On 27/11/14, J C OConnell, discombobulated, unleashed: >If all you want is a camera and kit lens, might as well buy a point and >shoot >if your buying with intent to buy multiple lenses, then the mount >matters because its the >lens system your stuck with.
I want to buy a good camera with a standard range zoom lens on. I have had point and shoot cameras in the past, but now want a good quality proper camera. I go to my camera shop to try some out and get advice. I look at Canon and Nikon because that's what the salesman will show me. He tries to sell me entry level but I explain that I am happy to pay good money for the right camera. I am in a good job and have 2 or 3 thousand bucks to play with. He shows me a few other things. I take it all in and go home to do some more research. I figure that there are quite a few players out there in the price range I would like to be in. Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Pentax, Olympus, Fuji, Sony, and maybe even a few more. Quite a choice. It wouldn't make a jot of difference to me what 'full frame' meant - I don't have that level of knowledge. I like the idea I can maybe buy a lens or two in the future and play about with that. Later I may get to handle some the smaller ones - the Olympus and Fuji - 'mirrorless' ?? Cool. And the Sony. Or do I go for the Nikon or Canon... such a choice. You cannot place your preferences and values on other people - they don't think like you. Sure, to you (and even me) you will get locked into a lens system, but a lot of people out there don't even consider it. When I look at a camera system I look at the lenses first and then the bodies. Not our well-to-do customer up there. He has X amount of money to spend and he will spend it without considering what lens mount he is 'stuck' with. I put it to you that Pentax is in direct competition with Sony and all of the above makes. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Production ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
