On Sep 27, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > 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, 20/1.7 for normal and 45/2.8 macro for, well, macro.
I see two valid strategies. One is to stick with Pentax DSLR so that she can continue to use the existing lenses. The other is to look for some other, complementary system that gives a whole new range of abilities that the Pentax doesn't have. If old Nikon glass is reasonably inexpensive in Israel, maybe a Nikon body that'll use AIS glass. The micro 4/3s have adapters for a wide range of glass, plus their own glass. Or perhaps a waterproof compact camera that she can take with her everyplace. Another option is to send Rachel Katz about $100 and see how Galia does with manual focus. Though you might let her try your system with it first. I am very, very happy with my K-x, though it looks like the K-r addresses most of my complaints with it. Unless I got an amazingly good deal on a K-x, I'd wait until the K-r was out before investing. In the mean time, you might be able to distract her a bit by picking up a cheap K1000 (I could mail you one I picked up for a pittance off craigslist) and let her run a few rolls of film through it. I was recently reminded of how educational it can be to go back and shoot with film, where every shot costs money. My ratio of keepers with a film camera was an order of magnitude higher than with digital, if only because I stopped to think about each shot, and didn't try 30 different things to dial it in. I will also suggest that you keep your ears open for people visiting Israel from the US to see if they can bring a camera in. Are there nasty tariffs if someone (perhaps someone who owes you a favor) buys one in the US and ships it to you? -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
