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5 Reviews on “Pentax K200D 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with Shake Reduction 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens”

1. Carl
   December 10th, 2009 at 1:24 am

   The K200D’s shake reduction system alone makes it worth its price. Photographers, both amateur and professional alike, can consider blurred hand-held photographs, particularly those taken with telephotos or long exposure times, a thing of the past. …

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2. Jon F
   December 10th, 2009 at 1:25 am

   The Pentax K200D is an incredibly feature-rich entry-level DSLR, actually it is the most feature rich as of December 2008. Particularly, the K200D is the only such camera to have a weatherproof body. It is presently the only camera to be weatherproof …

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3. Weeks
   December 10th, 2009 at 1:26 am

   The Pentax K200D is a symptomless priced, entry stage DSLR for those stepping up to a new, statesman progressive camera who also necessary both innovative features. Parenthesis from body exclusive, one can acquire a kit with an included lens, primed to record out of the box (providing of direction one has a retentiveness paper to keep any photos condemned with the camera)

   The camera itself feels rugged, the embody asymptomatic constructed and strong in my hands which aren’t so fine. The buttons move real fountainhead.

   After datum the brushup for this camera, and hunt for a respectable, little pricy DSLR I saved this one (initially I was deed with the Ravine or Nikon offerings of twin cost grasp that most grouping incline to purchase.) And spell the sensor on the Ravine is great and the lenses for Nikon are fitting the identical, I couldn’t envisage shelling out most $100 author for a confusable camera, with fewer innovative features (Ravine doesn’t eff maculation metering on the subaltern end cameras) or particularized, newer lenses (from what I translate neither Ravine nor Nikon resource
   convinced lenses on their newer DSLRs).

   Pentax has both. Bit metering and reenforcement through a hardware bed (hey, aught is prompt out of the box these days) that supports legacy K lenses.

   I think the rattling smart advise by Pentax was including the brave sealing that their more pricey, front cameras screw which from what I read is not obtainable on any different, change priced DSLR. Or one in the identical terms orbit, for that matter.

   Those points joined with a low damage tag and whatever rechargeable AAs were writer than sufficiency to persuade me that Pentax was the way to go.

   Also: I have from the author the flag weren’t true. This is not apodeictic, I change no issues with the colors from the camera and if you rattling do, go out and get a strain. A polarizer’s great and that would be sufficiency to intensify the affect, tho’ you could do that in-camera as source.

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4. Fred
   December 10th, 2009 at 1:26 am

   I individual had my camera 3 days and feature taken a lot of pictures indoors with and without the trice, and exterior. I am very encouraged with the truth of the emblem. They are gilded and advantageously supersaturated. I would soul not purchased the camera after version CNet’s reexamine (which I believe a right counsel the age of the time). Fortunately I am a Pentax fan, having bought my early one in 1970, and bought it on prehistoric
   honour. The photoflash entireness rattling discriminating, straight unventilated up with no wash-outs. I would fuck desirable a unrecorded preview fashion, but I feature been looking finished the viewfinder for 40 period, so I hypothesis I can prolong. Bought it from Woman.com for $655, and after the $100 groove it became a real gracious camera for the money. Also, I can use my older Pentax lense on it, which is a Immense bonus because I love individual. Thanks Pentax for your backwards
   compatibility.

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5. Radcliff
   December 10th, 2009 at 1:27 am

   I can’t believe no one has written a review on cnet about this camera yet. I’ve had it for about a month and I’m loving the thing. I take it everywhere with me…I think my wife might be sorry she bought it for me. It is my first DSLR and it has been easy to learn and there is plenty of room to grow with full manual controls. You can shoot in full automatic mode or shoot in full manual as you get more comfortable. I love to shoot in Apeture priority and open up the f stop as much as possible to get those great blurred out backgrounds.

   One of the main reasons I bought this camera over a Canon or Nikon is that it has in-body stabilization instead lens based stabilization. One bonus to this is that you can use Pentax lenses that date back to the sixties and still have them stabilized. You cannot use all of them in full automode but, it’s fun to play with old glass and manually focus. Another reason for the purchase is that it is built like a tank. It is solid feeling in your hand and it has a ton of weather seals that add to the quality feel. The Nikon D60 and the Canon XTI just felt a little more plasticky and were not as comfortable in my hand. The Pentax just has great ergonomics (at least for my hands which are medium to large sized).

   My biggest concern was that it didn’t have live view. I know a lot of DSLR’s don’t have this option but, it is becoming more common. This has not been a problem once I started looking through the viewfinder again and not at the lcd screen. You can take a preview picture by turning the on-off knob in the opposite direction of off. You can then see the effects that different filters and white balances would have on your shot.

   Then menu systems are very straight forward and anyone familiar with a point and shoot will be comfortable right away. This camera can be as advanced as you want (unless your a professional) or as easy as you want. I was able to pick it up and start shooting all the modes with reading the manual. I have since gone back and read it to learn some of the fine details but, you can just pick it up and start shooting.

   Overall, I couldn’t be happier with my decision to go with this camera. As everyone says on cnet, “after months of research…”, I don’t have any regrets with this purchase.

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