Olympus E420
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rfn

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4,608 posts

237 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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I'm looking at a nearly new one with two Olympus lenses (14-42mm & 40-150mm)

I'm looking to get into proper photography with a DSLR and this has popped up at a reasonable price.

What are peoples thoughts? smile

Tycho

12,283 posts

303 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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I have the E410 and think it is great. It is small and the lenses are really small for their focal length partly due to the 2x crop.

The only problem I have is with getting lenses or accessories as high street shops don't seem to do much Olympus stuff.

The main reason I got it was that it was a good deal 2nd hand and the missus wanted a small camera with a viewfinder rather than our point and shoots lcd so the 410 fitted perfectly. Haven't been disappointed at all with it.

andy-xr

13,204 posts

234 months

Monday 22nd June 2009
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I think you'll come unstuck with 4/3rds, and having held one if you have long fingers or big hands I wouldnt want to spend time with one

Might be fine to start off with, I'd say if you go further with wanting to shoot multiple styles you'll end up changing to Canon or Nikon for 3rd party integration