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[String682]

Hello All,
I'm Ken from Atlanta. Joined the group in hopes of finding advice on putting to use an old bag of K-mount lens I still have. I also still have my original Pentax Me-Super from the early 80's, when I use to shoot for my high school newspaper and yearbook, even had my own darkroom back then.
Photography has always been a life long hobby and I enjoy shooting a wide variety of subjects. For now, I would like to use my old K-mount lenses again and looking for a camera body under $500. Currently debating between the K-01, K-X, and X-5.

[mattb]

Hello All,
I'm Ken from Atlanta. Joined the group in hopes of finding advice on putting to use an old bag of K-mount lens I still have. I also still have my original Pentax Me-Super from the early 80's, when I use to shoot for my high school newspaper and yearbook, even had my own darkroom back then.
Photography has always been a life long hobby and I enjoy shooting a wide variety of subjects. For now, I would like to use my old K-mount lenses again and looking for a camera body under $500. Currently debating between the K-01, K-X, and X-5.

Hey, welcome! Not too many Pentax people here but I shoot Pentax. I made the same jump from ME Super to digital and I went with a K-x. I have now added a K-5. I had the 135/2.5 and a 50/1.7 and used them both on modern bodies. They will seem longer on digital due to the smaller sensor. You have to multiply by 1.5 to find the 35mm equivalent field of view. You also have to enable a setting in the menus to allow for use of the aperture ring. Finally if they are M or K lenses you have to stop down meter using the green button. If they are A lenses you can control aperture from the camera and metering works more normally. It's nice to be able to use those old lenses but new ones with fast AF and all the new coatings sure are nice too.
The K-01 is an amazing bargain now and if you want to spend the least get that. It's image quality is up there with the SLRs. But you have to live without a viewfinder which is tough for someone used to one.
The K-x is a good reliable camera with very good image quality too. The viewfinder is reasonably nice and it's still pretty compact. It runs on AA batteries which can be a plus or minus. I got Eneloop rechargables for mine and they work great. The biggest drawback of the K-x is no illuminated focus points in the viewfinder.
My main camera now is a K-5. It's great but out of your budget new.

You might find a K-30 or even a K-5 close to $500 used if you look around. A PentaxForums.com has nenver a $550 K-5 posted right now with 20k actuations. Those are a big leap from the K-x in features. Both are sealed too.

[String682]

Mattb - Thanks so much for the info, it will defiantly help me make the right choice. And I agree, if my budget wasn't an issue, I should just start with new equipment all together. But I might get more bang for my buck by trying to get one more use from my old glass. Also, I'm not a big fan of auto focus, that's another reason I want to try the old glass again. AF ruins a lot of my current shots, very frustrating, despite my current camera claiming to have a manual focus.
I work as a regional airline pilot, so I shoot a lot through windows, which plays havoc with my AF (Canon G-11). When I'm trying to get the old 'money shot' of a 747 at the critical moment of touch down or rotation, the only thing I need is an finality lock and rapid fire of several shots. Instead, my camera does the old pause and dance between various focal lengths, then finally gets one shot off. If the shot happens to be luckily with timing, then the focus usually completely off, or visa-versa. The G-11 is a good point and shoot, and I like how it travels well, not taking up much room in my flight bag, but falls short on my action shots.
I’m hoping that by using my old glass, I can rapid fire several shots at the critical moment, with the lens simply at infinity, without the camera trying second guessing me.
Once again Matt, thanks for taking the time to provide me with a lot of info to help me make a good decision.

[georgimz]

Hello. I am George. I am new to the forum but I hope we will have great time here.

[zv333]

Hello

I am new to the forum and know absolutely nothing about cameras of photography and was hoping some of you could help me or tell me the right place to post where maybe someone could. My girlfriend loves photography and one day dreams of starting her own little business. I want to buy her a camera for christmas and was looking at a cannon t3i. The lady at best buy told me that this is a good beginner camera but my only problem is i dont want her to have to buy another one next year. Is this a good one for her, could she make a little extra money with it as she learns more and gets better until she gets a better one? Which one do you suggest???

[JMASTERJ]

Hey guys.... just joined, looking forward to coming here more... I have a project I need to focus on now and will post in the help section, but otherwise I have loved photography since I was in jr high when we made the camera out of a shoe box... just wish I had more tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime.......!

[hminx]

Welcome Jmasterj, I'm sure someone here will be able to assist.

[bradvictor1]

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[himthapa46]

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[magnusjohannesson3]

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[JesusRamos]

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[JairusMarl]

Hello Everyone!

First, before I'll introduce myself, I would like to suggest or recommend that in your notification or the yellow background text message that indicates...

"Our records indicate that you have never posted to our site before! Why not make your first post today by saying hello to our community in our ViewFinder forum.

Why not start with your first post today and become an active part of the photographyREVIEW.com forums now!"

--- You should have put a link on it so that users won't get confused in looking for this introduction page or something. It took me around 10 to 15 mins just looking for this. Well anyway, that's me. I mean, I get a little confused sometimes.

Now...

Let me introduce myself. I'm an enthusiast in photography! More particularly in Portrait and Landscape photography and just recently I found this another new genre called Trick Photography. Trick Photography - as for me to define it, it's a combination of Portrait/Landscape photography with a wild imagination of your mind and I will not deny it, --- "Photoshop". It's editing the photos you captured with the thoughts that you have in mind in a much more creative way. But anyway, every photographer have their own preferences and ideas. ---> and I respect that. If you want to know more about trick photography and about me you can visit my website. (I don't think we are allowed to post a URL link here) --- you can just view my profile where I have indicated my website or -- you can search on Google - "Trick Photograhpy 101" or you may include my name to be sure that you are provided the URL link on the search result.

Thanks!

[SallyAllie]

Hey, this is my first day here. I hope I can figure everything out! I would really love to get some reviews on my photos!

[OldClicker]

Hey, this is my first day here. I hope I can figure everything out! I would really love to get some reviews on my photos!

Welcome. I see that you have found your way around the site and have a few images up. - Terry

[Guest3123]

Hello, my name is Roy & I'm 31 years old. I'm new to photography and videography. I've been studying specs like f stops, shutter speeds, ISO exposure, sensor sizes, and bit rate means. I think I've got it down pat now. I started learning about Camera specs because I want to buy my first Camcorder for 2013 holiday season, but I'm on a budget. I don't want to spend alot of money, because I'm just going to do video tutorials, taking videos of family and friends this holiday season, etc. etc. I've been on this little quest for a little over a month now, and have it down to 2 Camcorders that I want.

I'll go ahead and post a new thread, so that I get a fair shot at getting some replies so people can try to help me.

[AAGP]

Hello everyone. I'm an amateur Portrait and Landscape photographer. I've just started photography as a hobby a few months ago. Although I've always been interested in it. I'm really looking forward to getting some unbiased and hopefully brutally honest critiques on some of my photos, and learning all I can from all of you. Thank you

[walkme40]

Hello! I'm newbie to the forum and excited to join. I would like to buy a dslr camera this weekend and would love some advice. Thanks.

[hminx]

Hi Walkme and welcome to PR forums, before making any suggestions, it would be a help to know what your photographic intentions are and an idea of what your budget is. All brands,interests and skill levels catered for so jump on in.