Pentax K100D 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera Shake Reduction and 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens by Pentax
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Digital camera reviews of Pentax K100D 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera Shake Reduction and 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens
Digital camera Review: Highly recommended
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this camera for 3 weeks now and I've grown to love it.
Things I really like:
1. Beautiful pics in daylight or when using flash.
2. Excellent grip. Even though the body is quite compact, the grip is excellent - way better than the canon rebels and comparable to the Nikon D50.
3. Large, crisp LCD screen
4. Nice shutter sound.
Things I don't like
1. Poor AWB in Tungsten light. (more to come)
2. Using menus to change WB, ISO settings (instead of dedicated buttons)
3. Popup flash construction is rather flimsy.
More about AWB issues in Incandescent light..
AWB in Incandescent light (2700K) is a problem for most DSLRs. Unfortunately the K100D is really weak in this area. The reason is that the K100D AWB is designed to handle color temperature above 4000K.
The good thing is its easily fixable.
1. Use a flash.
2. Don't use Auto mode. Use P mode and use the dedicated 'Tungsten' WB mode.
3. Don't use incandescent bulbs! Use CFL lights instead. They are good for the environment and give much better light!
Conclusion
I really like this camera. It offers the best VFM compared to the Nikons and the Canons. Go Pentax!
Digital camera Review: much better than point and shoot
Summary: 5 Stars
much better depth and detail than my canon a80 which I thought was very good. took some pictures of my nephew who's less than a year old but didn't want to use a flash that would scare her, and the pics were amazing. great color, her blue eyes just sparkled and the detail of her fine hair was great... and this was just with light coming through the window. also, lots of detail in dark areas. I've tried some long exposures at night and it's fantastic with very little noise, even with high iso's. I also like the fact that it uses AA's...I already had lots of rechargeables so I'll never be without power.
one other thing, after a couple weeks I bought paint shop pro 11 to convert the PEF raw files into jpeg instead of taking just jpegs in the camera... if you care about your pictures, shoot raw! changing exposure, white balance and the amount of sharpness and detail makes shooting in this setting MUCH better.
Digital camera Review: Great Camera, Great Pictures
Summary: 5 Stars
I received my Pentax today, and so far it's been very easy to use. The shake reduction feature works great. The camera doesn't come with a SD memory card though, so be sure to order one! That was fine with me since the small storage on the SD cards that come with most new cameras is not enough. Luckily I ordered a 2 GB SD card with the camera. It's built very well; very high quality. The K100D should be at the top of your list if you're looking to get into the DSLR world.Digital camera Review: Great value SLR!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had this camera for 6 months now and love it! It takes great shots and is easy to use. I love the compatibility with old lenses and the shake reduction built into the body. Ultimately, that gives you the chance to upgrade lenses - the most important part in a camera! The two limitations I've found with it are: 1) indoors, the white balance does require some adjustment and 2) the buffer size is limited -- you can't take a huge succession of shots. The former was pretty easy to get used to (you use the custom white balance adjustments.) The latter isn't important to me.Digital camera Review: Pentax K100D - A Starter SLR Dream!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just received the K100D, an I love it! It is easy enough to use for beginners, just set it to auto, let the auto focus do its work, and click away! For more experienced users, this camera has a slew of manual modes to appease anyone. IT is simple to switch from auto to manual focus, with a switch within reach while holding the camera to your eye. It also has outstanding battery life. I have the sandisk extreme III 2 GB card for this baby (no write-time issues whatsoever), and it gives me 689 pictures to the card. As an experiment, I filled the card full, taking over 50 of those shots with the flash on (all with autofocus and shake-reduction on), and then formatted the card again, and it still showed FULL BATTERY! I use 4 Sony 2500mAH AA batteries. I also got approximately 200 shots from the alkaline batteries that came with the camera. From my experience with my old digicam, this is astounding! I was getting MAYBE 40 pictures @ 4MP from 2 AA batteries. Certainly no flash, shake reduction or focusing!
There are some drawbacks, however. I feel as though there is no perfect place to put my left hand on the camera, which feels odd to me, considering I am left-handed. The pictures become very grainy using auto mode in bright sunlight, even with the tulip shade on the lens, because of the camera trying to use a very high ISO. This can be rectified easily, though, by adjusting the ISO to a lower level manually (I use 800) in the Function button menu.
Overall, this camera is great and thus receives 5 stars from me. The fit and finish is wonderful, the pictures are crisp and clean when taken correctly, and the ease of use means that almost any computer- or electronics- illiterate person can use it perfectly well. Look no further for an entry level DSLR - this is as near perfect as I could imagine.