Pentax *ist DS

I've been an enthusiastic amateur snapper for more years than I care to admit to and mainly shooting medium format in the vain hope that one day I'll approach a calendar manufacturer who will instantly drop to his knees and beg me to accept obscene amounts of money for my landscapes. Dreams are still free aren't they? However it's been increasingly difficult to ignore the mix of falling prices and increasing quality in digital cameras and I noticed that the Pentax 1st DS is advertised as being able to take lenses from Pentax 67 medium format cameras. "Aha!" I thought, "I can use my high ... more

If you're like me then your first foray into digital photography was with a simple point and shoot camera, with minimal features and a slow shooting recycle time (i.e. the interesting stuff has gone or the moment is away by the time it's ready to shoot). But having seen the results from one summer holiday with 180 plus snaps, then I decided this year was the year to get serious about getting a decent Digital camera. After a lot of research I decided I wanted to go for one of the new and affordable Digital SLR's from the likes of Canon, Pentax, Nikon and so on, as they all seemed to get good ... more