Originally posted by Miguel ...
Both systems are good. Both excel in different areas. But do realize that neither system can replace gaps in the other system. In other words both systems are imperfect.
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You can walk into any real camera store and purchase Canon gear and accessories. You can call up a friend toting a Canon and ask how that lens worked for photographing the school play. Maybe he'll even lend it to you.
You are more on your own with Pentax. Some people can't handle that.
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Thanks Miguel, that was an excellent, objective overview. A pleasure to read.
I would hasten to add though, that a Canon system is always the safer bet for most; being both more available and much more extensible.
(No prizes for guessing why it's #1, and Pentax isn't.)
Parallels can be drawn much like the Windows OS platform on PCs really.
.R.
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