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William M Kane wrote:
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
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