What do I need to buy with this camera? I am thinking of buying this camera and was curious of what other must-have accessories i should make sure to get with this?
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It ships with a battery and a charger. However, it only ships with a meagre 32MB SD card. You need to buy a good quality, fast memory card (try a 4GB SDHC professional type from Amazon, I am using it with a 4GB Lexar Platinium II 60x) The extra size will come handy for videos and RAW format. Also a must is a 55mm UV filter that would physically protect the lenses. Another must -in my opinion is a 55mm CPOL -Circular Polarizer- filter (sometimes you can buy as a kit, a UV and a CPOL filter kit, 55mm thread. A case is also a must. You can always buy a back up second battery, lots of good third party units are there on Amazon for just above $10. Another good thing is to buy a 2.5" LCD screen protector (film that adheres to your LCD and protects it against scratches). These are the basics / essentials, all for less than $100. Good shooting with your new camera.
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Hey Sean,I am eager to see your new posts about your camera. Since the prices are dropping dramatically here, I will order one soon myself. On another site, someone said that one of the issues with people... not the camera is that they keep expecting it to do what a DSLR (I think that is right/ I am inexperienced here) does. What are soft images?
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Thanks. I'm currently enjoying the camera already. I want a 4 or more gig card for video. I'm also accumulating the compulsory accessories, batteries, chargers, screen protectors, etc .
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thank you, i've got the body only from local dealer, he sold me the camera without kit lens for $799. you might want to try that with your local dealers. i did get a delivery date from amazon in mid may or june but i cancelled the order. i have tons of youtube partnership videos to shoot and time is money.
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Thanks so much for the response. After much research, I know I want this camera. What a great deal, I'll order mine tonight!
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OK, great, thank you! I just got the camera in the mail from RitzCamera.com, WOW what a awesome camera, and I got an excellent deal on it through Ritz! :)I am still "playing" with it but figured out most everything in one hour! I LOVE this camera!!!! :)
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Yes Scott, the only thing you will have to buy for it is a memory card. I hope you are as happy w/ the camera as we are.
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USB upload. No issues love the camera...the only thing that I had an issue with was the camera bag really is too small for the camera and the needed accessories. We ended up buying a different bag. Hope that helps.
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Hello Phileein,Thanks for the input, I ordered the 2 lines kit. I have trouble looking through viewfinders thus my need for live view.I am awaiting my new camera and will do a review after I get itThanks again
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So glad I found this post as I'm in the same boat and just printed out the specs on both cameras. I'm curious as to which camera you ended up getting and how you like it? My original intent was to upgrade from my Canon Powershot due to a long lag time in between being able to shoot the next picture now that my kids are in sports, but I would still like clear nice pictures. What did you get and how do you like it?
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Hi, I bought this camera for my mom. She loves it...said it is a very versatile. My brother is a professional photographer. He loves the camera and even though he has 3000 dollar cameras thought this would be a great everyday camera. He was impressed with all the features it has for such a compact camera. Hope this helps. Have a good day.
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I have had this camera about a month and came a cross this site. http://www.tlc-systems.com/artzen2-0083.htm It is the most helpful piece of info on how to use the darn thing as well as explain the good and bad points of taking pictures with this particular camera. The pix's are amazing and the author is an excellant writer. Hope you get as much out of it. It is a bit long but take it one piece at a at time and by the end of the piece you will have more than enough info to Move forward in using this amazing camera and making some amazing photo memories. Good luck
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You need yo review no the camera's manual. I bought this and works fine. :)
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I only had the camera for about a week before I returned it. For simple photos, this camera is fine but otherwise I would advise against getting it and perhaps spending a few more bucks on a better one like a Nikon or Canon. Otherwise yes, as I recall it came with all of those
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Canon discontinued this camera? I thought it came out last year and was the top camera to buy in its category? I am personally very dissapointed in the quality of the video and regret buying this camera.
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I bought a third party accessory kit from a seller here on Amazon shortly after purchasing the Q (I think it was around $20?). It included two extra batteries, a charger (with car adapter) and some other accessories, and the two batteries included in that kit are fantastic. They work just as well as the Pentax brand battery. And you can charge the Pentax battery in the 3rd party charger, which I found particularly useful as the original charging station has a crazy long cord and gets in the way. I'd definitely recommend picking up extra batteries for the Q--as much as I love this camera, she goes through a battery really quickly!!
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Myrna, Have you gotten your camera, yet? If so, what do you think of it? This would be my first digital camera, and what attracts me to this is that it has manual controls. I would be learning photography on it, so I figure I should have manual and auto controls. I am looking to get a Panasonic because a sales person at Best Buy raved about them and said they have the best lenses. To be honest, I know practically nothing about photography, but have had an interest in it for many years. Do you think this camera would be a good plact to start, at least digitally? Thanks, M