Originally posted by jeztastic I tried my friend's Nikon D3000 the other day. It felt like a toy. It took nice pics tho... Very vibrant colours- I suspect the jpg settings were ramped somehow.
When I hand my camera to Canon/Nikon users to inspect they're always impressed by the build and usually assume (because they know nothing about the Pentax range) it's a fairly high end model.
My dad (who's technically a pro in that he sells multiple images per week, though his camera never leaves 'sport' mode and he has no idea what PP even is) has a Canon 50D which I was playing with it at xmas just to try out the giant white 70-200 L. The shutter release button didn't seem to work! Apparently it's just "gone like that" and the solution is to press it really really hard. Outstanding quality there.
Originally posted by jeztastic I get one maybe two chances to take my gf's pic - that's it!
It was a nice novelty to begin with, but it becomes tiresome saying "OK, now, can I get a photo of this
without you in it? ... Yes, really...".