Originally posted by clackers The words of a heathen!
Actually, some would say that camera bodies come and go, but your lenses are the real image makers and may be with you for life.
Browse through the lens club threads in this forum and you'll read about and see the passion.
Right. After a while, you'll start to think that camera bodies hardly do anything, while lenses produce all the magic! And you won't be far off.
This is why most of us think it barely matters which camera body you choose now. You can just pick the cheapest one off the list, if you'd like. Ideally, you'd even chose the brand based on the lenses you're going to want in the future.
But few of us can see that far ahead when we begin this venture. Fortunately, most of us have found that Pentax is not only a good place to start photography, but a great place to stay. And starting is the most important part.
Also, if you choose Pentax, you'll get so spoiled by all the Pentax advantages that you get to start nitpicking about every little place Pentax
isn't the best. Since they do so well in the other areas, you'll think it's possible for them to be better in
all areas. I've decided, in life, that any time someone has the luxury to complain like this, it means they're pretty well off!