Pentax or Canon??
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Pentax is first to have the Autofocus SLR in Market model is ME-F, very similar to ME-Super, My cousin have thsi camera when it was just on the market
extracted from wikipedia
The Pentax ME-F, which used focus sensors in the camera body coupled with a motorized lens, became the first autofocus 35 mm SLR in 1981.
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Pix shoot using a Pentax K100Ds merely a 6.1 maga pixel DSLR with DA* 16-50 lens in UK , Dover , White Cliff, it is avery entry level DSLR, Function wise on this cam is noting compare to K20D
The Pentax ME-F have the first focus sensor in a SLR. But only had one single lens that is AF with in-lens motor, and it was never designed as a fully AF system. Apart from that single lens, all you get is just a focus confirmation with other lenses. Not a true full AF SLR system if you ask me. But I think it paved the way for other AF cameras. It took 4 more years before Minolta came out with Full electronic AF lens mount SLR system. It pretty much rocked the world.
I still remember the day my dad brought the 7000 home. Showed me this wonderful thing called autofocus SLR. It was hella loud compared to today's standards. But at that time, I felt it was magic... I spent many days just taking the cam out of my dad's dry boxes just to half press the shutter to watch the lens focus ring turn....
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http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/maxxum7k/index.htm
in 1981, Pentax drew the first blood by introduced a camera called Pentax ME-F which carried a focus assist feature, it was a manual precursor to autofocus technology where, when subject is in focus, a focus confirmation LED light will grow and supplemented by audible confirmation. A dedicated SMCP-AF 35-70mm Zoom with an internal motor inside was also being designed for this camera. Overall, you can claimed Pentax has introduced the first autofocus SLR employing a TTL autofocus sensor.
However, a relatively low profile Minolta rocked the entire photographic community in January 1985 with a new breed of AF camera which has a revolutionary concept that made it differed from other "mainstream industrial design" adopted by other makers. "New" because there were two major factors of which one of them has a great impact to the existing Minolta users - the Company decided to drop support for the older MC/MD mount and replaced with an fully electronic lens mount with no backward compatibility. But a more important element is, the Maxxum 7000 AF SLR camera was the first true system AF SLR with an body integrated AF design with a host of new AF lenses built around the camera.
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Neither does a Canon or any other DSLR
But you certainly can take the photos and do the panorama later with a good program like photoshop.
As mentioned before. Learn about your camera. Take more photos and join the outings.
Go for the outings. The one for Oct is happening soon. Don't even need to tell ppl that you are Dormant (in case ppl :kok: you ):bsmilie:
The Pentaxians outings are always fun, friendly and informative. You yourself have read through at least one of the outing threads, so you know they are a supportive bunch.
Yes, you may have started out wanting a nice big necklace to hang around the neck which is a fashionable thing to do nowadays, but grow beyond that and show that you know how to use it too.
Pentaxians are a very friendly bunch. We have young kids and old seniors too. I joined them sometimes and am very impressed by the family culture. Who knows...you might make some memorable friends. Fengwei...where are you?
Hi all, I'm back..! First of all, thx all for giving opinion, suggestion n etc.. i appreciate it. I do hope i can join the outing oneday but most of d outing was on Saturday as I'm working on Saturday, my offday is not fix and sometimes is on weekdays (rotate), i need to give one mth in advance to apply leave and it is not confirm yet that i can get. I often look at d "gathering n outing" but sad coz I can only c the no of joining the outing increase! I sometimes will think of tk a MC just to join d outing!..how silly i am! So, not bcoz im Dormant......hope oneday my name will appear in d outing list! Maybe i really need someone to guide me, as mention attach to one of d senior but is there any friendly senior who free on weekday to guide me? Instantly, wish to c with my own eyes..what is d outcome of my k20 by a senior...
Oh ya, thx to wootsk!
Oh ya, thx to wootsk!
Dun worry about it, pentaxians have their own monthly outing also, refer to the link.
They are going to little india this month, you can try to join
Even if you cant, they will be having outing every month.With all pentax user there, i'm sure the old birds will be glad to guide you
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6563414#post6563414Unable to join again..working on Sat.. This is my big problem :-(Dun worry about it, pentaxians have their own monthly outing also, refer to the link.
They are going to little india this month, you can try to join
With all pentax user there, i'm sure the old birds will be glad to guide you
TS go google -> click images -> type Canon. Get a decent canon logo, go measure the dimension of the area where the pentax logo is embedded on. den go photoshop put that size, put black background den drag canon logo in den go sunshine plaza say u wanna print a series of this on sticker. den paste the sticker on ur pentax and tadahh u get ur canon den you use black marker colour the K off and u get ur canon 20D somemore semi-pro body siol better than 550d ><!
This is a good idea. i usually do the opposite, i often just gaffer tape the brand on my camera so the brand doesn't matter. It does not exist in the final image, except in the Exif file.
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=775569
Good decision :thumbsup:
I think it's time to close this thread, since we already know the answer
Good decision :thumbsup:
I think it's time to close this thread, since we already know the answer
In general, those that feel threatened by superior technology will try to bring you down.
I guess that's why everyone tells me I should sell my Olympus ASAP :bsmilie:
And anyway people who don't know much are always bound to talk crap. When I was buying my camera, everyone told me you can only take nice photos with Canon or Nikon. I was quite tempted to tell some of them... "your photos nice meh???" ;p
Yup, I hear that all the time too. Even people who sell their P, O or S system to buy C and N then all of a sudden feel that their pictures are now much better (they were not...). It's psychological, really.
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=775569
Good decision :thumbsup:
I think it's time to close this thread, since we already know the answer
Bah!
All lip service about interest, outings, etc from TS but no action. :thumbsd:
Well ok.. at least got the action to sell the camera.:bsmilie:
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