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Hi & Merry Xmas
Going back to the OP's question, my advice is still to concentrate on the kit lens for a start. For studio portraits maybe a "better" lens would be appropriate, but for child photography and general walkabout, I feel the kit lens will be of great value for a long time. The Catch-in focus techniqu...
Posted by terje-l on 29/11/2008 - 20:25
Another new boy here.
Hi All, I've just joined the world of Pentax with the purchase of a K20d. The current price drop & cashback offer was too good to pass up. I was intending to wait til after xmas to jump into a dslr & was in the process of confusing myself with reviews, tests, opinions & conjecture on all the vari...
Posted by RR on 03/12/2008 - 02:41
Another new boy here.
Hi All, I've just joined the world of Pentax with the purchase of a K20d. The current price drop & cashback offer was too good to pass up. I was intending to wait til after xmas to jump into a dslr & was in the process of confusing myself with reviews, tests, opinions & conjecture on all the vari...
Posted by Roscoe on 03/12/2008 - 16:06
Another Newbie!
Hi! I just registered also. I have been a Pentax lover for a long time. But just recently got back into really using my cameras. At the moment I only own two KXes and a KM, and some 50mm lenses plus one screw mount 135mm super Takumar. I also have some other equipment which I plan to sell in orde...
Posted by Takumar on 03/12/2008 - 20:07
No K20D's available to try out
Hyram I'm in a village called Yateley, North Hampshire, near the Berkshire border. Thats a pity, I am on the outskirts (Bournemouth side) of the New Forest and hopefully will be back today for a week with my K10D. You are a little bit too far away, otherwise ou could have had a play.
Posted by Mike-P on 09/12/2008 - 08:58
No K20D's available to try out
If you think the D90 kit lens had a quality focus ring then when you try out the K20d ask if they have any of the all metal limited Pentax primes for you to try with it. If you're into manual focus then Pentax is a great choice for you. Many excellent old manual lenses can be picked up cheaply on...
Posted by RR on 09/12/2008 - 16:10
Greetings from Michigan
Hey Kris! Where you at? South Carolina this week, Manhattan and Woodstock for the next two weeks then back to SC for another week. I am looking forward to snowy mountain shots in Woodstock and night scenes in Manhattan! SC is all a bit brown and dull at the moment although there might be some al...
Posted by womble on 15/12/2008 - 14:03
Hi from Oz
Welcome dgd from a fellow aussie :) Love the K20 its a great camera. I'll be in Melb just after X-mas, any recommendations on stores for good value Pentax gear.:wink: Welcome also to too HeyElwood. I assure you once you get your first hold of a Koala you may not go back for a second, after it...
Posted by Clarky on 12/12/2008 - 00:29
Hello and intro
Hello to all I seem to have gone about things a bit back to front as I started my participation by posting pictures and comments (wrongly as I found out later :oops:) before introducing myself... So, I thought I'd correct this and say a little hello. I am Bernadette, from France originally but...
Posted by Bernadette on 12/12/2008 - 08:18
Joined last week / New K20D Yesterday!
There are lots of bits you could and should buy, but I think the priority should be to buy a lens that does full justice to the camera. Wide-range zooms, like the 18-250, are very convenient, but convenience comes at a price, and part of that price is image quality. So buy a second-hand Pentax 5...
Posted by George Lazarette on 17/12/2008 - 13:08
Joined last week / New K20D Yesterday!
I knew that buying the 18-250 was in fact buying into convenience, and with the associated optical consequences. However, as a first lens, I thought it would be a good place to start. It was a good choice as an all-rounder walkabout lens. There's not much in the way of photographic opportunity that ...
Posted by Mannesty on 17/12/2008 - 14:17
Joined last week / New K20D Yesterday!
See salixarbour on YouTube, or Alan Lowe-Jones - that's me. Hi Alan, I studied guitar making at the London Guildhall University (which was the City of London Poly, which was the London College of Furniture, and which is now The London Metropolitan University :roll: :lol:), and I always enjoyed go...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 17/12/2008 - 18:20
Hi from another newbie
Hi Oggy! Look forward to seeing some shots of the Vulcan :wink: Great to see it is finally back in the air!
Posted by Father Ted on 27/12/2008 - 21:23
Greetings from Norfolk
Hello everyone, Just a quick hello from Norfolk. Been into photography since I was a kid in the mid-70s. Started out with the compulsory (but dreadful) Kodak Instamatic, progressing to the equally compulsory Praktica in the early 80s. My first Pentax came in about '84 in the form of a K1000, adding...
Posted by GrahamNR17 on 28/12/2008 - 13:01
Greetings from Norfolk
Now you're ready to dial away from AUTO PICT on your K100D and have some fun! WOT?!?! You mean, you mean... move away from the A? :o But Pentax have spent years putting A's all over my camera, who am I to move away? :P Actually, I have done that and more today. I tried out RAW for the first tim...
Posted by GrahamNR17 on 30/12/2008 - 17:02
Hello! :)
Hi, I'm Richard from the south coast of the UK. I'm an avid amateur, and just getting back into the scene after a small pause between spending a fortune on film and getting a digital SLR. I bit the bullet and bought a K20D about a month ago, and love it so far.
Posted by rpk20d on 29/12/2008 - 17:17
Took the dive, finally
Mac Thank you very much Mac, I see the collection of gear you have :D and that definitely puts you in a high league in my book of photography. And I also see what you mean by a sore back hehehe. Regarding me being fit aha, that is quite a relative term right? :D, I look for all type of motivatio...
Posted by aminstar on 30/12/2008 - 13:00
Starting from the 1st Jan. seems like a good idea!
Hi, been reading this forum for a few weeks now and I did subscribe to Pentax User back in the seventies..... I didn't realize that there were still people other than me using Pentax ;-) I started with a couple of Black Spotmatics and various lenses including the very expensive 70-210 (I thin...
Posted by shim on 01/01/2009 - 11:24
Yet another New User
Thanks Jon There is the Aluminium model http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/2232/Joby-Gorillapod-Focus-Tripod.html but this is a) quite a bit bigger b) a lot more £££ Hmmm - Anyone here used the Focus model? There's no point me going for a 'proper' tripod to start with, it has to be extremely ...
Posted by shuggy on 08/01/2009 - 15:38
Pentax "nut"
Hi, Pentaxians. I have been a Pentax user for many years, on and off. I still have a couple of “Film” cameras one 35mm and a 110 kit with films for both but very rarely use them now. My main cameras are a lovely K20D and a K200D I also have a Panasonic FZ28 bridge that...
Posted by loskeran on 09/01/2009 - 11:48
