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Pentax-K10D

Pentax - K10D Review

Price (MSRP): $899
Megapixel: 10.2
Type: Digital SLR
Submitted by: Reviewer from Orem, UT
Date Reviewed: 12/8/2006
Months Owned: Less than 1
Photos Taken: Less than 500
Skill Level: Advanced amateur

What's Hot: Intuitive Manual Controls, weather sealed body, shake reduction, customizable, in camera editing, raw+jpeg button, great ergos, DNG RAW option,

What's Not: Steeper learning curve, only 2 image styles (natural & bright), hard to get new pentax brand lenses

Review: This camera is great! I bought it primarialy for the shake reduction and the unique shooting modes. The shake reduction is great! I shot a lot of pics at 55mm and had them turn out tack sharp at shutter speeds of 1/15sec consitently. About 1/2 to 3/4 of the pics at 1/4 sec turn out sharp. The ability to adjust sensitivity in the shooting modes (Sv and TAv) is a great help. I like the 2 command dials! I can customize them to give me more control over the picture without looking out of the view finder. It is also great in hyper program (instantly switch between aperture priority and shutter priority in program mode). The green button is a great idea also.

Overall, excellent!

Overall Ratings
Overall quality
10
Ease of use
9
Fit and finish
9
Click-to-click speed
10
Display quality
8
Flash quality
5
Image quality
9
Overall value
10
RATING SCALE: 1 = WORST 10 = BEST

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