Hi guys,
advice needed. I'm just wondering is it better to get a body with built in stabiliser, or to get one of the major brands with no stabilier built in, but with a wider range of lenses?
My budget is below 2k, and so far the below three models are what i'm considering:
Olympus E510 (built in stabiliser)
Sony alpha 100 (built in stabiliser)
Nikon D80
The reason i am thinking of getting the olympus is so far from the reviews i've read everything seems to be good, the only thing is it has a crop factor of 2. Also, the only 3rd party lens manufactured for Oly is Sigma, and so certain lenses could be hard to get (as adviced by a salesperson).
For Sony, the only gripe I had was that it seems to be grainy at a lower ISO compared to other similar level DSLRs (also from reviews online).
As for Nikon D80, it is supposedly to be a better body than the other 2. However, buying lenses with stabilisers separately might be expensive...
As I'm new to this I of course hope to dabble in all types of photography, but I am not interested in sports photography. Would most probably use it to take nature/landscape/streetscape, and maybe indoors shots as well. I do not really intend to buy too many lenses too, just trying to pick up photography that's all. Currently using a powershot s5.
I realise that choosing a DSLR actually encompasses the whole system I'll be investing in, and not just the camera itself, thus this doubt. Kindly advice please, especially the Oly users?
advice needed. I'm just wondering is it better to get a body with built in stabiliser, or to get one of the major brands with no stabilier built in, but with a wider range of lenses?
My budget is below 2k, and so far the below three models are what i'm considering:
Olympus E510 (built in stabiliser)
Sony alpha 100 (built in stabiliser)
Nikon D80
The reason i am thinking of getting the olympus is so far from the reviews i've read everything seems to be good, the only thing is it has a crop factor of 2. Also, the only 3rd party lens manufactured for Oly is Sigma, and so certain lenses could be hard to get (as adviced by a salesperson).
For Sony, the only gripe I had was that it seems to be grainy at a lower ISO compared to other similar level DSLRs (also from reviews online).
As for Nikon D80, it is supposedly to be a better body than the other 2. However, buying lenses with stabilisers separately might be expensive...
As I'm new to this I of course hope to dabble in all types of photography, but I am not interested in sports photography. Would most probably use it to take nature/landscape/streetscape, and maybe indoors shots as well. I do not really intend to buy too many lenses too, just trying to pick up photography that's all. Currently using a powershot s5.
I realise that choosing a DSLR actually encompasses the whole system I'll be investing in, and not just the camera itself, thus this doubt. Kindly advice please, especially the Oly users?