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Pros: Build, image quality, ease of use, price

Cons: Pentamirror viewfinder's gloomy, some key controls buried only in menus, minor handling issue

Verdict: The K200D boasts a mid-range specification in a budget model DSLR body and has some neat improvements over its K100D forbear. Image quality is great and, just like the K100D, bar some minor quibbles, overall it is excellent

Review summary: With Pentax's 6 megapixel entry-level concept beginning to really show its age, few were surprised by the addition of a new 10.2 megapixel DSLR, the Pentax K200D, to the company's stable this year.

Pros: Solid AF performance for an entry-level cam Good battery life with the right cells Rugged, all-weather construction High-quality kit lens

Cons: Menus awkward at times Heavy and large for a consumer cam ISO 1600 a bit weak Continuous shooting still slow

Verdict: prices - could be the much less well-known Pentax's ticket to gaining ground in the breakneck consumer DSLR race

Review summary: This is a 10 megapixel evolution from the K100D Super with many of the same features - sensor-shift image stabilisation, dust removal, rugged construction and good ergonomics. No essential features have been removed to keep price down. In fact there ...

Pros: The combination of Pentax body and Pentax lens works well. The lens is well made, focuses quickly and reasonably quietly and has a useable manual focus ring. A little more friction would be better, but it is OK. Images are sharp. Saturation and ...

Cons: It is almost impossible to extract the SD card without dropping it! This is the most annoying card slot we have ever encountered.

Verdict: This really is a fine camera. Comparing it with more expensive Nikon and Canon 10mp DSLRs shows just how good the image quality is. The lens, unlike most of the competition, doesn't feel cheap. Pentax are to be congratulated for keeping the zoom range ...

Review summary: The new Pentax K200D replaces the K100D and is targeted at family users and digital SLR beginners. Although its 10.2-megapixel CCD image sensor has lower resolution than the 14.2-megapixel CMOS chip in the K20D, the entry-level K200D has similar dust- ...

Verdict: Pictures from the test camera had a superficial resemblance to our test shots from the K20D, particularly with respect to the extended dynamic range provided by both cameras. However, the K200D showed less inclination to bias exposures slightly in ...

Review summary: The Pentax K200D (announced 23 January 2008) is a 10 megapixel entry level DSLR which replaces the K100D. The K200D while being targeted to beginners has an impressive range of features such as a 2.7 inch LCD, CCD based image sensor, shake reduction, ...