Pentax K7

After finally deciding which camera to get, I couldn't stop myself thinking about it. I was planning to get it end of next week but I couldn't stop that itchy feeling on my hand. It was Thursday afternoon when I suddenly grab my phone, called the store owner and reserved one camera for me. And after an hour or two, I was there at the store smiling like a devil trying my new camera.

Afterwards, I contacted my friend to borrow some of his lenses. Although I bought the 2-kit lenses with the camera. Unfortunately I don't have time to play with it since I still have work the following day. Everything happened so fast until I lied down on bed and started thinking what happened in that span of hours. What a rush!!!!

Friday night or should I say Saturday morning, I decided to check my camera's shutter count. It's brand new so it should be low. Turned my PC on, opened the file in PhotoMe and then BOOM!... 750 shots!!! What!!!.. It's brand new.. How come there's 750 shutter counts already.

Daybreak came and I instantaneously called the store about it. Got no answer, but hey it's 8:30AM in the morning and store opens @ 10AM. Can't describe what I'm feeling back then even if everything seems fresh! A few minutes later, the store owner contacted me and decided to replace the camera.

Too many things happened for just getting a new camera. Enough of this.

TIME TO START SHOOTING again!!!

Decision

As you've read from my previous post, am about to buy a new set of photography gears. And with the long list of choices, I finally decided on which one to get.

But before anything else, I gotta admit first that I was struck by this contagious "GEAR-HEAD" mentality. The idea of improving your skills by acquiring the latest gear in the market. This was actually the reason why I sold almost, if not, all of my gears. As you can see from the list, the first one is the new raved Canon 7D. I was ready to get this camera at the time I was writing my previous post if only my funds were not limited.

And so weeks past as I was steadily increasing my funds, I came across some few posts in dpreview forums asking which camera to get. There's a lot of threads there regarding this topic and you'll get the same response. Most of which states the pros and cons. And then I remembered I posted something like choosing your first camera. Decided to take a look and realized I was doing the exact opposite of what I wrote back then.

"It's the INDIAN not the PANA."

This quote has always been in my mind when I was shooting back in 2008. To never let your gear outgrow you. Shame on me though to forget about it and be swayed to do the opposite.

So to clear things up, I started back at the first step. A few days later, I ended up choosing Pentax K7 from the list. I still don't have the camera though, but I'll be getting one next week together with a new set of lenses. Join me in my next post to welcome my new camera.

Click on the photo, courtesy of dpreview, to check camera specifications.

Upgrade?

I have just sold my camera gear and so am in the state of deciding which one to get. There seems to be many great cameras today as compared to when I first had to choose one. There's no preference in brands but I still have a little interests with Pentax compared to others.. Maybe because of using the brand for almost 3 years already. hehehe..

I guess my next camera will be one of the following:

1. Canon 7D (interested with Canon because of some of their lenses)

2. Pentax K7 (Pentax will always be in my heart :D)

3. Nikon D90 (interested with Nikon for their CLS)

4. Pentax Kx (and get another lens)

5. Pentax Km (and get a good PnS)

Hopefully next month I'll be able to get a hold of my new camera. Although I have to say, am more sold to K7 and D90 at the moment. I just can't justify Canon 7D's price. Although I'd love to try it. heheh.. Options 4 and 5 just came a few days ago. Thinking I'll just get a decent camera today and get a semi-pro body for events by December.. Let's see!