What is meant by "Body Only"? I am looking to purchase a Pentax K-7, since this will be my first SLR type camera, i want to know what is meant by "body only". Does that mean i have to purchase lenses? What is meant by "Body Only"? I am looking to purchase a Pentax K-7, since this will be my first SLR type camera, i want to know what is meant by "body only". Does that mean i... » Read More What is meant by "Body Only"? I am looking to purchase a Pentax K-7, since this will be my first SLR type camera, i want to know what is meant by "body only". Does that mean i have to purchase lenses? « Show Less
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Yes, "Body Only" means no lenses with the camera. You must get a lense separately.
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My best guess is "automatic lens" to distinguish them from lenses without automatic focus or aperture, which the K-30 can also use.BG
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The reason for looking at this camera is because I have a Pentax SLR, and have some money invested in the Lens', And was under the understanding that I can use the same lens? I am hoping that with the purchasse that they will work! I am ok with out the metering? As long as I can do it manually?
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No the Pentax Q body uses the Q mount lenses if you want to use the K mount you need to buy a K to Q mount adapter
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The A7K is the A7 but with the 28-70 kit lens...they are both one camera, it's just one comes with the kit lens. The differences between that and the A7r are for the most part the sensor.
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It's sold with or without. Make sure you see where it says Bundle that it designates the 24-105L. I bought the Body only & bought the 24-105 from a Friend who bought the bundle. Great Camera & Lens.
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The NEX-6/B is the body only. The NEX-6L/B comes with the standard power zoom lens and body. Getting both the lens and body together is a much better deal than separate.
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Hi SammyC - Pentax uses a Bayonet Type System, Called a " K-Mount "...that is unique to Pentax and also Sigma Cameras. You can find the filter thread size by looking up the lens on Amazon...they usually have the filters available just below the write-up on the lens.
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Precisely -- the only extra I bought was the battery grip that enables you to use the camera in either portrait or landscape mode with all the buttons in the same place. All the Pentax and Sigma lenses that I own ranging from 14 to 600mm (functionally 21-900) mm work perfectly, and my collection of K-5 batteries are also compatible. I have used Pentax since the days of Asahi-Pentax film cameras and even their lenses work, though you have to manually focus them. My interests are birds, landscapes, African wild life and to a lesser degree portraiture and I believe that this is the best camera on the market today. Happy shooting! Precisely -- the only extra I bought was the battery grip that enables you to use the camera in either portrait or landscape mode with all the buttons in the same place. All the Pentax and Sigma lenses that I own ranging from 14 to 600mm (functionally 21-900) mm work perfectly, and my collection of K-5 batteries are also compatible. I have used Pentax since the days of Asahi-Pentax film cameras and even their lenses work, though you have to manually focus them. My interests are birds, landscapes, African wild life and to a lesser degree portraiture and I believe that this is the best camera... » Read More Precisely -- the only extra I bought was the battery grip that enables you to use the camera in either portrait or landscape mode with all the buttons in the same place. All the Pentax and Sigma lenses that I own ranging from 14 to 600mm (functionally 21-900) mm work perfectly, and my collection of K-5 batteries are also compatible. I have used Pentax since the days of Asahi-Pentax film cameras and even their lenses work, though you have to manually focus them. My interests are birds, landscapes, African wild life and to a lesser degree portraiture and I believe that this is the best camera on the market today. Happy shooting! « Show Less
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The term can have various meaning. In this case I believe it refers to the fact that what you are purchasing is different from what is illustrated on the box. In short, you are not purchasing this directly from Nikon or it authorized distributors. It was likely originally purchased as part of a larger kit (i.e., what is illustrated in the picture) that has been broken up for sales in separate lots. Good luck.
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There isn't really an "old" or "new" model. There is the standard K-3, which is this one, and there is the Prestige model. There is no functional difference between them. The Prestige model has blacked-out lettering of the Pentax name on the front of the camera.
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"Body only; lenses sold separately" - so says the copy with the body. There is no flash either. I bought one with a 14-42 mm lens which is a general purpose lens for not much more than this and I bought another without a lens for about half this price (both at Amazon). Now I have the standard Olympus telephoto on one and a good closeup lens on the other body. An electronic viewfinder is also a good accessory - especially for bright days.
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It was a mystery to me...the lens came in a Nikon factory box and there were a whole bunch of smaller boxes with cleaner, filters, mini tripod, etc. - my guess is that it refers to all the accessories. I haven't used most of them, but the lens is awesome.
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If it's "body only" that means that it comes without lenses. So yes, it's not ready, you need to buy lenses. I have one, it's a good camera. But the total package of lenses and all is expensive. Depending on what you want to use it for, an iPhone camera may be just fine for you.
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Normally the slr cameras are sold without a lens, however one can buy a package deal with a zoom lens thrown in along with the camera body. Of course the quality of the lens needs to be evaluated by the specs offered by the supplier, in most cases people buy the camera body only and get a lens according to their requirement.
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I was also looking at Pentax 10D pre-production reviews. Looks like pentax has similar features including dust cleaning like canon and Image Stabilization like sony. I was planing to buy Canon since it is $200 cheaper but now probably will wait till i get to read Pentax reviews .. any idea about the avaliability of lenses for Pentax??
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My understanding is the 55-300 DA L is sold as part of the kit only. The optical performance apparently is the same, but it is a lighter lens matched to the K-X. You have already mentioned the other differences. I have the same kit you do. You may also want to do a search on the Pentax User Forum. I have found many of my Pentax K-X questions are common ones that have been posed & answered before.