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New Camera Day

Auzzie-Phoenix

Auzzie-Phoenix

Mar 30, 2007
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Columbus, OH
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After quite a bit of researching and extensive bargain shopping online, I have just ordered my first DSLR camera: a Pentax K50. It cost me approx. $525 for the body and lens kit. It was chosen over the Canon EOS t5i for specs, and over Nikon models for both price (and the fact I hate the way nikon cameras feel ergonomics wise). It should arrive in about a week, maybe (hopefully) less. The anticipation has already started sinking in.

Anyone use this particular model of camera? I bought it for night-time photography uses mainly. Any night example shots would be welcome.

EDIT: See post #22 for update under new topic title.
 
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Well I finally got the shipment notification the other day. Est. arrival is Wed., hopefully it gets here before that. I did take advantage of the shipping time to pick up 2 16gb class 10 sd cards and a camera bag. I'll be ordering a filter kit and the AA battery adapter soon as well. I need to find a decent tripod, as the old one isn't meant for anything past a point and shoot (plus it's only extendable to about 40in.). The wait is driving me nuts though.
 
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I've used a Pentax DSLR for a few years now, love it. Pentax makes great stuff on par with Nikon but at half the price!

Taken with my Pentax:

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I hate sundays... absolutely no possibility of obtaining what you order on a sunday because NO delivery service operates on sundays. fjadams, why look into a 4:3 system? Correct me if i'm wrong, but four-thirds are bridge cameras and don't have the capabilities of the aps-c or full frame dslr's and have just as much of a price heft as the dslr's themselves? Or am I thinking something different entirely?
 
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I'm watching this thread. I've owned Canon products since the 1980's, but I'm open minded. I've been thinking of getting a new DSLR. My ex-wife took all of the cameras including a really nice early Canon DSLR. (Even though she had no idea of how to operate it.) I've been living with a point and shoot digital Canon for a couple of years and am ready to buy a nice camera again.
 
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Auzzie-Phoenix said:
I hate sundays... absolutely no possibility of obtaining what you order on a sunday because NO delivery service operates on sundays. fjadams, why look into a 4:3 system? Correct me if i'm wrong, but four-thirds are bridge cameras and don't have the capabilities of the aps-c or full frame dslr's and have just as much of a price heft as the dslr's themselves? Or am I thinking something different entirely?
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When I upgrade from my Canon SX40 HS the 4:3 is a system I'll look at. Along with another Canon or Nike super zoom. During the 35mm era had Pentax and Nikon SLRs and the requisite bag(s) of lenses. Don't want to deal with the size of them again. Not worth it to me, even though I know that's where the best picture quality comes from because of the lenses.

Isn't the 4:3 system what the mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras are called? Haven't looked at them seriously because I'm not ready to upgrade yet. But I like the smaller body and the array of lens available. Much easier to manage when traveling.
 
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4:3 if what i think it's called is in fact the mirrorless interchangeable.. otherwise referred to four-thirds, or in panasonic's case micro four thirds. Some of them are pretty nice for what they are, but they tend to carry a pricetag as hefty as a dslr or worse. Plus you still need lenses... lol.

EDIT: just looked up the 4/3 info on wiki. Here's the link:

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Micro Four Thirds is a kind of Mirrorless Interchnageable Lens Camera (MILC) system (Four Thirds, on the other hand, is a DSLR system with the same sensor size, but uses a mirror). Currently, Olympus and Panasonic are the two big camera makers using Micro 4/3, and their lenses are useable on either brand's bodies. There are other MILC systems that are not Micro 4/3, such as Fujifilm's X-mount, Nikon's 1 system, and Pentax's Q-mount. These all use different size sensors and have their own pros and cons. Lots of stuff to research! There's way more choice in camera systems these days but also a lot more potential confusion.

While Pentax do have a MILC system, the aforementioned Q-mount, it's not exactly comparable to the Micro 4/3 system or most of the others as it uses such a small sensor and so you lose some of the benefits that make DSLRs attractive. You do, however, get a tiny, tiny camera that is useful in its own unique way.
 
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Pentax has always done great stuff, you'll enjoy the new camera. I'm a Nikon guy myself, but all of the majors are fantastic at this point.

M4/3 is at the interesting point of being every bit as good as what 35mm could do, or better. I haven't picked any M4/3 gear up only because no one has done a body with the UI I need - I want dedicated full-time shutter speed, aperture and exposure compensation dials and no PASM control. My Sony NEX7 comes close, and my Fuji X100S (although not interchangeable lens) is right there.

Have fun with the new toy!
 
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Low light performance is exactly why I avoided the panasonic lumix gh3 and gh4 series, I take night shots primarily. My current panasonic has to be set at a 60 second shutter to get enough light to the sensor, with an fstop of 4.5 or lower to get a decent image. Even then it's only on a night when the sky is lit well by the moon that anything turns out bright enough to see. Colors look skewed (reddish) in either vibrant or natural, so to get semi-realistic colors, I had to pick cool as the color scheme. ISO had to be set to 100 on my camera... the gh3 or 4 might be able to do 200 or 400. I know their dXomark scores for low light aren't very high.
 

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