usually all set for most any event. In your case, which you mentioned only after my posting, you shoot sity street events. Again, one simply preps their equipment to handle most situations. And, I think if you do some research on this, you'll find that most professionals shoot flash off-camera with a swing-bracket. Regardless of portrait or landscape postion of your camera, the flash is always directly in-line with the lens.<br>

Yes, a "good photographer" gets the shot. However, he/she is generally prepared. </p>

<p><em> << ... I'll take better pictures with an E 520 ... as opposed to my Canon gear (3360 gr.) that I don't have with me because of the weight. ...>></em></p>

<p><em></em> <br /> That's the truth.</p>

<p>I do quite a bit of street snapping and find that I'm <strong>far</strong> more likely to have a light camera with me.</p>