Originally posted by Kazy Hahahahhaa. This is hilarious. There is no such thing as "serious" HDR, it's a terrible gimmick that should have died out years ago.
Well, this just fired some of your credibility down the toilet. Another individual who doesn't know what HDR is.
Yippee.
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Nikon has more affordable lenses, if you know where to look. My 35mm/1.8 prime was $160, and Pentax doesn't have anything modern or good in that price range. You're stuck with the 50/1.4 which costs twice as much. It's also easier to find deals on Nikon glass since there's just so much more of it than Pentax. Don't forget about the AF, which Pentax is just barely catching up on. The D7000 has a new AF system, which blows any Pentax out of the water.
At my local online shop, the Nikkor 35/1.8G is $259.35.
The Pentax 35/2.4 is 188.82.
Granted the Pentax lens is in the range of a half stop slower, but perhaps you could do a modicum of research before you make another misspeak.
As an aside, and please remember, I'm just a simple photographer, not a troll, but do you really think a 50mm lens is a sound replacement for a 35mm lens?
Answer honestly now.
Granted, I suppose on the Nikon glass being easier to get for cheap. The Pentax user base has, over the past few years really pushed up the price of used glass.
I suppose the price difference speaks more volumes about the desirability, so I won't go any farther down this road.
You aren't saying anything new about the AF differences between Pentax and Nikon, though at this point, they are both so good that it probably won't make a difference in a real world setting.
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Do ever want to try shooting tethered on Pentax? Too bad. Pentax stopped supporting it after the K20D.
ding ding, we finally have a winner.
And were I still a product photographer I am sure I would miss it, but in the studio shooting portraits, it's more of a distraction (trust me, I've tried it) than an aid, and in the field I don't really think tethering is important.
YMMV, but I doubt it for anything other than ego justification.
Quote: Most importantly is the flash system. If you use flash, you're going to get a LOT more out of Nikon's CLS system than Pentax's wireless flash system which doesn't do nearly as much.
Can't answer to that, I don't waste my time with shoe mount flashes. I grew up about 20 years ago and bought a set of real studio lights.
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In reality, the D7000 outclasses the K-5 in anything that matters in a real-world setting. And it does it for $400 less. So the people saying that the Nikon glass is more expensive? The price difference in the cameras more than makes up for it.
On this, I'm just going to suggest you are playing fast and loose with the truth and be done with it.
At the moment, the K5 costs $165.41 more than the D7000 at The Camera Store in Calgary.
Now, I will grant you that Nikon has more available lenses, so lets compare what Nikon does have to what Pentax has, just to keep it fair. Apples to apples and all that.
Nikkor 20/2.8 $607.67 vs Pentax 21/3.2 599.62. Nominally a bit slower, nicer build quality.
Nikkor 18-55VR is more money.
Nikkor 50-200VR, over $100.00 more than the Pentax.
Nikkor 55-300VR, over $100.00 more than the Pentax.
Nikkor 50/1.4, 132.00 more than the Pentax.
Nikkor 60 Micro is 56 dollars less than the Pentax 50/2.8 Macro. Yippee, you actually have one correct answer. Look at you go!!
Nikkor 24-120VR, $615.87, Pentax 18-135 $566.44 Look at that, it's not only less money, it has a wider range. Almost exactly makes up for the 60mm Micro being overpriced, I guess.
Anyway, I could go on, but when I call a person out for being less than forthcoming with the truth, I feel I need to present some sort of justification.
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Sure, Pentax used to be the best bang-for-the-buck, but they are NOT ready to go head to head with the big two. The K-7 was a great camera for its price (I got mine for $800), however, the K-5 doesn't compare to the cameras in its price range. Sure it has a pretty new sensor, but without the rest of the features to back it up, it'll fall short.
tl;dr: D7000 is better value for the money.
I'm not sure if anyone here has ever said Pentax is ready to go head to head with anyone, but the K5 compares quite favourably to cameras in it's price range, especially when you take into accout the reality that Pentax glass is both better and (apparently, given the numbers I found) less expensive than Nikon glass.
Don't believe me? Point your Nikkor lens at the sun and look at all the pretty flares that you get.
Do the same thing with a Pentax lens and look at the lack of pretty flare.
For some of us, the ones who are actually discerning about what makes pictures (that would be the lenses, just in case your confused), Pentax just make a lot more sense than the "big two", and especially makes a lot more sense to people who have some investment in quality glass.
Pentax glass is better glass, and when the shutter is open, glass is what is between the sensor and the subject, and discerning photographers want that to be the best they can get.