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  1. Vortex
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    25 years ago, I was into phtography. It died after about a yesr. Recently, I see mysef fascinated by some of digital photos I see & the amzing detail of nature-related subjects.

    So, I am building my small set of camera for general use & macro/tele shooting. This is what I am thinking:

    >> I get a small P/S for general use and landscape photography. I get a DSRL with a single lense (somthing like 70 - 200 or 300) for tele shooting. I already got Canon SD990 for my general use. I like its IQ & am happy. I am very badly torn between Pentax K20D & Canon xsi or 40D.

    I used Canon xsi for a short time and very much liked the zoom capability of the liveview, i.e. 10x, for macro focusing. I read that Pentax liveview really sucks & the 8x zoom cannot be used.

    My questions are:

    Does k20D liveview zoom responds to manual focus, i.e. if I use manual focus do I see a focused 8x window or it is blurred.

    Second question: What do you think of my setting plan and am I better of with K20D or Canon, considering that I have Canon SD990.

    Third question: Which lense is more appropriate for general/flower/bird photogrphy: Pentax 55 - 300 or Sigma 70 - 200 f/2.8 and 2x teleconverter.

    Thanks

    Posted: 2008-12-04 02:23:18 #
  2. nanhi
    Member

    The Pentax K20D is an awesome camera for less than $ 600 Body price (bought mine in May 2009 with the AL II Kit lens from B&H for $ 770). It blows the competition away. Live view is best in manual mode on the K20D. But you can go for the Pentax K7 with its excellent Live View and lots of other improvements over the K20D.
    A 300 mm lens for birding is always better than a a lens with a 2x teleconverter - degrades lens performance. just make sure the lens retains sharpness at the tele end - research on Google.

    Posted: 2010-11-14 17:06:22 #

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