I won't dare call it a better option in this room, but a couple of months ago I went for this camera in the same sort of price range. You can't really go wrong as you'll get a good camera for the money you are spending but since you don't have any lenses tying you to Olympus DSLRs you might aswell try out other brands and see if there is a camera you like the feel of more than others.

Certainly if it was photographing moving subjects that interested you I'd recommend the Canon but since it's not it's just an other option to consider.