Pentax's 10.2 megapixel compact K2000 for first time reflexers
Update: Hands-on preview of the K2000 (aka, the K-m as it's known in Europe) over at dpreview.
Update: Hands-on preview of the K2000 (aka, the K-m as it's known in Europe) over at dpreview.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jash Sayani @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:16AM
Cameras are getting expensive these days !
Colin Jones @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:33AM
I sure hope you're joking because prices of DSLR cameras have dropped so much that some Entry Level camera prices are even better than the high end compact like the Canon G9! (Sony A200 + kit lens price compared)
Jash Sayani @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:17AM
Well, I feel its expensive as I only use the economical digital cameras. Nikon 5 MP ones, they just cost $80 - $100. So, the DSLR ones seem to be way expensive.
Colin Jones @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:42AM
To an extend, you're paying for what you're getting. The leap from a DSLR over a compact camera is very big - so the price is higher. To be fair, you should be able to get them cheaper than the RRP, second hand DSLR cameras are also a bargain (e.g. Canon 20D)
Reader @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:56AM
I don't really know that much about high-end cameras, but that lens looks pure badass.
Niloy @ Sep 22nd 2008 4:47AM
Baddass indeed. [that lens]
Looks like they removed the weather sealing from it. Wunder why?
Wait, they removed more stuff:
"The K-m follows many of the trends we've previously seen in camera-downsizing, with Pentax finally giving-in to the trend of removing the top-panel LCD. It uses the K200D's sensor but comes with a simplified control layout (geared towards users coming from compact cameras) and a less sophisticated AF-system (5 points vs 11 on the K200D). The K-m also lacks the K200D's weather-sealing but in turn you get an ISO 3200 setting and slightly quicker continuous shooting."
Why? This ain't good..
ChillyWilly @ Sep 22nd 2008 11:57AM
Removed a couple of nice and useful features (optical viewfinder, weather sealing).... guess I'll take a pass on this model and keep adding to the K200D savings account.
norm @ Dec 1st 2008 4:24PM
@ChillyWilly:
They didn't remove the optical viewfinder, they removed the B&W LCD display on the top of the camera,
Josh @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:44AM
I can live without the top panel LCD, but seriously, I'm not at all keen on this trend of removing the optical viewfinder. I can't live without it seeing as I refuse to use any sort of live view screen to take my shots. This is good for people that aren't really into photography much, but want a higher quality camera.
Kelmon @ Sep 22nd 2008 7:23AM
Unless I am misunderstanding something, there is definitely an optical viewfinder. DPReview describes it as follows:
"Like the K200D the K-m comes with a pentamirror viewfinder that provides a relatively large view for a camera with an APS-C sized sensor (96% coverage, 0.85x magnification). It also offers dioptre correction (-2.5 – +1.5 dpt)."
Personally, I'm using a Nikon D40X, that is comparable to the Pentax, not because I am not really into photography but because the wife would have hit the roof had I spent more. Ideally I would have bought either a D80 or D200 but the budget wouldn't have stretched to that sort of money. In this respect I see the Pentax as a camera for the budget conscious since it's still quite a lot of money to spend.
Josh @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:52PM
Oh, my mistake, I didn't read closely enough I guess, I was tired, sorry. But it's true, there are quite a few new cameras that are ditching the optical viewfinder in favor of a live view LCD to reduce size. I really want to buy a D80 or D200 as well, unfortunately I don't have that money right now. I'm using a D60 currently and hope to upgrade within the next year, I need to start putting money away for it.
Kelmon @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:45AM
While the US name for the entry-level Canons (Digital Rebel) always seems rather silly and out of sorts with the rest of the range's model names, the US name of the Pentax in this case makes much more sense than the European one. With the other products in the range given model names of K20D and K200D for high-end and entry-level respectively, it seems odd to call the new "even more entry-level" model K-m, which means nothing whereas K2000D fits in perfectly. I wonder what the reason was for the model name and why they decided not to use this globally?
JasonK @ Sep 22nd 2008 7:44AM
yeah that chrome strip is going to help real well when you're trying to stay hidden from celebs or wildlife with the sunlight reflecting off it straight to their eyes. Form following function? not in this case.
tim @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:12AM
I wonder if the name is a nod to the famous Pentax K1000 - another "entry level" SLR from a different era that went on to become the first camera of many a pro - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_K1000
I'd like to think it was, anyway.
farfisa @ Sep 22nd 2008 9:09AM
I'm sure it is--interesting that this is the first digital SLR from Pentax not to have D at the end. Start of a trend?
I have a Pentax K1000 and a K100D. Very happy with the K100D, though I'm looking to upgrade and was hoping they'd come out with a revised 20D with a video feature (many say that's useless, but it wouldn't be to me).
You can get amazing deals now on the K100D and the K100D Super (which adds the sensor cleaning and from the K10D and support for SDM lenses)--I'd recommend looking at one of those before the K2000 for an entry level camera on the cheap. Even though they're only a 6 MP sensor, the pics are great and being as low as $450 used you could spend the savings on a lens.
David Talmage @ Sep 22nd 2008 4:56PM
Oh, man! I remember my K-1000 fondly. I used it for almost 15 years, occasionally using a Pentax MX in its place, but always returning to it. I took a lot of pictures with it and it never, ever failed me. Two years ago, I donated it and two other 35mm cameras to the Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Project (http://www.uua.org/aboutus/professionalstaff/advocacywitness/holdeenindia/index.php) which has a partner program that teaches dalit youth to use and repair cameras.
Andy Y. Lin @ Sep 22nd 2008 7:16PM
Look how small it is: http://www.dslr.nl/artikel/20080922202124.jpg
Leveifca @ Sep 23rd 2008 5:40AM
me likes. right size for my little hands