peter_stavrakoglou

I got into the using the 4/3 system in the summer of 2007. I have a Sigma system and it is still my primary system. But I wasn't relishing taking it on a trip my wife and I took to Italy last summer. The camera and EX lenses are bit heavy and the primary reason for the trip was to just enjoy it, not necessarily to take photos (although I took hundreds of them). I decided to take advantage of the fire-sale price of the E-330 two-lens kit. I got it for $ 520.00 from Olympus on their ebay auction. The kit lenses offer a good range and for kit lenses they are very good. It's a lightweight setup that worked well. The E-330 is a joy to use.

I had intention on expanding the system. Of course I did exapnd it anyway. I've since picked up a good used E-510 (for the image stablization), the 14-54mm Zuiko, and a 50-500mm Sigma EX DG HSM lens. Next will be the Metz AF-420 and eventualy an E-3 or the "tweener" camera Oly will introduce.

Faster write times is one improvement, a needed one too. But there are other improvements that they claim also: better image processing, faster AF. The image processing of the DP1 is said to be better than in the SD14 and that claim comes from users who have both cameras. A new True-type processing engine will be used in both the SD15 and the DP2.

As for the Sigma mount being close to the Canon mount, that is true. If you talk to people who have adapted Canon AF lenses to a Sigma SA mount, they'll tell you that the electronics are extremely similar.