Digital slr?

[eeyore]

Back on the OPs question - really think you should consider second hand

i was just looking at camtech for example and they have a nikon D60 in mint condition for £299, or a D50 for £199, a wide range of canon (e.g 30D for £249), and (to keep jim happy) a few olys including a E520 with a double lense kit for £299 - admittedly none of these come with a long lense or memory cards, but you would still have arround 400 notes of your budget left which will get you a long lense s/h plus a couple of cards.

I like camtech because the specialise in preowned and have always been spot on in description - ie if they say its mint it really is in mint condition - but other places it is worth looking include mifsuds, ffordes, LCE, and T4

[Jim Ford]

Just spotted this on the dpreview site:

Birding with the E620 + 70-300.: Olympus SLR Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review

Cost for the E620 and 70-300mm about £800, giving an equivalent FF FOV of 600mm with image stabilisation.

Jim

[DavyG]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

Ermm, I've had Olympus cameras for about 4 years and have never seen dust on any of my images. I've given up even looking for dust now - it's a 'non-issue'! Having said that, please go ahead and report any dust spots you see in my images in the Gallery - I'd be interested to hear if you find any!

I'm sure other Olympus users will report similar experience.

Jim

I'll support Jim completely on this.

Between us, Anita and I own several Olympus E system DSLRs, these being E1, E500, E510 and E520.

In 3.5 years use, neither of us have experienced dust on any of the sensors.

I change lenses regularly on most outings, even on Northumbrian beaches in windy weather, it's not something I worry about.

The SSWF system was the main reason I chose to go with Olympus when buying my first DSLR, I believe it's still the best dust removal system on the market.

Too many people follow the herd, sometimes it's worth trying the alternatives.

Dave

[ashley0109]

thanks