Yes, Matt, I understand what you say, but recently i've been shooting with K10, grip (full), DA* and flash, and the second body around the other shoulder. So I am not sure that a D700 outfit would be much heavier.

I am not very concerned about the "uncomfortableness" of the camera I use, and yes, I was incredibly impressed with the new nikon.... but will stick with pentax, as I am a very very loyal customer! (Waiting for the K1 that you can see in the other post )

Daniel, I saw the offer as soon as I got home, and I bit my nails. But, at SRS they didn't have any nikon D60 to let my friend try, and I thought it'd be worth trying in chiswick as I live in ealing, and couldn't be bothered driving in the rain up to watford...

Also, I have to say that he came out with a really good package:
K200
18-55 mII
Prettyboy Crumpler XL
2Gb Sd
Filter
Batteries + 90min Pro Charger

All for £470 (Instead of £515 +/-)

Plus he also gets the £50 cash back from pentax. So in the end i think that it is around the same price, which btw, is absolutely incredible!

And I haven't bought it.

Who's the other italian here?

Hello there!

The other day a good friend of mine asked me for some advice on buying an entry level dslr, and I was immediately eager to help him!
Wanting to be non-brand-biased, I immediately thought of the nikon D60, not because of the (good) reviews, but mainly because of the ease of use, and in-camera Jpeg results, and the general availability of nikon cameras.
Obviously I also looked at the Pentax counterparts that we all know very well by now; I was incredibly surprised at the specs of the new K-m for example. And obviously I was positively impressed by the K200 - which is definitely a step ahead in the market and costs even less than the d60.

I decided to go to Chiswick camera centre (I've heard that Chris at SRS is ON VACATION until monday...) where I knew I could find all the pentax bodies, and the nikon as well; I wanted my friend to feel the camera with his own hands, and choose the one that he felt was better.

Andy, the manager of the shop, gave us some very very valuable advice, and was incredibly nice and welcoming; my friend ended up choosing the Pentax K200, mainly because of the useful top plate screen, availability of lenses, good in camera RAW developer, and mainly, toughness of the body and the great feel one has whilst handling such a beautiful object.

In the end I was really pleased with his choice, and quite surprised that he actually went for the Pentax without any biased view and advice. This saturday I was, once again, very proud of my Pentax kit, and this is a great great feeling.

Hugs to all!
Nathan





p.s. Sorry if you found the little story stupid, I wanted to share it with you because recently i've tried too many D700's and they hurt me quite badly....

Here!




Sorry my pc doesn't work on the forum, and I can only reply from the Mac, which is very busy with the girl's music production.


Hugs to all,

No.


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You guys should cut on the drugs use....

We only say we like Chris, so that he can read the posts, and then give us a discount when we ask....





THank you all for the nice words, the lady doesn't like my 31 millimetres... she likes the 100mm

I can probably meet up for a chat!

I am actually running a photography workshop on sunday at a meeting in reading, but you couldn't come there.
Could do after that though, around the mids afternoon.

Let me know and Pm if you wish. I work in maidenhead, so I am around often.
and would have a few lenses if you wanted to try.


Talk soon,

Nathan

Sorry, I meant this post.
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/Radio-triggers-infrared-trigger-or-long-c...

Just a few posts in the page, I gave a lot of links to these accessories!