Hello,
I'd like to say thanks to everyone for being so easy going and kind
to folks who are new to this group. It is great to see such an
experienced/educated set of folks treat newbies with so much kindness.
It is also a wonder to see such a clean mailing list since the yahoo
groups are so filled with trash nowadays!
In anycase, I'm certain that I should probably have done a bit more
homework before posting this note, but I'm about to burst at the seems
with excitement at getting the *ist D. However, I'm doing my best at
making a cautious purchase. You see I have the pentax ZX-7 which I use
to mainly to:
1. Shoot pics of family and friends using a wide angle lens (I'm at the
office and don't have any lens specs and none are PRO type of lens)
2. Close-ups of the garden plants/flowers with my macro lens
3. Shoot pics of Birds/Insects using my zoom lens
I love to shoot pictures but simply as a hobby. I shoot tons of pics
with the hope of getting at least 2 or 3 great ones from a roll (if that
many) I haven't had any formal training in photography so I depend on
the Automatic Settings which the camera has. In reading the article in
Photographic Mag. this month, the article states that these Automatic
Settings (Macro, Sports, Portrait and such) are not included as settings
in the *ist D. This leads me to believe that I'll have an autofocus
only
and that I'll have to learn the correct settings for the different photo
shoots. I don't mind having to take a course in order to better
understand all the different settings, but as I said this is really just
a fun hobby for me and I'm concerned to put 1700 into a hobby which I
may never master as some of you obviously have.
The reason I'm looking at the Pentax line is that I've already got so
much invested in lenses that I'd hate to have to jump over to another
brand. This would mean buying a Digital and Film SLR (for backup) and a
new set of lenses.
If the answer is to ditch the Pentax line, any suggestions for another
set of SLRs would be great. This will give me something to start
looking at while I read your other posts.
Sorry for the long winded post, but I hope that some of ya'll can help.
Thanks!
Regards, Rod
To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and
dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
--RAH
