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Comment by Kate posted on Please Help! - What camera? at 30/04/2008 - 17:04
Hello everybody,
(I hope I'm posting this in the right section - if not - my apologies)
I want to buy my husband a digital SLR, but not knowing anything about such things, I'm getting completely confused about what's available.
He's always loved Pentax cameras, that much I do know. He wants one that is semi-professional, uses SD cards, and as it is unlikely that we will be able to afford an upgrade for a long time - something that will stand the test of time.
I've looked at the K20D, but to be honest, I think it's out of my price range, especially adding on the price of lenses. I know that the K10D is it's predecessor, and reading the reviews sounds promising - but what are the K100D/K200D's?
Also, what lense do I go for? I've heard that if you have an old film SLR - which he does, but it's about 10 yrs old - you can use those lenses, is this true?
It will be used for all sorts of photography - action/portrait/holidays/detail shots etc. It's unlikely that we will be blowing the shots up to anything larger than A2/A3 size so excessize mp isn't necessary. He's very technically minded, so the complexity of the 'usability' isn't a problem. I was looking at packages up to the ******* mark, although there's a bit of flexibility if it's worth the extra cost. Ummm, can't think of anything else - but, if you have any questions, I will try and answer them as best I can.
Please help, I'm at a complete loss!
Thank you.
(I hope I'm posting this in the right section - if not - my apologies)
I want to buy my husband a digital SLR, but not knowing anything about such things, I'm getting completely confused about what's available.
He's always loved Pentax cameras, that much I do know. He wants one that is semi-professional, uses SD cards, and as it is unlikely that we will be able to afford an upgrade for a long time - something that will stand the test of time.
I've looked at the K20D, but to be honest, I think it's out of my price range, especially adding on the price of lenses. I know that the K10D is it's predecessor, and reading the reviews sounds promising - but what are the K100D/K200D's?
Also, what lense do I go for? I've heard that if you have an old film SLR - which he does, but it's about 10 yrs old - you can use those lenses, is this true?
It will be used for all sorts of photography - action/portrait/holidays/detail shots etc. It's unlikely that we will be blowing the shots up to anything larger than A2/A3 size so excessize mp isn't necessary. He's very technically minded, so the complexity of the 'usability' isn't a problem. I was looking at packages up to the ******* mark, although there's a bit of flexibility if it's worth the extra cost. Ummm, can't think of anything else - but, if you have any questions, I will try and answer them as best I can.
Please help, I'm at a complete loss!
Thank you.
Comment by Kate posted on Please Help! - What camera? at 29/04/2008 - 20:21
Thank you for your quick responses and advice, I took on-board what you all said and have purchased a bundle package from SRS!
Unfortunately, I won't be posting what I bought for my other half just yet, as I want to surprise him and knowing my husband, he'll probably stumble across this forum 2 weeks before his birthday and see this thread - but I'll post up in a couple of months once the coast is clear.
You all raised interesting points, and I thank you for your help.
Don raised an interesting question which I hadn't thought of:
one thing to consider...how new is oyur computer? unless you have a powerful computer, you may have trouble working with 10-14 mp files from the k10-k20
Anyway, thanks again for all your help, I think you will approve of my choices - I'll also recommend this forum to him once he's got his new kit....
Cheers
Kate