Pentax K100D

Résumé : Is Pentax on to a winner with its first K mount DSLR featuring a shake-reduction system?....

Points forts : Small and compact, stabilisation, autofocus, in-camera editing options, noise control, build quality, lens options

Points faibles : Underexposes the images, limited burst capacity, ugly menu, no simultaneous RAW+JPEG, overly menu-reliant, price

Conclusion : There's a lot to recommend the Pentax. I like the camera's design, if not the menu, and it can produce the goods if you treat it with care. Certainly image quality is potentially excellent, but there is an issue with the camera's metering system. If ...

Conclusion : About 30 years ago, Pentax released the K1000, a film SLR that would become legendary as an inexpensive workhorse camera with which countless students would--and still do--learn the finer aspects of photography. It's no longer in production, though ...

Résumé : Several camera manufacturers offer lenses featuring built-in image-stabilizing mechanisms that counteract camera shake, and these work extremely well. But you enjoy those stabilizing benefits only when using those particular lenses. More recently, ...

Résumé : Pentax has announced the 6.1 megapixel K100D Super, the latest outstretched hand into the narrowing gap between digital SLR and consumer compact. With lots of automatic and preset modes, clever shake reduction, and a system for keeping dust off the ...

Résumé : The Pentax K100D has been released upon the Digital Photography market, but has this new model brought with it a step forward for Pentax and their Digital SLR range, or is it simply a re-branding of already familiar technologies?

Conclusion : That said, the Pentax K100D is a great digital SLR camera, and will stand out in this highly competitive market currently dominated by the newer models from Canon, Nikon and now Sony. Remember, if you have already invested in a lot of Pentax lenses or ...