Pentax K-m / K2000
Pentax has announced the Km (or K2000, in the US), a new DSLR that will compete in the entry-level market. The camera, which is built around an image stabilized 10 megapixel sensor, has been designed to be small, light and easy-to-use. The two lenses available in kits with the camera have also been re-engineered to be lighter. We’ve had a chance to use an early example and have prepared an in-depth, ten page preview of the new camera.
According to dpreview.com the price will be friendly enough.
Price UK: £399 (with 18-55mm DA-L lens)
£499 (with 18-55mm + 50-200mm DA-L lenses)
Manufacturer also offers nice cash-back! Pentax UK has announced a £30 cash-back offer that will start immediately, bringing the introductory price of the camera body + 18-55mm lens down to £369 and the two-lens kit to £469 after rebate.
Despite the incorporation of a large-sized image sensor (23.5mm by 15.7mm), the PENTAX K-m offers a compact, lightweight body to assure remarkable portability and maneuverability. This was made possible by the development of a compact, lightweight and high-rigidity stainless-steel chassis, the downsizing of the Shake Reduction mechanism and circuit boards, the employment of latest high-density packaging technologies assuring most efficient positioning and layout of various parts, and the repositioning of the battery compartment. The camera grip has also been redesigned to assure firm, comfortable hold of the camera body.
Stats from official site:
• Auto sensitivity control up to ISO 3200
• Effective gradation compensation
• Large, easy-to-view 2.7-inch LCD monitor
• Digital filters for unique visual expressions
• 10 Scene modes, switchable with simple icon selection
• Energy-efficient power supply, recording approximately 1,650 images with four AA-size lithium batteries
• Status screen, displaying camera settings on the LCD monitor on the camera’s back panel for at-a-glance confirmation
• Index function, for five different types of display and printing modes
• Choice of 16-segment multi-pattern metering, center-weighted metering and spot metering to accommodate various photographic applications
• Simultaneous recording of RAW- and JPEG-format images
• Compatibility with SD and SDHC memory cards as external data-recording media
• In-body development of RAW-format images
• Compatibility with SDM-equipped lenses for quiet, smooth autofocus operation
• PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 RAW data processing software and PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 browser software included
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