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Forum: Pentax K-01
01-25-2013, 10:16 PM
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thanks to everyone who commented. all great info. i ordered the k-01 today and it will arrive tomorrow (love me some amazon prime with $8 1 day shipping!!). anyway, i've got the weekend and a few days next week to get the basics down before my daughters orchestra concert on 1/31. hopefully i can be taking some solid pictures by then. thanks again to everyone, i truly appreciate all the opinions. by the way, i went with the 40mm package. that seemed to be the consensus. i'll start perusing ebay for additional lenses.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
01-18-2013, 01:13 PM
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so i am on the fence regarding this camera. i have never owned anything greater than a point and shoot. my current is panasonic z20 which i've had for about a month. it replaced a canon sx260 which i had for couple weeks and flash got stuck. i wasnt impressed with it's pics so i replaced with the panasonic. i like the panasonic but it is very inconsistent in picture quality and video quality indoors isnt very good. i have young kids and am mainly looking for a family type camera to get good pictures and video so when i am old, i can look back and enjoy my family growing up in images ... and not blurry ones!! my kids are in non action activities (orchestra, school concerts, etc.) and action activities (soccer and dance), we also have dogs and we go boating quite a bit. my concern from reading reviews is this camera won't cut it for the action stuff with it's slow autofocus. but everything else seems to be telling me to get this camera. i have been looking for a couple months now off and on. it started with the sx260 and z20 then to canon sx50 super zoom then to olympus and panasonic 4/3s and then lately i've been focusing on the aps-c sensor cameras based on what i've read about image quality ... i.e. the k-01 and sony nex options. i do not want a bulky dslr and was really hoping to find something a tad more compact than this but like a lot have mentioned about this being like a fungus and it growing on you, i like it more and more the more i read about and look at it ... although i have not seen it in person yet. what opinions are out there based on my needs/desires?
and if i am convinced this is the right camera for me, amazon has 2 bundle types. i can get the camera with the DA 40mm lens for $420 (and buy a separate zoom?) or get the camera with both a 18-55 and 50-200 lenses for $520. again, based on what i am wanting to accomplish and what people know about these lenses, what are opinions/recommendations for the two camera bundles?
thanks and i appreciate in advance any information that i can use to help me out!!
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