Originally posted by BassGrrl Heheheh! Not to go off topic here, but I thought Disney was the axis of evil!
I am loyal to an oooold Minolta SRT 200, and haven't kept up with the recent doings of the company. It never occurred to me the lenses might be usable on a digital. I figure I'm going to need new lenses regardless of the company, and as has been pointed out, I can use old Pentax manual lenses, which I have seen quite cheap.
There is actually a K10D for sale on here, it's just a matter of whether I can do this now. I would save on film and processing and have the opportunity to get creative before printing, as I don't have a darkroom (if I did, I might not be thinking about this so seriously). Also, since i don't have a scanner, I would be able to share photos more easily.
Thank you all so much for your feedback and suggestions (I did check out the Sony Alpha, but now that I have been exposed to the K10D and 20D, it just doesn't sound as good. But not because I am a loyal Minolta user.). Keep them coming if you like.
I may wait until I have more money, and see if I can get the K20D instead. of course, by tomorrow morning, I may decide that will be too far in the future...
Well, I actually came from where you did in that I had the Minolta SRT 200 (and still do) and had missed all the manual features in my trip through the digital world. At the time I got my K10d, I don't think Sony was making a dSLR, yet, and I am not sure it would work with the old Minolta mount anyway.
I do have to say that I love the K10d, and it is very similar to my old Minolta with just a few more features. Coming from a brief stint with P&S digital, I also grew to love the ability to change ISO on the fly and the K10d has given me the nice ability to change the aperture and shutter speed easily, which is what I had missed. I've also grown to appreciate the aperture priority and auto-exposure modes, which are useful when I need a quick shot, while the manual mode works well when I need really quick shots (and can hold the exposure constant).
I also know I'd love the K20d, and from what I've seen, it is quite a nice step up in quality from the K10d, which is saying a lot because the K10d is quite good (and I'll probably hold out until the K30 before I upgrade again)