Pentax K10D - Expert Reviews

Award: Highly Recommended!

Review summary: Announced on September 14th 2006, just in time for Photokina 2006 the new K10D is Pentax's first foray into the serious-amateur digital SLR market. It's bigger, tougher and more feature rich than any Pentax digital SLR before it and it certainly ...

Pros: Smooth clean images with good color and tone, not as crisp as we would like, Robust body with dust and weather seals, high build quality, Accurate and fast auto-focus, Unique exposure modes ; sensitivity, shutter/aperture priority, hyper program, ...

Cons: In-camera image processor unable to deliver crisp sharp edges, better to shoot RAW, About a third of a stop less highlight dynamic range than the competition, Slightly inconsistent continuous shooting rate (although always around 3.1 fps), Would have ...

Verdict: My first impressions of the K10D were very positive, a well designed and robust body with a clearly extensive range of manual functions and a fairly logical control layout.

Review summary: This 10.1MP DSLR is built for speed, endurance, and price ($899 street).

Review summary: - I was introduced to the new Pentax flagship DSLR at the massive photo trade show, Photokina that's held every 2 years in Cologne, Germany at the end of September.

Pros: Large screen on rear of camera, proprietary CCD-Shift anti shake mechanism, great new shooting modes

Cons: It's early days, but its looking like there won't be much wrong here

Verdict: On paper at least, it looks a tempting proposition for both potential users and Pentax because there are over 23-million compatible Pentax K-mount lenses worldwide,

Pros: Large screen on rear of camera, proprietary CCD-Shift anti shake mechanism, great new shooting modes

Cons: It's early days, but its looking like there won't be much wrong here

Verdict: On paper at least, it looks a tempting proposition for both potential users and Pentax because there are over 23-million compatible Pentax K-mount lenses worldwide,

Review summary: The Pentax K10D is supposed to be the next Pentax K1000 - the camera a million people learned on, the one that showed inexpensive cameras could deliver great results, could last forever, that "pro camera" and "pro result" are related pretty much by ...

Pros: - Good controls - Shake reduction for all lenses - LCD previews of white balance and depth of field - DNG format for RAW files - Good environmental seals - Dedicated RAW button near lens

Cons: - LCD view is narrow - AE lock button in an odd place - Styling less elegant than *ist cameras - 3 frames per second is slow for burst mode at this level

Verdict: We're eager to see the Pentax K10D's image quality. Read our likes and dislikes: the "Likes" are important. The "Dislikes" are quibbles.