Camera & Lense Recommendation

[TheReefGeek]

Yeah I am a pendulum, keep swinging back and forth!

I will do some more research on the oly 500, might be a decent option for now, but I would rather invest in canon or nikon and get access to the used market maybe?

I am thinking maybe the d70s with the 18-200 vr lense though, and add on a canon 500d lense for macro shots?

Or the rebel xt with 17-80 is, and buy a cheap non-is zoom for now?

Read some more on the sony alpha, the high ISO performance isn't up to the rest of the DSLRs, but the image stabalization sure is tempting.

Ok enough ranting for now! On to oly 500 research...