Thanks for all the replies, guys.
Oldguy: What has your experience with the lenses on the Olympus been? I've just checked a little bit but it seems that the lenses are substantially more expensive for that camera than others. cameracanada.com showed a macro lens for just about 600 bucks - I'm sure I saw the macros for the Canon and Nikon cameras floating between 3-400. I'm sure I won't need very many lenses, but if any savings are swallowed up by higher lens costs then we end up back at features.. (Later, now that I read a couple reviews: several sites say the lenses are cheaper than the other brands, yet I find no such prices online :/)
Does the D70S have the same dust issues as the D70? Odd that all the D70 reviews I saw totally neglected to even mention that..
The dust factor does concern me, however.. I'm really leaning towards the Olympus now based on that factor alone plus the price point, but I hate to make a serious (for me) buying decision based on "one guy on a forum" (
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Maybe a couple people can tear apart the "cons" from the review and explain what they might mean for me:
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* Recommended sensitivity ISO 100 - 400, images at ISO 800 usable, ISO 1600 not really
* Demosaic artifacts on JPEG and Olympus Master processed RAW
* Images not per-pixel as 'crisp' as from other D-SLR's (image processing / low pass?)
* Moire artifacts can be detected in fine repeating detail
* Noise tends have the appearance of color mottle not 'film like' grain
* Metering bug sometimes left under-exposed images (isolated issue?)
* Auto focus provides just three focus points, although AF performance good
* Viewfinder slightly darker than E-1, seems smaller than EOS 300D / 20D
* Over-saturated Adobe RGB images
* Poor continuous shooting capability, small buffer
* No focus distance indicator on kit lens
* Flash must be raised for AF assist
* Potential to lose images if CF door is opened during write
* Only USB 1.1 (no USB 2.0 Hi-Speed?)
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The last 2 are trivial - I'd rather get a CF reader anyways than keep wiring my poor camera into the computer, so USB speeds are irrelevant. I don't know why I'd leave the CF door open during write either...
ISO 1600? Am I ever likely to have a use for that? Others?
Appreciate the help guys.. Last time I started getting interested in something I Googled and wound up on RC... I really hope this doesn't happen again.