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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
11-13-2015, 12:36 PM
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I am considering between K-50 and K-S1 for video purpose primarily and for pictures as back-up to my K-5. Has anyone used both K-50 and K-S1 for video or photos? An insight from direct user will be really helpful.
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Forum: Pentax Price Watch
11-13-2015, 12:10 PM
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Looks like the promotion with the flash has ended yesterday. There is $449 price tag then $100 instant promotion and $100 mail-in-rebate that brings out K-50 at about $285 including taxes. I feel it is still a good deal with 18-55 kit lens for a brand new camera. Is there any benefit in getting K-S1 instead of K-50? K-S1 is about $50 cheaper than K-50 after rebate.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
11-12-2015, 09:50 AM
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Hi Terry,
Thanks for your input. I am into taking videos for indoor performances like kid's ballet etc. Overall kid's related activities in general. Not too many close ups.
Talking about lenses, recently I acquired Tamron 70-200 (after a lot of convincing to wife finally got the permission to get one) and tried it out at a performance. Made me realize I should have gone for it sooner (got wife to accept that as well). There is really no substitute for fast lenses. I have Sigma 75-300 which i picked up on local craigslist a while ago for cheap and that used to be my goto lens in such scenarios before I received Tamron. Sigma is good but not as good as Tamron 70-200.
You mentioned something about settings. Is there a guide available for setting K-5 to perform at its best? Also any ideas on how to select a specific mode for getting best results will be helpful.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
11-11-2015, 07:45 PM
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Hello Pentaxians. Finally decided to join in the Pentax community. As a little introduction of my history with Pentax:
Started with Pentax a few years ago with ZX-60 and 28-90 kit lens. Nice little Film Camera had some enjoyable days with it. A few years into film world and decided to take a plunge with DSLR and bought ist Ds. Back then was a good stater camera with 18-55 kit lens. From that moved to K200D and finally now own a K-5 body. I wish I had kept the K200D but alas tight budget and wanted to move to K-5. Basically have only one body now. I can tell Pentax has come a long ways from film world into digital and definitely have been surpassing quality with every new body they introduced. Really looking forward for the Full Frame now as all other manufacturers have their Full Frames in market for a few years now.
I am an enthusiast and mostly take photos of kid's activities. So will say more indoor than outdoor. Used to do landscapes but priorities shift after kids. I loved when I upgraded from K200D to K-5 because of its ability to take sharp non-grainy photos at performances in low indoor light.
Still learning K-5 and its full potential. I can say, I end up learning something new, everytime I use my camera and it does amazes me how little I know about photography world even after about 15 years since I ever held my first Pentax.
I have been in a little dilemma and wanted to get some advice from experts like you all on this forum.
Whenever I am going for these performances I always have to make a decision whether I should take video or photos as I have only one body with me. I have finally come up with some small amount of money saved up to buy a second body now and have been very difficult for me to make a decision whether I should buy another K-5 or something different. I am planning to use one body for video and another for pictures.
Has any of you in same situation as I am? If so, what body will you recommend for a person who is on a budget? I wish I can buy K-3 or K-3II but money is definitely a constraint here.
Any suggestions?
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