Boris, If the camera is for Galia, I'd stick with Pentax - maybe a K-X? That way she can share lenses with dad. If the camera is for Galia (wink, wink, nod, nod) and Boris gets to use it, that's a different matter. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 9:05 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Boris Liberman" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 7:39 AM > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: The best modern camera for the child who likes to shoot > >> Hi! >> >> Like I wrote to Tom on the other thread, Galia is complaining a bit about >> AF of her K10D. I could, in principle, proceed towards spending our time >> together whereas I'd be telling her about the way AF is supposed to be used, >> etc. This can prove beneficial to her to some extent. >> >> The alternative is to get her a different set of gear which may or may not >> be a good idea. Suppose for a moment it is a /good/ idea. >> >> What would you suggest? Please let us not limit this conversation to >> Pentax only. Galia's kit is K10D, DA 21/3.2, FA 50/1.4 and FA 100/3.5 >> whereas she always is asked to select a single lens before the shoot and she >> puts all her three lenses is fair use. As an example of what I have in mind >> I'd suggest this: Panasonic GF1 or GH2 or whatever, freshly announced 14/2.5 >> for wide angle, 20/1.4 for normal and 45/2.8 macro for, well, macro. >> >> Ideally I'd like to keep this discussion on target. That is there is no >> need whatsoever to compare brands here. I'd simply like to know how would >> you approach this issue. >> > > The obvious answer would be the K7. It's AF and exposure are greatly > improved, and you already have a lens kit to go along with it. It's also > smaller and hopefully lighter than the K10. > Or drop a bunch of money on a different brand that will also show > performance flaws in a few years when it's had a couple of generations of > improvement superseding it. > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
