"Non-digital"? The DA 55-300 is a new lens released early this year! Anyway, many Pentaxians here have "non-digital" lenses, don't think they give any problems....
I would say that ISO 1600 is not that bad compared with the competition.
The default NR in K200D is off, so you may switch it on to "Weak" or "Strong" depending on your taste.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxk200d/page16.asp
Actually Samuel is not tat negative about Pentax. He told me Pentax give great colours just that the limitation he said about for Pentax locally is the lenses as it's not very wide range as compared to overseas.
waiting for k-m to come out..then compare the price..i might just get the nikon d60 if it is cheaper...but have to agree...nikon definitely has more lenses..
you guys am right..
went to john 3:16..
only camera i would recommend is a nikon or a canon...
or a canon or a nikon..
ugh
when i asked for what he think abt pentax..he was pretty negative abt it...
sigh
but
the nikon d60 going for 850 with kit lens did raise my eyebrow
Seriously, if you want go dslr, the price of the body should be the least of your concern in the long run. I remember a year ago when I really only wanted to get a Nikon D40 with kit lens and wanted to keep it under $1000 budget and stick with it. The mentality was simply - its a dslr over a PnS; X-factor. Somehow I procrastinated and did more extensive research before finally deciding on the k10d this April. And it was no turning back... I would say in the end, the body is less than 20% of my overall expenditure tll now and it will keep getting lower. To decide on what system you want hinges importantly on the lenses and I mean in terms of optical quality and price, not just availability, which is the least of my concern. Unless you just want to use your dslr as a PnS, I would advice getting at least a mid-range body, i.e. k10/20d, D90/300, 50D.
whats the rumour in the streets on how much the k-m would roughly cost once its here?
i saw a japanese article saying japan may get in in late oct 2008...and price similar to K200d...not sure how true this is though....
hope it goes cheaper cos of the lack of some features...
how much is the street price for the k200d anywaes?
Hi ardnirun
(My 1st post in CS!)
I've just got my K200D twin kit from MSColor at $1160 (the 18-55 is the older version though...hmmmm).