Very cheap
Easy to use
Light weight
Looks good
Sigma 28-80mm Lens that cames with it, very shap and fast auto focus(Though i don't use it that much). Hard to manual focus. (cheap plastic build)

No DOF
Only Matrix metering
No Multi Exposure mode

I love it. Though it feels very cheap and easy to break(every thing will break, if you don't be careful with it), but the picture quality it's just like a pro. Also it is easy for my family to use it. Just point and shoot and the picture quality still coming out great. I've got lot of photo to show other people and they thought that I'm a pro. Heee... Secrete is that, go back and learn your basic photography stuff and be more creative. Browse the net for more or better or new idea and learn from it. If I’ve got money i will move to Pz-1p or MZ1(have to wait and see), but for now Pentax mz-50...hmm... I love it. 5 starts for this price range.

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Easy-to-use, full manual control if needed, wide array of accessories available, light wight, and very affordable as well.

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Best camera for a beginner and for a casual amateur; a great tool for discovering the art of photography.

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Manual SLRs, e.g. Practica.

Light, easy to use, (with 28-80 Tamron lens) focusing was quick.

Silver finish?

Saw this for sale price and badgered my mum to get it for moi. Proved itself a capable piece of equipment.

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Centon K-100 (Chinise Pentax K-1000 copy)

Great value, quality, and features. Pentax lenses are generally the top in the field. This camera is incredibly easy to use, and quite handsome and nice to handle.

As others have noted, the relatively simple two zone-metering is sometimes fooled. Also, the autofocus hunts a bit sometimes - but as long as you are aware of the subject's position, you can focus-lock and recompose. As when buying any camera, watch out for big camera stores trying to give you off-brand lenses as part of a kit.

This is the best starter SLR on the market - get it quick before it disappears. Pentax optics are on par with Nikon's, and sometimes better (though they have fewer lenses, of course). If you don't need (or have the $$$ for) multi-point autofocus, depth-of-field preview, or a more sophistocated metering system, BUY THIS CAMERA!

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Pentax is great. They sent me a manual within a week for a couple bucks. They answered two email queries within 2 days. They are the only ones to care about backwards compatability of new cameras with older lenses.

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Olympus IS-30, Nikon N-60, Canon EOS Rebel, several Minoltas

Used to have a Pentax MX and a point & shoot now got both in one Camera, focusing fast and easy with no problems so far ,and you can rewind in mid-roll, someone should read their manual,cann't comment yet on the batteries though.

Difficulty focusing in low light, but this may be a problem with all autofocus cameras,and you can always change to manual.

Good all uses camera for the Price, and you can meter manually with none A lenses, at least I worked out a way!

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Good ,mine was bought in Spain, had mo problem getting the English manual.

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Lightweight compact camera.Easy to use.Excellent value for the money.looks great.

Standard Lens feel chintzy compared to Pentax M series or earlier.

Excellent value for the money.Ok for the beginner or the professional

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Have always been a Pentax fan.Started with a k-1000,then ME & Me super.

Very simple to understand. Is not overloaded with bells and whistles that a beginner cannot understand. Great price.

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I researched and planned for months to buy a Canon EOS Rebel G. I finally bought one, but took it back. I went to return it to buy the Rebel 2000, but tried the Pentax and now am kicking myself for not buying this a month earlier. This is a great camera at an affordable price.

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Canon EOS Rebel G

This little guy is so easy to use! Put it to green mode and grandmoms will be happy with it. This camera is just perfect for me as I have NO experience before. The coolest thing besides it's price tag(I got it for $180) is whenever I feel "lazy", I can put it to all automatic, and it does the work itself. BTW, the AF is very fast too.

I don't know was that caused by my violent usage or what, the battery cover came off, but I didn't have to send it back, I just taped it back on. Besides that, the AF sometimes looks inaccurate when you use it in dark conditions. I think it performs a lot better outdoors than indoors. I went onboard a carrier with it, it's great when I used it on the flight deck, but when I got to the hangar deck, it gets tricky even with the flash. I also used it to shoot some dawn/dusk sceneries, and they came out pretty good.

Very small, very light, very easy, fairly cheap (I am a student!)

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Haven't used it yet, but I had it's pretty good.

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None, this thing is good enough for me.

Fast autofocus, user-friendly, low price.

TTL flash, no exposure-lock, no multiple exposure option.

Best at this price. Ideal for beginners and provides enough facility for intermediates if not for experts.

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Nil.

Like this camera. Auto-focus is fast, in fact faster than those which are priced more expensive.
Simple to use, with manual control.
Used with a Pentex flash, metering is very accurate.

View finder is little too dark for dark shots.
Not enough 3rd-party len makers make for this model (but then again I might be wrong)

Good camera for beginners, like me. Pix reproduction is good for different types of shots.

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Canon EOS series (borrowed).