Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
The Pentax is a great camera. Personally, I went with a Sony A100 and I am quite happy with it, but the Pentax was not available at the time. Pentax is a well-respected name in cameras and I cannot think of a reason why one would want to avoid them.
In truth, my recommendation is to find which camera fits best in your hand and buy that one. There really aren't any "dud" cameras out there right now.
ZV
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
The Pentax is a great camera. Personally, I went with a Sony A100 and I am quite happy with it, but the Pentax was not available at the time. Pentax is a well-respected name in cameras and I cannot think of a reason why one would want to avoid them.
In truth, my recommendation is to find which camera fits best in your hand and buy that one. There really aren't any "dud" cameras out there right now.
ZV
I can think of one. They don't have anywhere near the selection of lenses that Canon or Nikon have. I've looked into this and Pentax doesn't even have 1/3rd of the lenses that Canon or Nikon make and I didn't see a single fast Pentax zoom lens in their lineup. If you plan to shoot sporting events, do portrait work or macro work you might as well forget Pentax.
My vote goes to Canon (since I own Canon gear) but you couldn't go wrong with Nikon either.
Originally posted by: Slap
If I were to go with Canon, what is a good all around lens to go with it? A lens I would probably use the majority of the time.
Discussion of various Canon SLR lensesOriginally posted by: Slap
If I were to go with Canon, what is a good all around lens to go with it? A lens I would probably use the majority of the time.
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
The Pentax is a great camera. Personally, I went with a Sony A100 and I am quite happy with it, but the Pentax was not available at the time. Pentax is a well-respected name in cameras and I cannot think of a reason why one would want to avoid them.
In truth, my recommendation is to find which camera fits best in your hand and buy that one. There really aren't any "dud" cameras out there right now.
ZV
I can think of one. They don't have anywhere near the selection of lenses that Canon or Nikon have. I've looked into this and Pentax doesn't even have 1/3rd of the lenses that Canon or Nikon make and I didn't see a single fast Pentax zoom lens in their lineup. If you plan to shoot sporting events, do portrait work or macro work you might as well forget Pentax.
My vote goes to Canon (since I own Canon gear) but you couldn't go wrong with Nikon either.
Canon also has tons of overlap in their lens selection. If you take that into consideration it will cut the lineup drastically.
Originally posted by: Kwaipie
I bought my wife the D50 with an additional zoom lens for $699 for Christmas, I was leaning towards the D40 but the D50 should allow her to advance further in the hobby than the D40.
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Again, Pentax has what...7 zoom lenses (not a single zoom under f/4) and 11 primes (including 1 macro lens) and zero telephoto zooms. Not exactly a stellar lineup IMO.
Canon has primes in just about every combination you could possibly want. They have decent inexpensive primes, faster better quality primes and then they have their L series primes which are top notch. Same with the zoom lenses.
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
The Pentax is a great camera. Personally, I went with a Sony A100 and I am quite happy with it, but the Pentax was not available at the time. Pentax is a well-respected name in cameras and I cannot think of a reason why one would want to avoid them.
In truth, my recommendation is to find which camera fits best in your hand and buy that one. There really aren't any "dud" cameras out there right now.
ZV
I can think of one. They don't have anywhere near the selection of lenses that Canon or Nikon have. I've looked into this and Pentax doesn't even have 1/3rd of the lenses that Canon or Nikon make and I didn't see a single fast Pentax zoom lens in their lineup. If you plan to shoot sporting events, do portrait work or macro work you might as well forget Pentax.
My vote goes to Canon (since I own Canon gear) but you couldn't go wrong with Nikon either.
Canon also has tons of overlap in their lens selection. If you take that into consideration it will cut the lineup drastically.
Again, Pentax has what...7 zoom lenses (not a single zoom under f/4) and 11 primes (including 1 macro lens) and zero telephoto zooms. Not exactly a stellar lineup IMO.
Canon has primes in just about every combination you could possibly want. They have decent inexpensive primes, faster better quality primes and then they have their L series primes which are top notch. Same with the zoom lenses.
Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: Slap
If I were to go with Canon, what is a good all around lens to go with it? A lens I would probably use the majority of the time.
I use this lens
The non-IS version is much cheaper and to be honest I haven't found much use for it. 28-105mm may seem like an odd range, but on many occasions I just need this one lens.
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
The Pentax is a great camera. Personally, I went with a Sony A100 and I am quite happy with it, but the Pentax was not available at the time. Pentax is a well-respected name in cameras and I cannot think of a reason why one would want to avoid them.
In truth, my recommendation is to find which camera fits best in your hand and buy that one. There really aren't any "dud" cameras out there right now.
ZV
I can think of one. They don't have anywhere near the selection of lenses that Canon or Nikon have. I've looked into this and Pentax doesn't even have 1/3rd of the lenses that Canon or Nikon make and I didn't see a single fast Pentax zoom lens in their lineup. If you plan to shoot sporting events, do portrait work or macro work you might as well forget Pentax.
My vote goes to Canon (since I own Canon gear) but you couldn't go wrong with Nikon either.
Canon also has tons of overlap in their lens selection. If you take that into consideration it will cut the lineup drastically.
Again, Pentax has what...7 zoom lenses (not a single zoom under f/4) and 11 primes (including 1 macro lens) and zero telephoto zooms. Not exactly a stellar lineup IMO.
Canon has primes in just about every combination you could possibly want. They have decent inexpensive primes, faster better quality primes and then they have their L series primes which are top notch. Same with the zoom lenses.
You've got to be sh!tting me. Do some research before you open your mouth.
Originally posted by: Slap
I decided to get the XTi body with a Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC Macro. I started to go with the Sigma 17-70, but the 18-50 macro seems to produce some really sharp images. Hopefully I made a good choice.
Originally posted by: kalster
for most people just getting in dslr (entry level) not having a very large range of lenses doesn't matter a whole lot. Since the pentax dslrs supports all the k mount lenses, you could use all the old k mount lenses , and get in body IS and since the viewfinder is pretty nice too, manual focusing shouldn't be that bad
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
The Pentax is a great camera. Personally, I went with a Sony A100 and I am quite happy with it, but the Pentax was not available at the time. Pentax is a well-respected name in cameras and I cannot think of a reason why one would want to avoid them.
In truth, my recommendation is to find which camera fits best in your hand and buy that one. There really aren't any "dud" cameras out there right now.
ZV
I can think of one. They don't have anywhere near the selection of lenses that Canon or Nikon have. I've looked into this and Pentax doesn't even have 1/3rd of the lenses that Canon or Nikon make and I didn't see a single fast Pentax zoom lens in their lineup. If you plan to shoot sporting events, do portrait work or macro work you might as well forget Pentax.
My vote goes to Canon (since I own Canon gear) but you couldn't go wrong with Nikon either.
Canon also has tons of overlap in their lens selection. If you take that into consideration it will cut the lineup drastically.
Again, Pentax has what...7 zoom lenses (not a single zoom under f/4) and 11 primes (including 1 macro lens) and zero telephoto zooms. Not exactly a stellar lineup IMO.
Canon has primes in just about every combination you could possibly want. They have decent inexpensive primes, faster better quality primes and then they have their L series primes which are top notch. Same with the zoom lenses.
You've got to be sh!tting me. Do some research before you open your mouth.
I was looking through the B&H catalog this morning and that's all I counted so STFU. Looking at the B&H website there weren't many more options...unless you count the US version and the import version as two lenses. :roll:
Okay, I just checked out the Pentax website and they offer a grand total of 29 lenses. Again, zero fast zoom lenses and zero telezoom lenses...as I pointed out earlier. I think B&H left the uber expensive Pentax telephoto lenses out of their catalog probably because almost nobody buys them.
I think Canon has around 70 different lenses with plenty of fast zooms and a wide variety of choices. I'm just pointing that out so that someone doesn't buy this camera and then regret it later because of the slim choice of lenses. I've only seen one or two people point that out in the many "What DSLR camera should I buy" threads I've seen on here. Funny how the "OMG IT'S WEATHER SEALED JUST LIKE THE $5000 PRO BODIES FROM NIKON AND CANON!!!" crowd always seem to overlook that fact. I couldn't help but notice that you didn't mention it.
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: kalster
for most people just getting in dslr (entry level) not having a very large range of lenses doesn't matter a whole lot. Since the pentax dslrs supports all the k mount lenses, you could use all the old k mount lenses , and get in body IS and since the viewfinder is pretty nice too, manual focusing shouldn't be that bad
Again, that's a compromise that people conveniently leave out. Does Pentax still manufacture those lenses? No? Well, I guess that leaves an ever decreasing market of lenses and a increasing demand. Know what that's going to do to the cost of those lenses? That's right...it will go up.
Just something to consider.
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
The Pentax is a great camera. Personally, I went with a Sony A100 and I am quite happy with it, but the Pentax was not available at the time. Pentax is a well-respected name in cameras and I cannot think of a reason why one would want to avoid them.
In truth, my recommendation is to find which camera fits best in your hand and buy that one. There really aren't any "dud" cameras out there right now.
ZV
I can think of one. They don't have anywhere near the selection of lenses that Canon or Nikon have. I've looked into this and Pentax doesn't even have 1/3rd of the lenses that Canon or Nikon make and I didn't see a single fast Pentax zoom lens in their lineup. If you plan to shoot sporting events, do portrait work or macro work you might as well forget Pentax.
My vote goes to Canon (since I own Canon gear) but you couldn't go wrong with Nikon either.
Canon also has tons of overlap in their lens selection. If you take that into consideration it will cut the lineup drastically.
Again, Pentax has what...7 zoom lenses (not a single zoom under f/4) and 11 primes (including 1 macro lens) and zero telephoto zooms. Not exactly a stellar lineup IMO.
Canon has primes in just about every combination you could possibly want. They have decent inexpensive primes, faster better quality primes and then they have their L series primes which are top notch. Same with the zoom lenses.
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: kalster
for most people just getting in dslr (entry level) not having a very large range of lenses doesn't matter a whole lot. Since the pentax dslrs supports all the k mount lenses, you could use all the old k mount lenses , and get in body IS and since the viewfinder is pretty nice too, manual focusing shouldn't be that bad
Again, that's a compromise that people conveniently leave out. Does Pentax still manufacture those lenses? No? Well, I guess that leaves an ever decreasing market of lenses and a increasing demand. Know what that's going to do to the cost of those lenses? That's right...it will go up.
Just something to consider.
Originally posted by: ElFenix
well wtf is this, then?
as for the price of lenses on ebay jumping, it was due to those $350 *ist cheapies that pentax was blowing out, more than the K100D.
Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: kalster
for most people just getting in dslr (entry level) not having a very large range of lenses doesn't matter a whole lot. Since the pentax dslrs supports all the k mount lenses, you could use all the old k mount lenses , and get in body IS and since the viewfinder is pretty nice too, manual focusing shouldn't be that bad
Again, that's a compromise that people conveniently leave out. Does Pentax still manufacture those lenses? No? Well, I guess that leaves an ever decreasing market of lenses and a increasing demand. Know what that's going to do to the cost of those lenses? That's right...it will go up.
Just something to consider.
While it's true that it's going up, it's still well worth it. Consider this, if you buy a new lens, and sell it a month later, you'll likely get a lot less for it than what you paid. But if you buy one of these old manual focus lenses, and sell it a year later, you'll gain money for using it. It's pretty much an investment.