Hi,

I'm currently looking at purchasing my first Digital SLR camera. At the 
moment, I've read reviews on the Olympus E-300, and the Nikon D70, which has 
already gotten me confused as to what I should get.

One of the features that stood out to me on the E-300, is the hyper-vibrate 
self CCD cleaning function. Apparently, I've been told that once a spec of 
dust gets onto the CCD, it will start to ruin pictures, and that it's very 
difficult to get the dust off. This feature is supposed to 'fix' this 
problem.

Is this true? Has anyone experienced dust problems with digital SLR's? Is it 
really hard to clean camera's that don't have this hyper-vibrating function? 
From what I"ve seen, I *think* the D70 has a few extra benefits, except that 
it doesn't have this self cleaner - and I don't know if I should really be 
worried about this or not.

Alternatively, is their another camera that I should be looking at instead? 
I've been told that the lenses for the E-300 are specifically built for 
digital camera's, and this creates better pictures.

Can someone please help me? Are their pitfalls to watch out for with digital 
camera's. I really don't know fully, what I should be looking out for.

Another one, is that the D70 is supposedly able to take over 100 pictures in 
a row (I think it's about 2.x shots per second), whereas from what I've 
read, the E-300 can only do 4 (unless you reduce the quality). Can someone 
please confirm this?

Then, their is the fact that the E-300 is a newer camera, yet cheaper than 
the D70. I am so confused as to what to go for... :-/

*Any* help, or advise would be really appreciated!

Thanks & Regards

Adam.