[Jthered]

Hi all.

My name is jamie and having sold my canon 450d I went to nikon but after two faulty d5100s I, eventually, arrived at Pentax.
I bought a k 30 and so far I'm very pleased with it. I considered going back to canon with the 650d/700d, but for the price and specI felt the k30 was a much better camera.

The guy in the shop tried to convince me to go canon as they have a better system but, again, I feel Pentax will offer a great system for my needs.

I've only had the camera 2 days and I'm looking forward to using it more and hopefully proving to myself that not going with the big two (canon and nikon) is the right decision.

Cheers

Jamie

[PJ1]

Welcome to the Forum! The K30 is a nice camera to get you started with Pentax. A big advantage with the Pentax system is that every lens ever made for a Pentax SLR (and quite a few that were made for other camera systems) can be used on your K30. Many of us like using old Pentax K and M lenses. They are fully manual but many are very high quality and it is quite rewarding to shoot with manual lenses if you are not in a hurry. All the old M42 (screw mount) lenses can also be used on your K30 - that includes Takumar (the older Pentax lenses, Zeiss, Yashica and quite a few others. Because many of these lenses cost very little, you can have a lot of fun on a small budget. The lens database will give you some idea of what to look for and there are articles here on how to use older lenses. But I am getting over-enthusiastic. Enjoy your K30 and post some pics

[Kerrowdown]

Welcome, I sure you'll still be happy with your purchase in a few more days time, cos it's good kit.

[Yos]

Welcome to the forum!
The K-30 is a great camera and I am sure you will like it
Tried the Canon 650d several times (in shops only) but I still do not understand the fuzz about that model as my K-30 just feels so darn right comparing to the Canon model.
Anyway, nuff said...
Hope to see a picture or two in the future
Cheers
Yos

[Jthered]

Welcome to the Forum! The K30 is a nice camera to get you started with Pentax. A big advantage with the Pentax system is that every lens ever made for a Pentax SLR (and quite a few that were made for other camera systems) can be used on your K30. Many of us like using old Pentax K and M lenses. They are fully manual but many are very high quality and it is quite rewarding to shoot with manual lenses if you are not in a hurry. All the old M42 (screw mount) lenses can also be used on your K30 - that includes Takumar (the older Pentax lenses, Zeiss, Yashica and quite a few others. Because many of these lenses cost very little, you can have a lot of fun on a small budget. The lens database will give you some idea of what to look for and there are articles here on how to use older lenses. But I am getting over-enthusiastic. Enjoy your K30 and post some pics

Hi and cheers for the lens info it's really useful with good reviews.
I have and old yashica with two naff lenses but also with a sigma f400 fixed focal length thing in good nick so il try pick up a converter for it.

Cheers again and il try get some pics uploaded soon

Jame