Photography

I am depressed.  After much anticipation I received my new DSLR camera -- an Olympus E510.  It looked great, felt great, and was highly praised in the photography forums.  However, it turned out to be a piece of junk!  All I ever got was a bunch (300) noisy or out of focus, or off exposure junk pictures.  The IS (image stability) that was supposed to steady things had minimal effect.  Auto focus, that was much talked about, was terrible.  The live view feature, which was the big selling point in my opinion, was useless since it didn't tilt or swivel.  In frustration, I turned off all automatic functions and took some pictures inside with controlled light, on a tripod, with delayed shutter control, so I wasn't touching the camera or disturbing the anything in any way.  The pictures were terrible! no matter what I did... I'm sure that there are some photographers that can take good pictures with a turnip for a camera, but I gave up.  I packed my $950 wonder in its box and put it on the shelf in the closet.  I had been saving the money for a down payment on a car.  Now that's out.  I might try to sell the thing on eBay.  More likely, it'll just sit there as a reminder of how not to get caught up in the hype.  I bought it when I was feeling low and needed something to brighten my life.  It didn't work very well.