Canon 600D and Pentax K series

Haha, there are a few points that will become clear after you think about them.

If there are people around you who really play with Canon, and have good lenses that they are willing to lend to you, then aside from other things, you are right to choose the 600D at the current price!

If you are a working-class person who spends your own money to buy it for your own enjoyment, and does not mess with lenses but is serious about photography, choose Pentax. If you really want to play with lenses, choose Sony's NEX. As for Canon and Nikon, it's not that they are bad, but their advantage is in the full frame, and they are aimed at users who pay for equipment to "work" in public, rather than the working class. The XX0Ds all over the street are not equipped with 18-55 or 18-135, but some are equipped with A16 and 50 1.4 from the sub-factory. No matter how huge Canon’s “lens group” is, what does it care about you? How many can you afford? People who can afford a good lens go straight to full frame.

The combination of Pentax DAL18-55 + DAL55-300 is definitely the most cost-effective combination. It can last you a long time. There is no other in terms of focal length, effect and price. After the level has improved, there is a clear need to directly set a good biscuit or a large aperture fixed focus at the focal length that is most suitable for you. At the same time, the K5 also has the same peaking focus assist as the NEX, and there are a lot of cheap PK mount and M42 mount manual heads for you to choose from. It’s just that because the flange distance is longer, the range of hand-operated heads is not as wide as that of the NEX.

KR is a good choice, but it is not recommended at the moment. It has been on the market for a year and a half, and the price is still the same as a year ago. In some physical stores, 18-55 sets are still priced at 4,000. Diversified, cost-effectiveness is lost. You must know that the K5 is only over 5,000 yuan now. I would rather pay more than 1,000 yuan and go directly to the K5. Not only the body workmanship, control, and picture quality are all at a higher level, you will know after using it that it is definitely worth it. . A disassembled DAL18-55 is only 300 yuan, so a single body with a price of over 5,000 plus two lenses of DAL18-55, DAL55-300 and miscellaneous things is less than 7,000 yuan, but it has a complete range of focal lengths, control and image quality. Some have it, but at this price, Canon’s 7D of the same level can’t even buy a body.

Although Pentax only has a repair center in Shanghai, I don’t think you need to worry about warranty issues

1. Pentax’s machines are very solid, and the K5 has been on the market for a long time. There are problems in the early stages of the market. After everything was resolved, there were no problems, and the reputation is very good. For three-digit Canon entry-level cameras such as the 600D, even the official can only guarantee a shutter life of 50,000 times (the subsequent shutter is not broken, but the exposure time is inaccurate), not to mention the body workmanship and control aspects.

2. Go directly to a reputable merchant to buy parallel imports, which generally provide one year of free maintenance

Canon seems to have convenient after-sales service, but who knows who has repaired it? On the one hand, you have to There is an invoice. On the other hand, only damage caused by "non-human factors" within one year is free of charge. This means that any failure caused by an accidental mistake, drop, knock, or water intrusion is the same as that caused by parallel imports or out-of-warranty products. A high maintenance fee was charged, but after a year, the maintenance fee was still the same. If you are lucky enough to get free repairs, minor problems will be fine, but big problems will not require you to go to Beijing or Shanghai to repair them. If it is faster, it will take two weeks. If it is slow, you can just wait. Waiting for a month is not impossible.

If you have a very limited budget and want to save money, there are currently the cheapest second-hand games. 2,000 yuan is enough for you to play for a year or two in the initial stage. If you don’t mind the second-hand game, you can talk about it later.