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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 10-05-2013, 06:42 PM  
New Camera for Old Lenses
Posted By Mistlefoot
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Just to add to this.

My main walk around lenses are my manuals and I've never used one on a film camera. I also take 99% of my shots through the viewfinder and have no issues with that. What I see through the view finder IS the shot I take.

Where I find them challenging is when I am not taking a static shot. ie, a bird flying from a bright back ground to a dark background and both focus and metering change. 75% of the shots I take are never burdened by the need for an auto focus lens.
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 10-05-2013, 11:34 AM  
New Camera for Old Lenses
Posted By Mistlefoot
Replies: 14
Views: 2,848
I love my K-30. I was in a similar situation to yours except it was my wife who had old lenses. I was simply new to photography except with point and shoots. My experience over the past year and the challenges that I have found would have me sticking closely to what I did.

I bought the K-30. It's a nice starter camera that is not too challenging to learn (the basics) but still allows me to continue to learn from it a year in. I expect it'll keep me happy for some time. I also picked up an 18-55 WR lens as well as the DA-L 55-300mm.
I am guessing that your old lenses are manual focus and I have found 2 continued challenges with those. It's a challenge in those situations where you just need to get a quick shot off. Manual focus takes some getting used to and is never as quick (except in really low light) as auto focus. You also lose the advantage of the EXIF information when you are trying to learn your camera. If you aren't sure what EXIF info is, basically, every shot taken will contain information on the settings used - it's nice to see that shot that worked out perfect was taken at 1/180 at F1.8 etc. With an older manual lens you will not see what the aperture was set to. Depending upon your experience, this might not matter, but it was certainly helpful to me.

You already have the advantage of some nice primes so a couple of economical zooms give you that extra convenience and the WR lens allows you some confidence to still be able to take photo's during those meaningful occasions where the weather does not co-operate.

You should also be aware that due to "crop factor" your lenses will not the same as they were with the Film body, but 1.5x larger, ie, 28mm on an normal D-SLR would be equal to 42mm, 50mm would be equal to 75mm on your old body.
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