Re: E-520 - How much longer?
Buy the 70-300mm separately. You can find it alot cheaper from other online retailers. Stan
Re: E-520 - How much longer?
I think you probably should be ok. The 520 is still on the Olympus web site.
Re: E-520 - How much longer?
Not to worry, it'll be a while before it's replaced/updated and if you don't mind a lightly used model you should be able to get a deal from someone moving up to the E-620 or E-30.
As an example, I paid ~$600 for my new E-510 with a kit lens. Roughly a year later I purchased a used camera body with 117 clicks on it for $350.
I've also bought and sold a number of lenses to arrive at my current set up and you can pretty well count on paying 3/4's of new for a lightly used lens.
You may want to consider buying the body only, the kit lens regularly sell for less than $100 and I've seen three 70-300's lately for $300.
Your best bet for Oly specific "talk" is http://www.fourthirdsphoto.com/
Cheers, Don
Re: E-520 - How much longer?
This man knows what hes talking about. Buy used.
not only that, buy an E-510. Sharper images, cheaper body, and you're not really losing any important features.
Re: E-520 - How much longer?
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Originally Posted by Don Kondra
You may want to consider buying the body only, the kit lens regularly sell for less than $100 and I've seen three 70-300's lately for $300.
Your best bet for Oly specific "talk" is
http://www.fourthirdsphoto.com/
Cheers, Don
You wrote this about the same time I was online buying the camera. It was sooner than I planned to buy it but I decided it was time to stop agonizing and just do it. Buying them separately would have saved me about $60 or so if I'd shopped around a little more. That seems like nothing once I added Lightroom, a new camera bag, a flash, etc, but still, the savings would have been nice. Christmas came early this year. Still wish I had read your reply before I did it, but it's done. Should be here by Friday.
EDIT: Thanks for the link too. Good stuff.
Re: E-520 - How much longer?
Ah, theres' nothing like new gear :)
I apologize if I offended anyone by posting the link to a 4/3's forum. I've sold and bought equipment there and the items I've listed here have gotten no response.
Still, it may have been more appropriate to have PM'ed the link.
Cheers, Don