gstark wrote:Shane,
Welcome.
Tell us about the Olympus; do you like it?
Love it, always wanted one but was out of $$ range, but got one from NewZealand for about 50% less than could get it in Melbourne, my second choice was the D70
gstark wrote:And if so, what features do you enjoy most?
Where do I start, in no order
Its tough, I'm rough on gear.
Weather sealing and dust shaker on CCD, I can change lens in most conditions (with reason).
Great Jpg straight out of the camera with great colour repoduction, doesn't blow out reds either.
2 lens can cover 28-300 (and the kit len are very good), 14-45 is a bit soft at 45.
A good range of quality lens ( a bit on the dear side though)
Quite operation
I could go on, but I'm proberly boring you
there are a few thing I dont like either
Mirror lock buried in menu
no iso indication on lcd
dear lens
everybody picks on me for having a Olympus E1

gstark wrote:I think that you're our first Olympian, so to speak.
Honoured, I have a lot to convert then huh...
gstark wrote:Regarding tripods .... there are too many threads on that topic already, but when you're ready, we're ready and able to help you choose something that you'll find very usable.
Thanks but OK with Tripod got a Manfrotto 055 the other day.