Digital or Film? - your first Pentax.
*ist D in 2005
This poll is quite revealing - 7 out of 10 Pentax owners started with Pentax film, even more if we include other K mount film cameras.
Interesting to note that the vast majority of the magnificent 7 began with older manual focus cameras; far fewer came from Pentax autofocus beginnings. Maybe it tells us something, like when we former (and current) film users pop our clogs, Pentax might only have a miniscule market share. Or maybe this interest in analysing statistical data means I'm just an anorak!
Either way, let's keep the poll going - if you haven't responded please give it a thought and maybe a vote.
7 out of 10 Pentax owners started with Pentax film
No, they didn't! Or at least this poll doesn't make this the correct conclusion. With the sample size it's not significant. Also, the sample is self-selecting which doesn't give us a true picture.
> DIGITAL....K10D > K7 > Kx > K5(Best yet)
Michael
First 'proper' camera was an ME Super in 1981 [82?] soon followed by a used K1000. Both still work - and the lenses [an M 50 1.7 & M 135 2.5] are in current use on my K10. There's value for money !
MX or was it a K1000. Well it was a long time ago
You must be getting REALLY old - I think I can remember pretty much every camera I bought from the first (folding 620 size Kodak Junior II) when I was about 13-14! OTOH maybe that means that at 65+ I am suffering from age-related memory issues whereby I can remember the very old things but not the latest (mm - did I have my lunch or not
I think it was about 30 years ago... cost £45 IIRC (saved for ages!!)
Still have them both - but they are in need of a huge amount of TLC.
Then through MEF/MZ-5/Z1/*ist-D/K10D/K20D/K7/K5/K5IIs
(and family have/had ME-Super, *ist-Ds, Q)
Matt
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MX or was it a K1000. Well it was a long time ago
You must be getting REALLY old - I think I can remember pretty much every camera I bought from the first (folding 620 size Kodak Junior II) when I was about 13-14! OTOH maybe that means that at 65+ I am suffering from age-related memory issues whereby I can remember the very old things but not the latest (mm - did I have my lunch or not
Oh my aching joint's!! Can just about hold up my K5
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