So my wife is getting into a digital media design program at COTC. I have been doing some research along with her and we keep coming up with Pentax cameras and them being great for beginners. I have read review after review and honestly I dont know what all the focus and image sensors and all of that are for.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxkr/
A review I read and compared the images in the comparison chart to several other competitors and it looks pretty good if not better then some of the comparable cameras from Nikon/Canon/Sony
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxkr/page9.asp
What am I missing. It seems that picking up glass for the pentax can also be extremely cheap cause they seem to interchange.
If I am completely off base please tell me.
We are looking to stay in the 350-500 dollar range and a used camera. If she excels at photography portion of the program we will of course change to a better camera down the line but for now we are just looking for a starter DSLR with some good manual settings but quite a few auto settings until she adjusts to the learning curve.