Shutterbug Strasse

Posted by quickie on January 04, 2006 at 22:18:39

In Reply to: In A Quandary, A New DSLR vs. My Old SLR: posted by Vinylly on December 18, 2005 at 12:47:39:

I have three film cameras plus a little bitty pocket sized aps camers.
I also have a couple digital cameras, and like them for their convience. Digital cameras fail to impress me very much, but have taken note that the flaws I find in them seem to be getting better by the year.
I have a Nikon N80, and a couple Pentax K series cameras. The Nikon is a piece of junk. I thought for awhile I bought a bad one, but it seems tobe the regular thing. The APS camera takes better pics day in and day out everytime. The Pentax cameras blow the Nikons in the weeds, and they are close to thirty years old. One is a KX and the other is a K-2. I'd put the KX (with comparable lenses)up against any Nikon period. Before I bought my first Pentax I used nothing but Cannons, and they did take very nice pics when you allowed for the built in error in the light meters. But what made me get rid of them was that it seemed like every 18 months I had to send them in for a rebuild. I had no problems with their lenses. The Lieca you use has about the best glass you'll ever get in your hands, so remember that.
This Spring I'm going to buy a Fuji SP-3 (or the long rumored SP-4), and go from there. It's about 98% as good as the $5000 Nikon for $1400. The Pentax you spoke of will take the K-mount 35 mm lenses, and they have to be better than the Chinese lenses Nikon uses. I just wish it were a 9 mega pixal camera. If you are not into changing lenses then take a good look at the Fuji 9000. It will do 99% of what 99% of the users want at 9 mega pixal.
gary