Originally posted by JustShane Hello Pentax Forums.
After recently purchasing a K-R with both the 18-55 and 55-300 zoom lenses for $769.95, I feel a bit worried.
Financially speaking, I know I saved a great deal of money and I'm confident that the K-r is actually a rock solid camera in and of itself. Everything I read about it impresses me and it sounds like this could be a huge step up from my old Canon Rebel XS.
However, I worry very much about the unpopularity of Pentax as a system and I fear for its future. The difficulty in finding individuals who use these cameras makes me uneasy. (Heck, even CameraLabs.com has yet to review and rate a Pentax!)
Plus, I do hear many individuals complaining about Pentax's Flash System and lack of swift auto-focus...
I guess I'm not sure WHAT to think exactly. On one hand, I got such a good price on this that I could maybe even PROFIT from the deal if I'm patient enough to sell it. On the other hand, that would yet again leave me on the search for a camera and I'm getting sick and tired of not taking photographs...
Do you guys have any thoughts on this? I know this is a rather poor introduction on my behalf, as I'm essentially whining here. But I *do* need some input from users of this system who have experienced what it has and has not offered.
Thank you for reading and letting me into your community. I look forward to the responses. :-)
Please accept my appologies in advance for the following,
it amazes me to keep reading this trash
Yes canon and nikon may be financially larger companies, and you can go with them and perhaps feel more secure that the company will exist, but that has nothing to do with protecting your investment and insuring that what you purchase now will be useable in 5 years time, Just look back at history.
Canon has obsoleted their lens mount twice, and in both cases offered no backward compatability or adaptors for those lenses, onto the new bodies
Nikon made a minor change in the early days and this required grinding away part of the aperture ring to fit their first lenses on newer slrs. Now, when you look at their DSLR line up, only some bodies carry screw drive to use older AF lenses (entry level models cant) and only the top of the line bodies can meter with manual lenses.
so yes the companies are still around but that did not do a bit of good for millions of consumers that bought their gear in the past.
Now look at Pentax. You can mount screw mount lenses with an adaptor, all cameras can meter with both these screw mount lenses and with manual aperture K mounts, all cameras today can work with every AF lens ever made.
In the long run people have been better off than canon and nikon owners by picking pentax.
Tell me where is the risk here, I don't see it