jsmisc
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone.
I'm new to this site and haven't yet taken the digital plunge but I'm debating whether I should. The new 300D looks quite attractive (especially price wise) but so does the Olympus E1. For me, whatever I do it will be new lenses etc unless I buy an all in one like the new Sony 8MP since I am an MF Contax man.
The thing which concerns me on the 300D, apart from the small and rather dim viewfinder and the quality of the lens "given" with it, is whether dust on the sensor is really something to worry about. The salesman who demonstrated one to me, if you can call it a demonstration with no battery in the camera, would not allow me to take off the lens because of the risk of getting dust on the sensor. That does not seem very satisfactory to me. The Olympus has some type of ultra sound shaking system which is said to remove "most of" the dust.
Looking forward to people's views.
Best wishes,
John
I'm new to this site and haven't yet taken the digital plunge but I'm debating whether I should. The new 300D looks quite attractive (especially price wise) but so does the Olympus E1. For me, whatever I do it will be new lenses etc unless I buy an all in one like the new Sony 8MP since I am an MF Contax man.
The thing which concerns me on the 300D, apart from the small and rather dim viewfinder and the quality of the lens "given" with it, is whether dust on the sensor is really something to worry about. The salesman who demonstrated one to me, if you can call it a demonstration with no battery in the camera, would not allow me to take off the lens because of the risk of getting dust on the sensor. That does not seem very satisfactory to me. The Olympus has some type of ultra sound shaking system which is said to remove "most of" the dust.
Looking forward to people's views.
Best wishes,
John