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Forum: General Talk
06-19-2008, 02:20 AM
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My story is not that long and intresting starting way back in the 60's, hey I'm only 21 so....
Owned a few P&S during the years but my real intrest began about a year ago when one of my friends bought a DSLR. Must have been a Olympus 420 but he soon changed to a 400D and then a 40D. Was a bit tempted but was still a bit too much money for me.
But then I meet my girlfriend who also is very into photography, she recently bought a Nikon D80. Now I really felt the urge for a DSLR to replace my compactcamera and with an upcoming trip to Asia that would end in Hong Kong I felt that this was the time.
Wanted to check out the whole market so started reading reviews on the internet and found that SR in the body was a must, will save a lot of money in the end I think. So the question was Sony or Pentax ??(Olympus bodies was too small for my hand) Read some more reviews, news etc. Saw what you could do to the weather-sealing on the k10d, looked perfect for me that is out in the woods with the scouts quite a lot and spend a couple of weeks in a tent every summer.
Went to a camerastore and felt the k10d and the just arrived k200d, the 200 suited my hand better so when I got to Hong Kong I bought it and has now been an happy pentaxian for one month.
Next step is to buy a DA*-lens so that the camera would be truly weather-sealed. But that will probably wait until end of summer when one of my friends is going to New York, the lenses are so expensive here in Sweden.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-18-2008, 02:52 PM
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Bought my equipment in Hong Kong the other month. Bought k200d, sigma 70-300, flash, 2 bags and some small stuff for about 1300 US-dollars. Saved myself 1000 US-dollars compared to Sweden prices. But I think that it is even cheaper in US than in Hong Kong at the moment.
Anyway, can recommend Tin Chueng were I bought most of the stuff. But also used Wing Shing, Citicall and Fortress for some other stuff.
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