Originally posted by chiquito3 I'm planning to buy my first DSLR and have the K-x and the K-r as my main options after reading such rave reviews, but I have a doubt after reading on one of these reviews that the shake reduction system on the K-x is bad.
I plan to use that camera mostly hand held so a good image stabilization is a MUST for me. Could you guys recommend or tell me if this is true?
If this is your first DSLR, then I'm assuming you're coming from a point and shoot camera. Even if you bought a camera and lens with no image stabilization at all, you're still likely to get better results than you did with your point and shoot.
I've found that the SR on the KX works quite well. I can take pretty sharp shots in dimly lit rooms even down to 1/25th shutter speeds. Also, if you're shooting outside in decent lighting, you don't need the SR turned on at all.
Also, all entry level DSLR's come with lenses that might not be the greatest on the market. But that's so they can make the camera affordable. It might be worth taking
jlaubza's advice. Get yourself the camera body with no lenses, and put the money you saved into a good Tamron 18-250mm lens.