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HI Anyone have experience with this combo. An associate has asked my opinion
the lens looks a cracker and should perform well on a 2x crop body giving 180-500mm
she wishes to use it for outdoor sports so the limited ISO shouldnt bother her
cheers inmotion

well olympus glass has always been great (although the last olympus I had was OM1n)

I have handled this combination....and it feels nice. As for performance, think slightly cleaner than D300 at higher ISO's. That smaller chip is a double edged sword, really lengthens the effective focal length but keeps the E5 behind the ISO ceiling of the newer APS-C chips (D7000/K-5)

aim54x wrote: slightly cleaner than D300 at higher ISO's

Wow that is impressive considering it's a smaller sensor.

surenj wrote:

aim54x wrote: slightly cleaner than D300 at higher ISO's

Wow that is impressive considering it's a smaller sensor.

Less impressive if you consider what the D7000 can do....The E5 deals with noise differently, leaving more luminence and chroma noise but retaining more detail and colour saturation which leads to a 'cleaner' look than the D300 and 7D