I've been obsessed for weeks now, and when I finally settled on Pentax (again - a K1000 25 years ago was my first and only SLR for many years, then nothing but P&S, most recently a Canon S5IS, which got me hooked again.) I agonized over whether I should go K-X or K-7.
Anyway, the Canon didn't do it in low light at all, so I wanted to get back to SLR and fast(er) lenses. I realize that the KX seems to be the de rigeur recommendation for shooting in low light, but I'm a gotta have the best I can afford type. That, and I made the mistake of handling them both, and the K-7 won that contest hands down.
So reassure me that I made a good - not necessarily right, but reasonable - choice with your input, please. I would love to hear that I got a good deal, too. My wife would like to know (and so would I if it stays bad at home over my pulling of the trigger here) that one of you Pentaxians would be interested in my gear at the price I paid if harmony trumps must haves.
Here were my considerations:
1) I like to shoot when traveling, a lot. A trip to Europe next month prompted this purchase.
2) I shoot candids. The "family photographer," I think is the term.
3) I have some minimal knowledge, but really only enough to be dangerous. Frankly, my eye is better than my skills.
4) I almost got the K-X for precisely that reason, but then I talked myself into the big boy because I didn't want to chicken out and shoot it like a p&s anymore.
Tips? Advice? Kudos? Curses?
Here's my kit. All in at $1180, 500 shutter clicks, all as new.
Pentax K-7 (with 18-55mm SMC DA f/3.5 - 5.6 AL WR); additionally there is a Pentax 50-200mm SMC DA f4.5 - 5.6 ED WR, D-BG4 Battery Grip, extra D-L190 Lithium Ion Battery, Sandisk 4gb SDHC memory card with MicroMate for downloading imagies, and new Pentax AF 200FG flash.
Last edited by jedcaum; 04-15-2010 at 07:51 PM.