You will find that The cannon, nikon, olympus etc will pretty much be at the same level in terms of quality. I found that all the main manufactureres introductory cameras are pretty much the same! I went for a cannon Eos 350D, I was able to produce pretty good shots with the stock lenses. Whatever you do, I would recomend choosing a brand and sticking with it, because if you choose to purchase extra lenses they will not work on another make, but If you buy another camera made by the same, the same lense will work! Yes as everyone else has said, it does depend on the lens! There are specific macro and zoom lenses! Each do "exactly what they say on the tin!" Welcome to the forum btw!