I guess I'd want to know more about what camera features are most important to your friend. I'm curious why she would go from a film SLR to a P&S digital. Was the reason price? Size/convenience? Is she only interested in digital on instagram or is she interested in making prints of good shots (and then how large).
She clearly understands interchangable lenses and optical viewfinders from the FTb. And she clearly can take pics from a small camera with live view. So I have to believe that her biggest reason for upgrading is image quality. I'd recommend she look at the Sony NEX 5TL. Same sensor as in the K-5 Great reviews... still the No. 1 seller at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-NEX-5TL-Compact-Interchangeable-Digital/dp/B00ENZRP38/ You can also purchase it with small primes which turn it more into the smaller profile for purse, etc. (if the zoom makes it too big) She could even still use her Canon CD lenses with this highly reviewed adapter on the NEX: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1049193&gclid=CMeXuZj0zcUCFQoKaQoddLgAMw&Q=&is=REG&A=details On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 1:11 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> 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 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
