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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-15-2014, 02:26 AM
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Had a Kodak Instamatic as a kid but waited till just before I got married to buy my own. The Canon Sure Shot Owl lasted about five years before my dad bought my wife and I a Fuji Finepix 3MP digital. Took a while to get used to shooting pictures just willy nilly and being able to adjust and reshoot but it was when we moved to Shanghai that I really got into it. It wasn't long after that that the limitations of the PNS got the better of me and I bought a second hand Nikon E5700 bridge camera that let me play around a lot more. Eventually even that wouldn't give me the freedom I was looking for and I started dreaming of a Nikon d80. I also gave the Canon Rebel XTi a look as well until I picked up the Pentax k10d. I couldn't believe how solid it was and the other two felt like toys by comparison. Like going from a plasticy kit lens to the real thing. For the price point it was a no brainer and the backwards compatibility sealed the deal. This really paid off when we moved to Hong Kong and a friend gave me three of his old film era Pentax lenses including an M 50 f1.7 and an F 28 f2.8. Nice! My son now has his own k10d and when I bought my k5 I gave my old k10d to his friend who was looking to step up from a point and shoot. When we go to visit out that way they always like to go for a photowalk. Pentax has been good to us and I love the quirky community of Pentax shooters. It feels like home. :)
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