Originally posted by er1kksen Unfortunately, I haven't bought my pentax yet. Actually, I suppose I'll be selling my old K1000 to help finance a K20D, so no, I haven't sold my pentax yet. I spent a couple hours yesterday shooting with my trusty Olympus E-330, which will also be sold (at a bargain) along with my 4/3 lenses (close to retail). I've always been fond of pentax (my first camera, after all) but I wouldn't consider myself a fanboy. If the recent E-30 announcement were weathersealed and lower-priced, I'd probably be sticking with Olympus, as I already have some decent glass. I'm glad I looked again at pentax, though, I really do think the K20D is the best value on the market and I tend to prefer primes.
Your opinion I consider to be as valuable as anyone elses, I just happen to disagree with some of it. I think we can certainly agree to disagree in an agreeable manner, right?
I was also hoping that the E-30 would be weather-sealed, so that makes two of us here. Had that come to pass, that E-30 (let's assume it's priced somewhere close to the street price of the K20D or maybe the 40D) plus the very decently-priced 14-54 lens would make a cost-effective, sealed DSLR kit (with pretty decent range and relatively fast apertures). Sadly, Olympus chose to still charge a premium for weather-sealing, and I'm not about to drop ~$1500 for the E-3.
On the flip side, I'm still waiting for Pentax to fix their DA* 16-50 production issues. The 50-135 looks good from all accounts (and without the issues, to boot), but the range I usually work on is that 16-50 range.
Originally posted by Samsungian Samsung CEO announced a while back they are developing a different 4/3 type system and their own lenses for it. So I think thats what we'll see from them. Whether hoya-pentax catches this wave or not remains to be seen.
I added Canon 5D and assorted glass in 2008 when K20D issued at $1,299. I paid $450 more for my 5D brand new versus buying a freshly offered K20D. 5D2 is intersting and I've handled one with the new 24mm 1.4 II but instead I'll add a D700 and 14-24/2.8 by this fall.
Once you add another brand to your pentax bag, then adding a third camera maker doesn't seem so weird.
I really like my K20D but thesedays for me I'll own two and soon three brands as full frame dslrs become evermore affordable. Instead of a K30D or 5DMarkII I'd rather add a full frame nikon with its very reasonable 12mp sensor size.
I know many say $2699 is way to much money for 5D2 or any camera in these trying times. Some speculate canon sells very few of these bodies. If one visits B&H and then trys to sign up for their 5D2 waiting list you'll see the demand for this new issue full frame dslr has shut down the waiting list.
Canon | EOS 5D Mark II Digital Camera (Camera Body) | 2764B003 Well, with the many pros using Canon, there's no doubt that there would be great initial demand for the 5D Mk II. I really don't think it's weird to have multiple systems, only expensive.
I'm actually thinking of diversifying and trying out rangefinders via those numerous Russian Leica clones, but I'm still hesitant about the penalties rangefinders inherently possess. My main concern is parallax error, polarizing and ND filters, plus possible VF misalignment you wouldn't realize until after developing a roll of film. I guess I'm just very used to SLRs.
My first DSLR was a 300D. Though I sold it to finance the purchase of another brand, I learned a lot with that camera, even though I only paired it with the much-panned kit lens (being a student back then, I had no money for other lenses).
In a couple of years when Nikon might already be marketing a D1000 (or something), I might try out a used D700, but only if Pentax still haven't released a 135 format DSLR. Even with cheaper bodies, the lenses still presents a financial bottleneck for me.