Pentax KR & Panasonic G2 now in frame - excuse the pun!

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I had a good look round, last weekend, for my possible DSLR purchase.

I came away from PC World even more confused as I saw a Panasonic G2 for the first time and was taken with it. A four thirds camera (where did four thirds come from) with a superb viewfinder and felt good in the hand but mmmm.

Then I saw a Pentax KR and got talking to an owner of one in the store. He was very praiseworthy of it. His brief, when he bought, was a good low light camera and his research pointed to the Pentax. I also want a camera that is good in low light so mmmm.

The more I research the more confused I am getting -HEEELP
 
The G2 is micro four thirds, not to be confused with four thirds.
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The Pentax's always seem to get good reviews, don't seem to see many of them about though. Both are good cameras, go for whatever feels right.
 
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The Kr is a pretty impressive entry level DSLR at high iso and I love the pentax limited prime lenses!
 
Well I own both Panasonic and Pentax, but only film SLRs from the latter (of which one is quite possibly the finest 35mm SLR ever produced but that's another debate...).

I don't think you'll ever hear the KR being reccomended as a low light camera generally, but itwil be better than the G2. If you can find a GH1 or GH2 then that would be much more comparable.

Pentax DSLRs are nice, but there are a few things about them that make them unsuited to me, unlike the film bodies which I love.
 
Thanks for all the good advice - I am most grateful :thumbs:
 
DayDreamer said:
Then I saw a Pentax KR and got talking to an owner of one in the store. He was very praiseworthy of it. His brief, when he bought, was a good low light camera and his research pointed to the Pentax. I also want a camera that is good in low light so mmmm.

The more I research the more confused I am getting -HEEELP
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The trouble with asking an owner is that very few people are going to admit having bought the wrong camera. ;)

Ultimately though at the bottom end of the market I really don't think you're going to find any significant difference between the performance of one camera or another, so buy the one that you feel most comfortable using, otherwise no matter what the reviews say, it'll just end up lying in a drawer gathering dust....
 
Good point about asking an owner.

"At the bottom of the market" :lol: You make me feel like a pauper - but I guess I am as I'm now entering a world where my £400 budget is bottom where in my compact/bridge days my Canon SX20 was more "top of market".

As one salesman said there wasn't a cigarette paper between them and I am starting to think that it the case. So it boils down to 'how do they feel in my hand' and little things which I am looking into as I have downloaded each of the user manuals. Not really that good a read and so far not really anything I am picking up between them all.
 
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Good point about asking an owner.

"At the bottom of the market" :lol: You make me feel like a pauper - but I guess I am as I'm now entering a world where my £400 budget is bottom where in my compact/bridge days my Canon SX20 was more "top of market".
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Been there, done that :lol: If it's any consolation it's the same at any level of camera ownership - spend £1800 on a D700 and then discover you're at the bottom end of Nikon's full frame range, or spend £5000 on a D3x and discover it's the equivalent of your SX20 in relation to medium format digital.....
 
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Thanks MikeP for useful link :thumbs:
 
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