The more I look, the more I like it: This is a crop of the original upper picture. See the drops of water? That swan was ... ten metres from me. And in the lower pic, with the pair, that whitish dot on the bill of the lower swan is another drop of water. The pair was something like 15 metres away. A colleague has Canon 20D with a great lens (I don't remember which one exactly), but these are quite comparable with the pictures he takes with a more expensive camera and lens. So, maybe I'm over-enthusing, but if you buy an E-System camera, be certain to buy the Zuiko 100-400 (50-200) mm, any which way you can. It costs a little less than thousand euros in Croatia. More interesting, Olympus is going to release a 180-500mm 1:2.8 lens. I can hardly wait to see it. But I'm afraid of the price, because their 600mm telephoto costs a bit less than 9000 euros. Way out of my range. PS Yeah, I know, now somebody will tell me that this performance is nothing extraordinary. :-)

Message edited on: 03/25/2005 15:55

-- erlik