[Paul McMenamin]

March 10, 2009 at 11:40 am

I have yet to have to clean the sensors of either my E-520 or E-3, not because they arent being used, but because the dust removal function on them is so reliable.I have even left the E-520 sitting on purpose with no caps or lens attached, completly exposed and it had visible dust and i turned it on and it was good as new!

[Paul McMenamin]

March 10, 2009 at 11:27 am

Heres a link to conns cameras in dublin.This equipment is secondhand but wirth a look as it only for a backup camera.

http://www.connscameras.ie/flat_areaEQLproductsAMPCategoryIDEQL163_entry.html

[Paul McMenamin]

February 27, 2009 at 9:20 am

Nice pics!Im going to see them tomorrow.Any of you folks know how i would be able to get access to just in front of the stage were the newspaper photographers always shoot from?I was goingt o just get there early and wait to chat to some of the venues people,but is there press officer or anyone like that i could speak to?

[Paul McMenamin]

January 31, 2009 at 11:05 am

scas well i wouldnt contemplate shooting without IS now and i am confident in my shooting abilities and could shoot without it, but why bother when you have it as standard on any lens while with olympus.Also i agree on the canon 40d, excellent piece of kit, i was considering buying one just to have as a play thing, but im going to give it a while and buy a 5DmarkII as a play thing.Im not one of the people that is a die hard brand head, i will consider any camera, but have choosen Olympus for now because of the built in IS, the built in supersonic wave filter, which guarantees no dust on your sensor and X2crop factor which is handy.Until the competition has something that has all of that in one body, il just stick with my 2 oly’s. :)

[Paul McMenamin]

January 31, 2009 at 2:35 am

Most computers come with paint, just open the pic with that and along the top menu bar there is the option titled image, click on that and the second option down resize/skew click on it.then you can resize by typing in the percentage size you want the finished picture compared to the current one, but both firures must be the same, so for instance if you want the pic reduced to 30%, you must enter 30% in each box.Though maybe if you change the camera settings to get alower quality pic or the file format i.e jpeg raw etc you will have smaller pics, which are fine for mmost people.

[Paul McMenamin]

January 30, 2009 at 1:43 pm

Hi.I use a few olympus cameras, so if you are interested you can get an olympus E520 twin kit i.e. with 2 lens 14-42mm, and 40-150mm for well within your budget maybe with a few euro to spare.It is a 10Megapixel camera though pixels is nothing to worry about as most photographers although their cameras may be rated up to 20MP would rarely shoot any higher than 3-4MP unless you plan to blow up the image for huge posters or advertisements.I would read about image stabilization and kit lenses.Most cameras do not have IS built into them, though certain lenses do and it really helps to have it, though the E520 has IS built into it as standard so no matter what lens you attach it is stabilized, i.e the sensor shifts and moves around to counter act hand movement or any sudden bumps.The Olympus Zuiko lens also are according to experts which are neutrals as far as camera brands go, superior to other kit lens from nikon and canon and can compete with the entry level pro lens from those stables also.I admit though the camera menu at the start can be difficult to navigate and work through but with a bit of time you should master it.
Here is a link to the cameracentre website were i bought mine

http://www.camera.ie/digital-slr/olympus/16444/e-520-+-14-42-and-42-150-twin-kit

Good luck with whatever you buy.