| I shoot Pentax, Olympus, and Canon EOS (film setup). Did not buy Canon dslr. The rebels are flimsily made with poor quality kit lenses. The first Rebels had major shutter problems at very low shot counts 10-20 thousand. You have to go way up the line to get to their good stuff. Theres never a deal in canon, Nikon land. So my Sigma 28-70 constant ap 2.8 and Canon 100-300 ultrasonic go unused.
Have the Olympus E300 & E330. Nice cameras. Don't like as much as the Pentax. Bought them because the 350 2.8 OM lens fits them. They are like expensive lens caps compared to that. Would never recommend an Olympus for low light shooting at best quality. Not their speciality at all. Don't even go to ISO 3200.
If I would have bought only Pentax years ago it would have saved me lots of money! The lenses would still work (even the screw adapter is only $30 if needed). Even image stabilization works with them. Olympus has shown their feelings toward the Om owners. NO image stabilization. Canon wants you to buy lenses tht cost as much as their camera to get IS. Also note that most of the good Canon lenses aren't designed for APS C. This really matters in the wide angles. There are many choices. The APS C cams will always live in the shadow of the FF cameras.
Pentax cameras all have virtually the same menu. You can pick up another one and use it almost instantly. The Canons and Olympus change with every camera model. What a pain. Buy the k100D. It is a nice camera. Put lithium Eveready AA or Sanyo Eneloop rechargeables in it and have fun. Very easy to use.
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barondla |