On Aug 22, 2006, at 8:15 PM, Amita Guha wrote: > On 8/22/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The Pentax K10, which is due next month, looks to be very similar to >> the Nikon D200. Perhaps better if Aaron's secret feature amounts to >> something. In any case, If I were to jump, it certainly wouldn't be >> to Nikon. The only viable alternative I see is Canon. >> Paul > > Why wouldn't you go to Nikon? Just curious. I have no loyalty to any > brand right now, so I'm open to suggestions. :)
I'm not Paul. I have a couple of Canon lenses and a 10D body left in my closet. If I were not very happy with the Pentax gear I have already, and looking forward to the K10D or whatever they actually call the 10Mpixel body, I would have no problem going with a Nikon D200. My brother bought one recently and I like it much more than the Canon 20D-30D. The viewfinder is terrific, much better than the Canon, the 17-35/2.8D ED lens is fantastic. Nikon has finally gotten over the poor ergonomics of the 1990s bodies that I disliked so much, and I was always very pleased with their lenses (30+ years of using Nikon and Leica gear...). In a way, I'm miffed it took them this long to come out with a body that I could work with. I had a dozen or so super Nikkor AI-S series lenses that would have been excellent with the D200, which I sold in 2000 because I just didn't believe they'd ever produce a body that I liked again. My Canon gear never let me down, but it never gave me the pleasure that I had working with Nikon gear and now Pentax gear. I am pretty sure that the upcoming 10Mpixel Pentax body will do anything I need, the *ist DS is already sooo close, and I do love the Pentax lens kit I've put together. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
