Quote Originally Posted by spiraleyes
Just out of curiosity, why did you decide to switch over to Pentax? Most Canon shooters that I know swear by Canon, no matter what.
Hey,

I'm sorry, I missed your post here.

Well, that is a long story. I'll try to make it short. I did this in late 06 woth Olympus. I regret that had me running back to Canon. However I am not a dyed in the wool Canon user. My first SLR was a Canon Rebel G, my second, which I got shortly before my Rebel died on me only months after I bought it, was a Pentax ME Super. That ME was the first SLR I ever used, 10 years before that. It was my father's camera, and he gave it to me when he saw that I was serious about photography, and it changed my perception about what photography was all about. I fell in love with Pentax.

However I returned to the world of Canon about a year later after I had really found my place in photography. I shoot mainly natural themes, wildlife, landscapes...ect, and because of the dead Rebel I'd owned, I had a Canon 28-80 and Tamron 70-300mm lens for canon. I also felt I needed a good AF body. At the time I was young in photography and still highly driven by gear. What I really needed was some really nice lenses for my ME Super, but my gear lust said I needed a big impressive Canon EOS film body with a big lens. Well I had the lens already, so I just bought the body. The camera I choose was the Canon EOS ELAN. great camera, if somewhat unnecessary for me at the time. I used this body for a couple of years. Then I discovered the best film body I had ever seen, in my price range anyway. The Minolta Maxxum 7D. Man I mean I sold every scrape of photographic equipment I owned to buy that camera, and it was a great camera too. Only, I never used it. Well, not much anyway. It was early 03 and digital was really starting to make it's voice heard in the market. So my gear lust kicked in again, along with the relization that I could no longer afford the slides I was shooting. So I broke down and sold my beloved 7D and in a choice between an $800 Canon D30 and a $550 Minolta DiMage 7i, I went with the Minolta. OMG, what a mistake, but that's a story for another post... lol.

At any rate I used the 7i for about 3 years. then one day my ex gf offered to give me her Canon D30 if I would give her the 7i. I didn't question this, I just said, YES!

So that is why I ended up with Canon DSLRs. Not that I regret it. That D30 was an awesome camera, as were both of the D60's I've had. But, I have always had a desire to return to Pentax cameras. The *ist D was the only offering on the market back when I first got into DSLRs, and I couldn't afford it, and, until the advent of the K10D Pentax has not released a camera on the semi-pro level I am used to.

One other reason is that my Canon D60 is 6 years old now. I have not had it all that time, but it is 6 years all the same. I would like a new camera. one I can keep a few years and know it is only as old as I have owned it. On top of that, I just couldn't afford the Canon equivalent of the K10D. And, to get the features of the K10D in a Canon, I'd have to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars that I do not have. I will give Canon the edge in speed, new lens availablity, and high ISO noise performance, but they can't compete price wise.

So, that is why. Hmmm.... well this was supposed to be short...