Use what you've got until you find by experience it does not work for you. The MZ-M is a fine camera. Since you do not mention what lens(es) you have it is hard to make a recommendation there. For serious portraiture you need to look at lights, reflectors, and a background stand more than a fancy camera.
If you have a typical zoom with the camera (28-70, 28-80) that is fine to start with. If not you may want to look into something that will give you a focal length between 70 and 135 mm on the long end. You can not go wrong with a 100mm lens, especially if you already have a 50mm, the two will cover every thing from full body to tight heads. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: J. Gerace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:46 PM Subject: New to group - Looking for advice : ) > Hi All, > > This is my first message here and I've never seen this format before - > Wow... > > I have been studying photography for a little over a year (mainly, just > reading a lot and shooting a lot). I have a ZX-M. I bought it simply > because it was the most basic camera with no bells and whistles and I > figured that it would be the best to learn on. > > Here is my dilemma. I would like to pursue portraiture more seriously > in the future (kind of starting now) and I'm torn on how to upgrade. Do > I 1) go for a better body - MZ-S? or PZ-1P 2) go for better lenses (in > which case recommendations would be greatly appreciated) 3) Keep saving > and eventually go to either medium format or digital. Budget is an > issue - so I can't do all at once. > > Help? > > Thanks for any replies, > > Julia > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
