Thread: pentax.. i noticed a few own them

Before I start, I'm not a serious photographer, and mainly wanted a DSLR for the focus speed and low light performance
I went through the same exercise a few months back, and almost bought a K10 for the same reasons you describe.
In the end I didn't, and ended up settling on an Olympus E-510 with twin lens kit - purchased online with 5 year warranty from Dinosaurdeals.com.au for around $900.
The kit lenses are pretty good, 3.5fps, image stabilisation in body, small and light, good battery life and decent price. So far I'm pretty happy with it. The image stabilization has been great for low light shots.
The main reason I decided not to go with the K10/K20 was the size/weight. Would have loved all the weather proofing, but the kit lenses don't have the same level of sealing so it defeats the purpose a bit IMHO.

5teve;

Here is the review for the pentax K20D;

Pentax K20D Review: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review

Yes it is slow Frame/sec ,but do you do a lot of sports photography ? in RAW? where you need to keep your finger on the shutter to take continuous frames ?

according to specs ,

• Continuous Hi: 3 fps, up to 38 Best JPEG frames, 14 images RAW,

• Burst mode: 21 fps 1.6MB JPEG, 115 frames*

but what i also liked about is it's Live view .

• Live view with magnify option*
• Depth-of-field Optical (lens stopped down)
• Digital (shot taken without saving, previewed on LCD)


I've been thinking about the K20D myself but a new pentax is being released the Pentax K-M , has 3.5fps , slightly quicker that K20D

• 3.5fps for 5 frames JPEG or 4 RAW

Thanks Disco owner

i have read i think every review.. but i just wanted user opinion.. i have read about the new pentax entry level or the k2000 as it may be known. looks like there may be improvements that will follow through to the k30d etc.. i may just wait and see what turns up..

still be good to hear from a user tho!

Thanks

Steve

Originally Posted by 5teve

Thanks Disco owner

i have read i think every review.. but i just wanted user opinion.. i have read about the new pentax entry level or the k2000 as it may be known. looks like there may be improvements that will follow through to the k30d etc.. i may just wait and see what turns up..

still be good to hear from a user tho!

Thanks

Steve

I use a Pentax K10D and have found it fine for my use, certainly the fps rate isn't an issue for the type of photography I do, focusing in low light can be an issue.

Have a look at

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/nsw-act-re...ne-2008-a.html

for some recent pics with the camera.


Martyn

Do you want new or second-hand? I recently bought a second-hand Pentax *ist D - very cheap.

Originally Posted by Bushie

I use a Pentax K10D and have found it fine for my use, certainly the fps rate isn't an issue for the type of photography I do, focusing in low light can be an issue.

Have a look at

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/nsw-act-re...ne-2008-a.html

for some recent pics with the camera.


Martyn

aaahhha , so Martyn all those Fantastic pictures that were taken recently at the maddigans line was taken with a pentax K10D , I was wondering what camera you were using???

Originally Posted by p38arover

Do you want new or second-hand? I recently bought a second-hand Pentax *ist D - very cheap.

you almost don't need to buy second-hand these days - I just bought a K200D with Pentax lens for $650...although some of these prices may actually start going up with the Oz$!

A great camera that allows you to obtain a good range of aftermarket lenses (unlike Olympus and Sony)

3fps is fast enough .its a camera not a bren gun! lol
consider what ur going to be photographing . kids ,landscapes ,landrovers {lol}..
at the moment pentax has the sharpest prime af lenses going{limiteds} i use them more often than zooms. they make the camera much smaller.{there aluminium to just like l rovers!!}
they use sd cards witch are every where
they have in camera image stablisation{youre not buying it on every lens}
rear compatability with all pentax lens's{back to the 1960's if u want}
sealed bodies
down side...the af is slower than others ,this isnt an issue to me ,its somthing you get used to fast.

pop into a shop and compare the feel/build of the lenses compared to canikon
they are better in general

ill post a few high res pics from the primes if ur interested