On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > My friend Sandy is starting to look for a DSLR. She has an old Nikon AF 35mm > (a 2020) and some AF lenses plus a couple of MF lenses. My suggestion is > that she start out with a cheap used DSLR to learn what she really needs. In > the best case, she'll find out that a $200 used camera fits her needs, in the > worst case she'll decide she needs a D700, but would at least skip the > intermediate stage of buying an $800 D5000 kit from costco, and finding out > it doesn't fit her needs. She may find out that the D5000 would work, but in > a couple months the $800 kit should be down to $700. > > I'd normally recommend Pentax for people on a budget, but since she already > has a bunch of Nikon mount glass, she's probably better off not switching. > > If anyone knows of something that might interest her, I've cc'd her on this > email: > Sandy [email protected] > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
Larry., I still have a D1, D1H, D2H and the D200. I have often toyed with letting the D1 go. DAVE > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
