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what dSLRshould I buy D80 or K10D
Should I just sell off the Nikon gear and start a fresh with something like
the pentax k10d or go for a Nikon d80 I have a stack of Nikon lens lens for 35mm film for my F90x and F3 16mm fisheye AFD f2,8 24mm AFD f2.8 60mm micro AFD f2.8 180mm AFn f2.8 80-200 zoom AFD f3.5 35-105 zoom AFD and few manual focus nikors 135mm f3,5 50mm f1.8 in addition I have two pentax super A bodies ( stereo photography)and pentax lens manual lens 28mm f2.8 SMC-A (x2) 50mm f1.4 SMC-A (x2) a 135mm f3.5smc- M With the pentax I do want to buy the pentax zoom fisheye and oneother zoom to complement the manual focus lens I'm doubtful if I would sell the pentax manual focus lens they are so easy to use and the results are top draw |
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what dSLRshould I buy D80 or K10D
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Should I just sell off the Nikon gear and start a fresh with something like the pentax k10d or go for a Nikon d80 I have a stack of Nikon lens lens for 35mm film for my F90x and F3 16mm fisheye AFD f2,8 24mm AFD f2.8 60mm micro AFD f2.8 180mm AFn f2.8 80-200 zoom AFD f3.5 35-105 zoom AFD and few manual focus nikors 135mm f3,5 50mm f1.8 Hmm ... with the D80, you can use the various AF lenses with no problems -- but the manual focus, depending on whether they are AI or not a with AI: You can mount them, but metering will have to be separate, as the body will not meter through these lenses. without AI: You can't even mount the lenses on the D80 unless you get new AI aperture rings for them, or get the existing aperture rings modified to act as AI rings. If you consider the Nikon D200, you can meter through the AI lenses as well -- but still will need to have the non-AI ones (if any) modified before they can be mounted. But even if those last two lenses are non-AI, you still have a good bit of Nikon glass which you *can* use easily. *I*, at least, would get a Nikon DSLR to use them. Note that your 16mm fisheye won't look like a fisheye on the D80 (or any digital Nikon made to date), because the 1.5 crop factor will make it act more like a 24mm -- with some distortion, but not what you would expect from a fisheye. (I know, because I have a 16mm f3.5 AI manual focus Nikkor which I occasionally use on my D70. There is some curving of straight lines -- but mostly it looks like a not too corrected wide angle. :-) Of course, each of these will act longer than they do on a film body for the same reason, so you probably will want the 18-70mm lens which is provided as the kit lens on the D70 and the D200. I'm not sure what the D80 comes with -- but you *will* want something easy to use with zoom to cover that range. The 16mm fisheye will probably not be satisfactory for that. in addition I have two pentax super A bodies ( stereo photography)and pentax lens manual lens 28mm f2.8 SMC-A (x2) 50mm f1.4 SMC-A (x2) a 135mm f3.5smc- M With the pentax I do want to buy the pentax zoom fisheye and oneother zoom to complement the manual focus lens I'm doubtful if I would sell the pentax manual focus lens they are so easy to use and the results are top draw Do you intend to shoot stereo with these with a new Pentax digital body? I'm not sure whether there *is* one which will do the stereo. If not -- why is it mentioned in this question in a DSLR newsgroup? Good Luck, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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what dSLRshould I buy D80 or K10D
I'll shoot stereo in film only . I want to move into digital and thinking
of consolidating and reducing the lens count in addition I have two pentax super A bodies ( stereo photography)and pentax lens manual lens 28mm f2.8 SMC-A (x2) 50mm f1.4 SMC-A (x2) a 135mm f3.5smc- M With the pentax I do want to buy the pentax zoom fisheye and oneother zoom to complement the manual focus lens I'm doubtful if I would sell the pentax manual focus lens they are so easy to use and the results are top draw Do you intend to shoot stereo with these with a new Pentax digital body? I'm not sure whether there *is* one which will do the stereo. If not -- why is it mentioned in this question in a DSLR newsgroup? -- |
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what dSLRshould I buy D80 or K10D
bhup wrote: Should I just sell off the Nikon gear and start a fresh with something like the pentax k10d or go for a Nikon d80 I have a stack of Nikon lens lens for 35mm film for my F90x and F3 16mm fisheye AFD f2,8 24mm AFD f2.8 60mm micro AFD f2.8 180mm AFn f2.8 80-200 zoom AFD f3.5 35-105 zoom AFD and few manual focus nikors 135mm f3,5 50mm f1.8 in addition I have two pentax super A bodies ( stereo photography)and pentax lens manual lens 28mm f2.8 SMC-A (x2) 50mm f1.4 SMC-A (x2) a 135mm f3.5smc- M With the pentax I do want to buy the pentax zoom fisheye and oneother zoom to complement the manual focus lens I'm doubtful if I would sell the pentax manual focus lens they are so easy to use and the results are top draw You have a number of "top drawer" Nikon lenses already. It would take some extra $ to repeat that with Pentax. Look at the Thom Hogan site and his review of the D80. You may want to replace the 50 f1.8 with an AF one, but that is only $120 new, you have the 60 macro anyway, one of the"top drawer" lenses. If you want some speed lens that meters then look at the 35 f2 Nikon or the 30 f1.4 Sigma. The Pentax K10 is a nice looking camera, note doubt about it. But with the AF Nikkor lenses you already have I'd go Nikon. Tom |
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what dSLRshould I buy D80 or K10D
bhup wrote:
Should I just sell off the Nikon gear and start a fresh with something like the pentax k10d or go for a Nikon d80 I have a stack of Nikon lens lens for 35mm film for my F90x and F3 16mm fisheye AFD f2,8 24mm AFD f2.8 60mm micro AFD f2.8 180mm AFn f2.8 80-200 zoom AFD f3.5 35-105 zoom AFD and few manual focus nikors 135mm f3,5 50mm f1.8 in addition I have two pentax super A bodies ( stereo photography)and pentax lens manual lens 28mm f2.8 SMC-A (x2) 50mm f1.4 SMC-A (x2) a 135mm f3.5smc- M With the pentax I do want to buy the pentax zoom fisheye and oneother zoom to complement the manual focus lens I'm doubtful if I would sell the pentax manual focus lens they are so easy to use and the results are top draw I am a long time Pentax user, but I would likely consider the Nikon D200, considering the Nikkor glass you already have. I bought the *ist D two years ago as I had 6 Pentax primes. This is a hard decision, but the D200 is more camera but has AI/AI-S compatibility, the D80 doesn't. The D200 and K10D both are weather sealed. Tokina is rumoured to be the maker of Pentax's 10~17 fisheye zoom. If not Tokina does have a similar lens; http://www.tokinalens.com/products/tokina/atx107afdx-a.html I feel the Pentax K10D is the camera the D80 could/should have been. I'll likely buy the K10D based on I love how it feels and based on the Pentax glass I own. My advice for you is the D200 is based on the great Nikkor glass you own. The Pentax primes do get good money on eBay. |
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