Rick,
Do you know of any half decent Digital SLRs that will take an old lens?
I had quite a few old 35mm SLR lens that went on fleabay because there were
no bodies to fit them.
Currently using a Nikon D80 after the D70 was stolen out from my car.
Guy R Day
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Bastedo" <rbastedo@gmail.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 7:20 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Crappy cheap Chinese cameras - you get what you pay
for!
> Digital SLR is the way to go Frank, I have friends who all have Nikons and
> you can get a D40 with a lens for pretty cheap right now.
> This would be more than enough camera for any amateur photographer, what
> a
> lot of people don't know is that if you have a drawer full of lenses for
> an
> old 35mm film camera then you should look into getting a digital camera
> body
> that uses those lenses. They bolt right on, and if they were auto focus
> then
> they will still be auto focus on the new camera. If they were manual then
> they will continue to be manual of course, but sometimes those old lenses
> had much better glass than what you can reasonably buy today. Also your
> telephoto lens gets longer with digital, if your lens is 300mm for a film
> camera then it's equiv to a 450mm on a digital. Unless you have the bucks
> to
> get a full frame digital (I think they start at about $5K for the body).
>
> I got the Pentax K10D which I chose because I had a drawer full of Pentax
> lenses and because it was the only one in my price range that was
> reasonably
> water resistant. In fact there are stories of people dropping these
> cameras
> in the water, fishing them out and taking more pictures.
> Since I wanted a camera I could take with me when I go fishing in Alaska
> that was important to me.
>
> If you go for a model that's a couple years old you can get a pretty good
> deal both brand new and lightly used.
> I got mine on Ebay for about half the price of a brand new one. Pentax was
> just releasing the K20D and the guy wanted to upgrade from 10 to 14
> Mpixels.
> 10 MP is plenty for me and paying half price is right up my alley!
>
> Add a macro auto-focus lens and you'll be taking some really great shots
> of
> the smallest pieces of these cars you can imagine!
>
> Rick B.
>
>
> ********************************************
> My 3rd chinese made digital camera took a crap.
> I am NOT buying another.
> I took pictures with my Polaroid Swinger ;)
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> My own Fleet of Sprites
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