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Israel (rigelstuff) 1 pts

May 15, 2008 12:23 AM

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E-510 or new E-520?

I'm saving up for an E-510 and plan to buy in July/Aug. But now Oly will be releasing the E-520 in June!
Are the [seemingly incremental] upgrades on the E-520 worth it, or should I settle for the great bargains on the E-510 2-lens kits?
This will be my first foray into DSLRs.

TIA

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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58446 pts

May 20, 2008 2:23 PM

I don't think so. You'd be better served taking that extra cash and investing in a larger, better lens for it. Unless the 520 has a feature you simply can't do without. But chances are, it's a minor upgrade with very little advantage over it's predecessor. IMHO, that is.

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joe 0 pts

June 21, 2008 5:14 PM

Can the E-520 use the FL-36 flash?

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Israel (rigelstuff) 1 pts

July 7, 2008 11:06 PM

joe, the FL-36 should work with the E-520 with no worries

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Israel (rigelstuff) 1 pts

July 7, 2008 11:08 PM

James, thanks for the input.

I got the E-510 on my Singapore stopover flight. The E-520 wouldn't be available for about another month, and so decided to get the E-510. 'got a great deal on the 2-lens kit ;-)

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