Digital Camera

[mangboso]

Guys I want to buy Digital Camera for my wife, Any sugestion Pentax model, from mid end to high end

thanks in advance

[felixcat8888]

Pentax K-m.

[seefei]

tell us more about your wife...

like what she like, wide angle, super zoom, creativity, hassle free shooting, light weight, intimidating factor in a camera...

even handphone can take reasonable photo nowadays...

help us to help you, ok?

[mangboso]

she wants,stylist and light weight. If possible can flip the LCD panel.
what do you think about "Optio W60" is it overkill in terms of price?

thamks

[felixcat8888]

I hear the S10 is better than the W60. i get from horse's mouth . . .

[hjbyeo]

If she's into the "bulkier" world of DSLR, k-m (a smallish DSLR) is a good start. But otherwise for compacts, and if budget's not a matter, there're obvious good ones out there worth looking at.

[ishou80]

If you are looking for those LCD tat can flip I tink you gotta look @ the prosumer range...those with long zoom

[xylestesins]

K-m and a few lens for your wife to choose from
Pentax makes great compact pancake lens too

If price is less of an issue, try out the voigtlander lenses for Pentax (<< My dream, actually.)

[mangboso]

Thaks for all the info.

but actually we are looking for light weight, smallest, can capture beautiful images even at night and most of all it must be pentax

so far the only selection that i have from here
K-m
she dont want bulky and the hassle of replacing lens

S10
I need to google it for informations

anymore i can choose from

thanks

[scorpioh]

beautiful images at night means Dslr. you need that iso.

[taekimon]

Originally Posted by ishou80 If you are looking for those LCD tat can flip I tink you gotta look @ the prosumer range...those with long zoom

Pentax got digital cameras with articulating LCD? I tot only C's prosumer range, O's E3 and the older KM A200 can do it ..

[mangboso]

before she had that camera Pentax Optio 330 that you can swing the LCD Monitor. which she like much.

We go to Sim Lim to look for more model.

"Optio W60" sale person says this is good for under water shot, have wide range but for outdoor not the best choise

"Optio S10" low cost camera with 10megapixels and micro shot

"Optio V20" much lighter but twice expensive than S10 , with 8megapixels

should we consider the Optical Zoom, is there a big difference between 3x and 5x Optical zoom?
A 10 megapixel and 8 megapixel if we intend to print an A3 sheet?

thanks

[airconvent]

I have the S10. Nearly sold it off recently but decided to keep it because its so compact. If you don't mind the weight and size, the A40 is similar to the S10 but with stabilised CCD. That would a good thing especially if you do more low light stuff.
I contacted Shriro and the feedback from them is the S10 is their most popular model. Its also the one that received the most good comments from their customers.
If you are in the US, should aim for the S12 which is the latest model but not available in Singapore.
But beware....none of the compacts, even the expensive ones matches the K200D's picture quality. The other day, I switched back to the K200D and was blown away by the shots as compared with the PnS...

[creampuff]

If you're looking for a small DSLR the Pentax K-m is recommended for the small compact dimensions, light weight and easy operation. The image quality is way better than any compact PnS.

If you're looking for a PnS, there are many, many brands available that I'd suggest you look beyond Pentax alone.

[mangboso]

I will google K-m and A40
by the way do you have idea how much is K-m?

[fengwei]

Km is about $400USD on eBay, 500 to 550USD elsewhere I think.

[mangboso]

Thanks for the info.
the k-m price you mentioned is in USD am i right, just wondering is this model doesn't touch LHS? (not sold in singapor)
if im not mistaken if im convert it to SGD it would be around 650 to 850 without shipping and TAx.
Could you recomend online store to look onto.

thanks

[airconvent]

Originally Posted by mangboso I will google K-m and A40 by the way do you have idea how much is K-m?

Hi mangboso
For your info, there is a Shriro road show at plaza singapura now.
The A40 is being sold at $399.

http://www.shriro.com.sg/promo_01(ELEC).htm

[felixcat8888]

Originally Posted by mangboso Thanks for the info. the k-m price you mentioned is in USD am i right, just wondering is this model doesn't touch LHS? (not sold in singapor) if im not mistaken if im convert it to SGD it would be around 650 to 850 without shipping and TAx. Could you recomend online store to look onto. thanks

Get a VPOST account, go to amazon.com to buy, have the item shipped to the US address and VPOST will ship to singapore.

[airconvent]

Mangboso
If you're interested in getting my S10, I don't mind changing to the A40. Do PM me i interested.