On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:42:49AM -0500, Walt Gilbert wrote: > I bought the K-x as my first new DSLR, and I love it. I'm still a > little chapped that the K-r came out so soon afterward, with its > fancy-schmancy, illuminated auto-focus points. But, on the whole, I > can't complain one iota. In fact, I think there might be some > benefit to learning to shoot without such highfalutin whirligigs. > Or, at least I find a way to comfort myself with that notion. > > I'd love to have the K-5, but it's far beyond my budgetary > constraints for the foreseeable future. So, I'll content myself > with the slightly less stellar low-light performance of the K-x.
The only reason I didn't buy a K-x (and, later, the slightly better K-r) was that I had my eyes firmly set on a K-5. Until then I 'made do' with the good old K10D, backed up with the *ist-D. If I were buying a new Pentax body today, my choices would be: o K-5 (if the money was available) o K-r if on a tighter budget Failing that, I'd look at the used market. There are probably a few K-x users who have upgraded to the K-r, which would make that a way to get astounding performance at a cheaper price. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
