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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
12-19-2009, 07:24 AM
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I hit "add to cart" to see the price and got a message saying "ships in 1 to 2 months"
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
12-12-2009, 07:40 AM
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Awesome. Thanks for the input. After a little more research I think I really want Live View so I am going to save up a bit more money and get either a K20d or K-x.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
12-11-2009, 08:34 PM
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First, I hope you will forgive my ignorance. I am new to the world or "real" photography having always carried around a pocket-sized point and shoot.
Here's my situation -- I have been a deer hunter all my life and with every year that goes by I find myself less consumed with shooting something and more fascinated with the scenes around me as I sit in a blind - sunrises and sunsets, birds of every description, foxes and bobcats and turkeys and owls and quail and ...
Long story short – I am trying to sell one of my guns so I can buy a "starter" DSLR body and lens. I have a line on an almost-mint K10 body for $425. Feel kinda OK about that. Where I get totally lost is on the lens. The one I have my eye on is the SMC DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED - "demo" for $260. Would that be sufficient to capture deer, varmints, etc at a range of 25-75 yards given sufficient light and a tripod?
Geez, just trying to phrase the question I realize how much I don't know.
Let me ask it this way: if you had a max total budget of $750 and were willing to shop hard and buy used, what body and lens would you buy for the above-described situation?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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