Amazing stuff! The Eastern Airways jetstream is my fav. 🙂

Yeah, level 11 is good. Its bound to be raining when you get there (:p :p :D) so you get a bit of protection from the elements which is good.

Thanks again for the replys 🙂

Certinally helped. Being looking at aviation shots of the e500, and it seems more capable than I first thought. This one looks really good 🙂

Think I’ve settled on the e-500 now, well as soon as I get a play on one if I like it I’ll certinally be purchasing. For £400 seems too good to miss. Also Adam, whats the 18-180mm like? Found one for £210 new imported from america, seems like a kool lens for the price.

Cheers again for the help 🙂 Will be ordering in the coming weeks, yay 😀

For me, as someone that doesnt know any better (i.e. Ive never used any other lens so I cant compare it to anything), the 18-180 is great. Its a good all purpose lens; there are faster lenses with wider apertures but the zooms arent as good and wide angle shots are less obtainable (refering to the 40-150mm lens). Its compact, and fairly light.

The 18-180 is perfect for me and I shoot anything and everything with it.

Which site are you looking to buy the lens from ? – only when I bought my lens from a UK site at the end of last year, it cost me over £300 ( http://www.warehouseexpress.com/ ) . £210 seems incredibly good!

2 years to go before I leave this dump of an island!

Don’t be too harsh…:p :p 😀

Isn’t the ‘use’ of the Red Arrows one way of making every little boy and girl that sees them say the words ‘Mum, when I grow up I want to be a fighter pilot’? The Reds are incredible ambassadors for the country and the best advertisement for the armed forces going – we shouldnt scrap them.

Here are some pictures i took last night…

Complete with Simpson slippers! 😀 😀 😀
Incredible shots!

I suppose my main question is, is the £200 worth it for the slightly better images? It’s the main thing I’m quarreling about, £600/£400 so just want to make sure I buy the right gear 🙂

Ultimately, I think that would have to come down to personal opinion. The 400D is almost certainly going to be the better of the two (E-500 and 400D) for a number of reasons. More megapixels, better image quality, and its a newer camera (although again, it would come down to personal opinion as to whether an extra 2 million pixels really does make a noticeable difference). So, are you willing to spend £200 extra for better image quality – and only you will know that).

Size of the equipment is important as well – the 4/3rds concept allows for compact lenses and camera – my 36-360 mm lens on the E-400 is just 9 cms long when not in use – and just over 14cms long when using full zoom. Equivalent zoom lenses from Canon etc are, I believe larger. Again, this sort of thing comes down to personal preference, and what you are willing to cart around with you.

The E-400 is stocked at the ‘London Camera Exchange’, which, despite its name has stores across the country.

You must handle each of the contenders in store before buying.

Hope that helps 🙂

A little bit of artist fun 😀

thanks