Typical price: £418
What is it: Affordable 6.1-megapixel digital SLR that will accept old Pentax lenses
What we think: It's one of the best dSLR bargains on the market
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 6 September 2006
Tags: Pentax, Pentax K100D, manual focus, LCD screen, coverage
We like:
In-camera optical image stabilisation; relatively compact; great mix of auto and manual features
We don't like:
Auto white balance is warm in tungsten light; no raw-plus-JPEG mode; only 6 megapixels
CNET UK judgement:
With its built-in image stabilisation and comfy mix of manual and automatic features, the Pentax K100D is one of the best dSLR bargains on the market
Full review:
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 you can find plenty of them on eBay. Now, Pentax has brought the K back, ditching the perplexingly unpronounceable *istD moniker in favour of its new K100D and K110D 6.1-megapixel digital SLRs. Continue Reading...
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September 11, 2006
Posted by: Frank Skilbeck
"Looks good for Pentax users"
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