Quoting Steve Cottrell <[email protected]>:
On 2/8/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
The Fujis are very amenable to using manual focus lenses, though their X
series lenses are every bit as good as Pentax lenses.
Something like the X-E1 might make a very nice starter camera, and Fuji
has an excellent upgrade path.
I was going to suggest exactly this until Mr Robb beat me to it.
The X-E1 can be had for good money and is easily used with Pentax lenses.
Far be it from me to disagree with Messrs Robb and Cottrell.
Oh, well. Into the fire...
The Fujis are indeed wonderful cameras, so I'm told. I'm seriously
considering buying one. But we aren't talking about a superannuated
old fart on the wrong side of 65 here. John wants a camera for a
modern young lady of the iPad/iPhone generation. She already has a
compact digital camera and, if presented with a nice new Fuji with a
manual focus lens attached as the sole lens option, she is going to be
a tad disappointed.
If mirrorless ends up as the final option, by all means include the
adapter and Pentax lens and show her the fun that can be had with it.
But I really think the kit autofocus zoom is going to be a necessity,
whatever the final decision.
The problem with Fuji is that the X-E1 body with the 18-55 standard
zoom is going to push the price to close to $1000 in Australia. I
don't know John's budget but I suspect that might be a bit high. Of
course, if a viewfinder isn't a necessity, the Fuji X-A1 kit can be
had for a reasonable sum and that might well be an affordable way into
the Fuji system.
Decisions. Decisions...
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Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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