Best digital SLR cameras for beginners in digital SLR photography 2011

	Olympus E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds Camera - Available March 2010 for $599 including 14-42mm lens. - 12.3 megapixel sensor. Micro four thirds lens mount. - 2.7" LCD with 230k pixels. Live view & face detection. - Built in pop-up flash with guide number 7. Hotshoe. - Full manual controls. RAW & jpeg formats. Six art filters. - 3 fps continuous shooting. Shutter speeds 1/2000 to 60 secs. - HD movie recording at 1280 x 720 using M-JPEG codec. - SD/SDHC cards. HDMI output. BLS-1 lithium battery. - Size 115 x 72 x 42mm. Weight 334g inc. batteries. Buy from Amazon
	Nikon D3100 Digital SLR Camera - Released in September 2010 for $699 inc. 18-55mm lens. - Nikon F mount. 14.2 megapixel CMOS sensor. DX format. - 3" LCD with live view and face detection. Compact body. - Autofocus supported on AF-S lenses only. Active D lighting. - Expeed 2 image processor. Dust reduction. Special effects. - Full HD video at 1920 x 1080 using H.264 codec. - In-camera image and video editing. - ISO 100 to 12800. SD, SDHC & SDXC cards. - Shutter speeds 30 to 1/4000. Built in flash. X-sync 1/200 sec. - EN-EL14 battery. HDMI. Size 124 x 96 x 75mm. Weight 505g. Buy from Amazon
	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 (Micro Four Thirds) - Available from mid 2010 for $799 including zoom lens. - 12.1 megapixel sensor. Micro four thirds lens mount. - 3" touchscreen flip out rotating LCD with 460k pixels. - Shutter speeds 1/4000 to 60 secs. Built in flash. - Electronic viewfinder with 1.44 million pixels. Eye sensor. - HD movies at 1280 x 720 in AVCHD lite. Stereo mic option. - Comes in black, red or blue colors. - SD/SDHC/SDXC cards. Lithium ion battery. - Size 124 x 90 x 74mm. Weight 428g. Buy from Amazon
	Olympus Evolt E-420 Digital SLR Camera - Available May 2008. Four Thirds Standard D-SLR. - 10 megapixel live MOS sensor. - Smallest DSLR in the world. Wireless flash capability. - Live view without flipping mirror down. Face detection. - Dust reduction system. 2.7" HyperCrystal II 230,000 LCD. - Hot shoe. Full manual controls. RAW format. 3.5 fps jpegs. - XD & Compactflash type I/II compatibility. - Fast Truepic III image processor. ISO 100-1600. - Weight 380g w/o battery. Measures 129.5 x 91 x 53 mm - Released with new 25mm f2.5 pancake lens for $699. Buy from Amazon