Originally posted by Bedlam Thanks again everyone.... Would love a K30... but has anyone got any other suggestions on second hand body's good for Landscape or wildlife
and capable of allowing me to take shots like this again
I like the K-7 which I think is pretty cheap right now. (Depends on your idea of pretty cheap.) I upgraded from a *ist DS. It has a few features I did not think were important at first, but now are valuable to me.
- The rear LCD is not only bigger than your DL, but has more dots so it's much easier to check images.
- Live view is useful for many situations besides pretending you have a P&S.
- Contrast-detect AF is sometimes an excellent alternative to normal AF.
- The battery lasts longer and requires less attention than AAs.
- The extra pixels are great for cropping - not that my framing is ever wrong.
SR is nice to have. The build is great. AF is faster. Metering is better. It's sealed, which I never use. I like the size. ISO, I think about 1 stop better, plus more at either end if you need it. It's a pretty good package, not far off the K-5.
The K20D is pretty close to the K-7, with a sensor that's a bit better because they left off the video stuff. I have taken three terrible videos so far so I'm in the who cares camp, but the video stuff made live view possible, so it's not totally useless. Otherwise it's a very good camera and sometimes available at a great price.