lancashiredave
New member
Hi there
I am new to this forum.
I have always been interested in birds and bird photography and now that I am reaching a significant birthday (60 ouch!) my wife and kids are looking to buy me something special.
I have an Om10 which I have used for many years with a three lenses
my standard olympus 50mm 1.8
a wideangle 24mm 2.8 sigma
and 70 to 210 5.6 cheapo tokino.
I now have a simple sony digital for general holiday snaps etc.
I am thinking of getting a digital SLR and have been told by Olympus that I could use my existing lenses with any E series Body with an MFI mount.
Is this a good option for me or am I kidding myself.
Would I be better starting again with a new set of lenses or even a different camara manufacturer.
I know I will really need at least a 400mm lense for bird photograpy but it seems a shame to discard my existing lenses when going digital.
If sticking with an E series boby is a reasonable option which should I be considering.
I have been looking at the E420, 430,520 and 530 but I cant really decide which features etc are necessary and which are frills.
I would be very grateful of any advice
Many Thanks
Dave
I am new to this forum.
I have always been interested in birds and bird photography and now that I am reaching a significant birthday (60 ouch!) my wife and kids are looking to buy me something special.
I have an Om10 which I have used for many years with a three lenses
my standard olympus 50mm 1.8
a wideangle 24mm 2.8 sigma
and 70 to 210 5.6 cheapo tokino.
I now have a simple sony digital for general holiday snaps etc.
I am thinking of getting a digital SLR and have been told by Olympus that I could use my existing lenses with any E series Body with an MFI mount.
Is this a good option for me or am I kidding myself.
Would I be better starting again with a new set of lenses or even a different camara manufacturer.
I know I will really need at least a 400mm lense for bird photograpy but it seems a shame to discard my existing lenses when going digital.
If sticking with an E series boby is a reasonable option which should I be considering.
I have been looking at the E420, 430,520 and 530 but I cant really decide which features etc are necessary and which are frills.
I would be very grateful of any advice
Many Thanks
Dave