If I had no lenses already, I would go for canon. They have a much better AF lens lineup. The only reason to go with pentax is if you have a bunch of Pentax lenses, but like idiots they crippled the K mount negating the incentive to buy pentax for a lot of people. JCO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: William M Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Word on New Digitals? Alex, You're right about it being the better choice, but this is difficult for me to explain to her. The Canon comes with a lens for 999, while the Pentax is 1300 with the lens counting the rebates. IL Bill On May 17, 2004, at 9:27 PM, alex wetmore wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 2004, William M Kane wrote: >> A friend of mine is looking at digital SLR's, but doesn't want to >> spend more than $1000 USD on such a beast. Canon has a model that >> fits >> these specs, but I'd like her to buy a Pentax, so that we can trade >> lenses around . . . and so I can help her learn to operate it without >> learning a new camera. > > The *ist D is $1050 with the $200 rebate when you purchase it from > B&H or any other retailer that sells it for $1250. > > For that $50 you get a real pentaprism viewfinder instead of > a pentamirror one, a larger viewfinder, a better build > construction, and a smaller camera. > > Seems like a deal to me. > > It sounds like your friend doesn't own any lenses yet, and this > rebate does assume that they purchase the 16-45/4 lens. It is a > great primary lens for the *ist D though. > > alex >
