Technically, the 10-megapixel K10D is an ambitious camera, which combines 10.2 effective Megapixels with a host of advanced technologies - including the Pentax-original Shake Reduction (SR) system - to deliver high-quality digital SLR photography and responsive operations to advanced amateurs and experienced hobbyists.
The Pentax K10D DSLR also includes Dust Removal (DR) system to keep dust off the CCD surface, a Pentax-original exposure system for faithful reproduction of the photographer’s creative intentions, and a dependable dust-proof, water-resistant body construction.
The K10D review from DPReview is now available here, and here is a short sample of that review-
"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. The positive experience continued in use with the large, bright Pentaprism viewfinder, fast auto focus and short lag times. Menus and playback are equally as snappy although I personally found the connected 4-way controller less easy to use than the K100D’s four separate buttons.
The K10D’s advantages over the competition are fairly clear; dust and weather seals, in-camera Shake Reduction which delivers at least some low light advantage with all your lenses, selectable RAW file format (although both are 10MB+), user definable Auto ISO, digital preview and those unique sensitivity-priority and shutter/aperture-priority exposure modes. It’s a camera which should provide more than sufficient ‘gadget satisfaction’ for even the most demanding shutterbug."
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackWell, I’ve been holding out on making the switch from film SLR’s to DSLR’s mainly because I can get higher quality digital images with film and my halfway decent film scanner. I’ve adored Pentax since beginning with the K1000. I decided, finally, to make the switch when I heard Pentax would be coming out with their own advanced amateur DSLR, something to rival the Nikons and Canons out there.
I ordered my K10D over the weekend and got it 2 days ago. I’ve take it out in and havve taken around 300-400 images so far, mostly testing out the various modes and settings and trying to get a feel for all of the settings. Even in the less-than-ideal conditions brought on by overcast skies and low-lighting conditions, the camera has performed outstandingly. The images come out sharp and with great color. The Shake Reduction(SR) is an amazing feature to have built into the body. It is a wonderful feature when using my new telephoto lens, particularly on these low-light days that I’ve been contending with.
I’m impressed with the white balance modes, though I have not been particularly impressed with the Auto WB with the low-lighting conditions. I find that have to manually adjust the white balance in certain conditions, but these auto features aren’t ever completely perfect.
The layout of the camera is well designed and I have bee very happy with the controls. The camera feels solid and reliable in every respect.
As I get more practice with using the camera, I’ll happily update this review with what I’ve learned and any extra pros or cons I discover.