Hi Bob (Rmpjr7)
Re your thoughts about
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Quote: wanting a 2nd body because I do not like to change lenses (not sure it is laziness or practicality!)
I was late to the DSLR marketplace and fortunately had no Pentax legacy equipment to take into consideration, so was able to start with a totally clean slate. Having amassed a sizeable collection of both 35mm and Medium Format film equipment in the past, I had already made a conscious decision to 'down-size' the amount of gear that I lug around with me on vacation. Therefore when the price of the K10D came down to a realistic level last spring, it's purchase was almost a 'no-brainer'. Then the K20D arrived on the scene and the K10D body dropped by another £100.00, so I shortly acquired another one before fresh supplies began to dry up. Thus I never need to swap lenses over nowadays. No doubt this sort of thing flies in the face of the die-hard DSLR brigade, who might reasonably ask:
"What on earth do you need a interchangeable SLR system for ? Wouldn't you be better off with an 'all-in-one' consumer bridge camera ??".
Well, I've previously owned both a Fuji Finepix S602Z & Panasonic FZ20 and although these models offer a
perceived solution, their noisy minuscule sensors and lousy Electronic Viewfinders pose all sorts of problems where digital photography is concerned ! Although the new Fuji Finepix S100fs may
potentially address some of the previous disadvantages of such 'bridge cameras', the fact remains that you can't attach a Sigma 10-20mm rectilinear wide-zoom to an S100fs body and that immediately disqualifies this camera from my 'short-list' !!
Best regards
Richard