I'm curious as to where you found the D70 with a lens cheaper than the Olympus? I'd be double checking to make sure the lens is part of the kit. Nikons are often sold as a body only. The D70 should be coming down in price since Nikon released the D80 a couple months ago. I'm looking at getting it soon(when my bonus comes in).

I am an Olympus fan, all my digital cameras have been Oly's so far. I have no complaints about any of them, but I decided against the Evolt for the same reason, in part. The Olympus lens attachment system is radically different than other camera brand and that makes them pricey and hard to resell. The guy at our local camera shop told me that "bodies come and go, glass is forever". Other brands can use non-brand lens, some of which are superior to the camera branded ones. Oly cameras can only use an Oly lens!

The other reason was that I carry an 8mp pocket camera. I realize that's overkill and megapixels after a certain point don't have as much impact, but I just can't justify buying an 8mg DSLR, when already have that much in my pocket!