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Anonymous
I'm looking to craigslist a Pentax IST DL. I already have three K-Mount lenses from old SLRs my parents dont use, so I'm sticking with a body that will let me use them. I'm not that much of a hardcore photographer, but instead looking to expand my ability to do effective web design for my clients.

Good choice, or should I do what everyone else I know has and get a Rebel? I'm lookin at negotiating for the Pentax with two lenses and four filters within $300-$400. It's a 6.1 megapixel camera.
>> Anonymous
You've already got the lenses so might as well stick with that. It's also really cheap.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
Agreed. Stick with the Pentax if you have Pentax lenses.
>> Anonymous
What about stuff like the IST's one CCD versus a CMOS sensor? I've done video in the past, and one CCD versus CMOS versus three CCD can show a difference.
>> Anonymous
>>148977
Well, technically you can mount them on Olympus and even Canon bodies (the latter with some modification), but it absolutely isn't worth it.
>> Anonymous
>>148982
*ist's CCD sensor is more noisy than comparable CMOS ones from Canon at high sensitivities/long exposures, but the difference is usually less than half a stop and nothing to really worry about.
>> Anonymous
don't pentax optics blow?
>> Anonymous
>>149512
No. For a time, Pentax was one of the best lens companies is the world, competing with Zeiss and Leica and that crowd. They're still great.
>> I||ICIT !!mknjFN/v/49
>>149512
not necessarily, but it depends:

OP, what glass do you have, id suggest that unless you have some sweet pentax glass your better off starting off with a mainstream brand. read: canon or nikon.
it will cost you more in the launch but youll have a better progressive path further down rather than being stuck with a 4/3rds camera and a limited(not saying its shit!) lens setup compared to the constantly eveolving canikon lens lineups with all AF glass, fantastic IS/VR and good high ISO's not to mention in a few years if you see fit theres the FF possibility, whereas 4/3 will prob never get there.

tl:dr
post what lenses youve got, if theyre ace, stay pentax. if not, bite your losses and start with a mainstream brand with a better progressive path, lenses and modern technology.
>> Anonymous
>>149515

TY mate. I was just wondering b/c my dad used to shoot pentax but he claimed they weren't that impressive.
>> archimedes
Consumer reports just did an article on Pentax. Dslr's. You might want to google that shite
>> Anonymous
>>149548

is consumer reports really a reliable review source?
>> anonymous
>>149565
That is the dumbest question I've ever heard
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>149520
Pentax is not Four Thirds. Pentax is its own thing.
>> Anonymous
>>149520

You'll have to forgive me in being a /p/hotography noob if my lens descriptions are incorrect. Here's what I have:

Pentax 1:2 50mm
Takumar Bayonet 1:4.5 80~200mm
Pentax 1:3.5-5.6 28-80mm

It looks like I have filters on them as well. a Pentax 49mm Skylight on the 50mm and a Promaster 58mm Skylight 1A on the 28-80
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
those are pretty average lenses. the 50mm f/2 will be great, but the third party and consumer zooms are nothing to rave about.

here's the big thing. instead of trying to get an old *ist D for 300-400, track down a new K10D for 600. It's a great camera, especially for the price.

and no, don't trust what consumer reports says on cameras ever.
>> des
>>149699
Like fence said, the 50 is the "good" one.

For k-mount stuff, look for SMC-Pentax. The Takumar/Super Takumar/Super-Multi-Coated Takumer lenses were M42 and were almost universally excellent. Unfortunately when they switched to K-mount, Takumar became almost universally the "value" branding for pentax.

K10D prices should be getting lower and lower as more and more people jump on the K20D, too.
>> Anonymous
I love my K10D. So much.

...That is all.