Thanks, igor, PJ, Bill and Larry. That do you think of the Canon EOS Rebel T5 e? (Someone else suggested it.) Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > > Dan, > > I recently had a friend asking for an advice in a similar situation. > I explained pro's and con's of different options, but I recommended > something like a micro-4/3. (And he and his daughter were vrey happy.) > > I don't think a DSLR is warranted at this point unless somebody specifically > wants a DSLR (and has some good idea why). > > (I wouldn't recommend Pentax Q. - That's more of an anthusiast toy, not > the main camera.) > > Alternatively, if interchangeable lenses are not a must, I'd suggest > something like Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 with a fast (1.4 or 1.7) lens > and plenty of controls. > There are similar cameras from 3-4 other makers, including Canon, but > I like advanced P&S from Panasonic, so, I don't recall other models at the > moment. > > Igor > > > > Daniel J. Matyola Sun, 17 May 2015 23:12:01 -0700 wrote: > > A friend has asked for advice in purchasing a new camera. > > > She used a Canon FTb for years. More recently, she has been using a > digital . Yes, I know it's a Canon PowerShot 880. She finds it > convenient but limited, and it was recently damaged and needs to be > replaced with something a bit better but no too expensive. She would > like a comera with interchangeable lenses. She has 2 decent lenses > from her FTb, but I don't think they would work on newer digital > Canons. Rechargeable batteries are preferable to the ones that use > and eat up AAs or similar batteries. > > Any suggestions I can pass on? > > Dan Matyola > > -- > 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. -- 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.
