Death Squad I
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I haven't messed around with 'proper' cameras since my days at college doing media studies over 10 years ago. We did lots of 35mm photography and our own developing in the darkroom. I still have a good understanding of composition and the exposure triangle etc. Moved on to digital point and shoots because of convenience and price also I used to get frustrated at developing a whole film to get 2 or 3 good shots.
I am financially in a position to buy a dslr so I can get back in to being creative with shots with the convenience of digital media.
Years ago I had a pentax slr and a few old lenses which I inherrited. Although it did its job fine I did used to resent the pentax a bit and quietly be slightly jeolous of peoples Nikons/Canons.
When researching my first DSLR purchase the same 2 makes look like they still lead the market along with sony thrown in the mix now. I do get the impression on reading the forums that there is still a bit of snobbery around brands especially Sony. Even when visiting Jessops the sales assistant despite having a A55 as a backup couldn't help but dismiss sony's future support to the dslr market. As I am as guilty of the brand snobbery as anyone else I was wondering if pentax is still seen as inferior make/brand.
There seems to be really good deals on pentax entry level dslr's around but I don't really want to resent my purchase a few months down the line, for the sake of a few quid. I am also tempted by the Nikon d5000 deal at the moment. At the same time I don't want to get an inferior product just because it has a great brand plastered over it. I keep reading about different brands of cameras having identical sensors etc
My main question is would I be cutting my nose off to spite my face (financially) by choosing canon/nikon over pentax/sony?
I am financially in a position to buy a dslr so I can get back in to being creative with shots with the convenience of digital media.
Years ago I had a pentax slr and a few old lenses which I inherrited. Although it did its job fine I did used to resent the pentax a bit and quietly be slightly jeolous of peoples Nikons/Canons.
When researching my first DSLR purchase the same 2 makes look like they still lead the market along with sony thrown in the mix now. I do get the impression on reading the forums that there is still a bit of snobbery around brands especially Sony. Even when visiting Jessops the sales assistant despite having a A55 as a backup couldn't help but dismiss sony's future support to the dslr market. As I am as guilty of the brand snobbery as anyone else I was wondering if pentax is still seen as inferior make/brand.
There seems to be really good deals on pentax entry level dslr's around but I don't really want to resent my purchase a few months down the line, for the sake of a few quid. I am also tempted by the Nikon d5000 deal at the moment. At the same time I don't want to get an inferior product just because it has a great brand plastered over it. I keep reading about different brands of cameras having identical sensors etc
My main question is would I be cutting my nose off to spite my face (financially) by choosing canon/nikon over pentax/sony?