Pentax K10D - Expert Reviews

Pros: Excellent photo quality ; well-designed and solidly built body ; premium features for its price class ; nice kit lens

Cons: Occasional autofocus hunting ; Shake Reduction only buys you a little over one stop

Verdict: A great feature set for the price, pro-level customization, and excellent photo quality make the Pentax K10D a bargain amateur dSLR. Only unremarkable performance holds it back from joining the pack leaders.

Review summary: The $1,000 DSLR space is a real heavyweight, boxing ring. Pentax enters the fray with a camera that quietly redefines the fight. How? By assembling a compelling mix of features and capabilities that work like photographers think. The Pentax K10D ...

Pros: In-body Shake Reduction technology, Hyper-manual "Green button" exposure metering, Dedicated RAW/JPEG button, ISO 800 very good, ISO1600 acceptable, Sensitivity Priority shooting mode, Auto ISO mode is user definable, Relatively bright and large ...

Cons: JPEGs are relatively soft, edges not crisp, Need to shoot RAW for maximum sharpness, Maximum sharpness falls short of best-in-class, Occasional chromatic aberrations (purple-fringing), Non-dedicated flash x-sync at 1/180th

Verdict: For me, the most compelling features of the K10D are its unique exposure modes. These new modes enable you to choose the priority of the camera's automation based on your shooting style and situational requirements. These subtle changes to the basic ...

Review summary: With an excellent dust-proof, weather-resistant, ergonomic design and stability, the dSLR K10D (released in September 2006) is not a point and shoot camera: there are a lot custom settings, and you will have to find the ones that are the most ...

Review summary: The last Pentax SLR we reviewed, the K100D, is pleasing enough but disappointing in certain respects. The main issue is that it's cosmetically and technically hard to distinguish from all the Pentax cameras that have gone before

Pros: Excellent image quality, Good anti-shake, Dual-RAW modes, Useful features

Cons: Lenses can't match the camera's quality

Verdict: The Pentax K10D is quite a surprise. Its performance matches anything its rivals can do

Review summary: The Semi-pro digital SLR that has it all!

Pros: Excellent build, User-friendly controls, Inovative image stabilization, Brilliant 10 megapixel sensor, Perfect colors

Cons: Expensive for a Semi-Pro D-SLR

Verdict: The overall performance of the camera was, in all, outstanding. Its simple enough for even your grandma to shoot in the camera's auto mode and there are feature-a-plenty to keep even a veteran photographer trigger-happy.Besides that, it's also a ...