Latest Review Posted | Pentax K10D Back when I got my K10D, it was more than a match for its closest competitors (like the D200) in terms of image quality, and at a much more interesting price for a camera with weather seals. Since I already had manual focus Pentax lenses, going digital with Pentax made sense. I really loved the camera.
Despite not being made of magnesium alloy, the K10D is a very sturdy body, with metal chassis and solid plastic body. The connector covers were much better designed—with hinged, weather sealed doors—than the rubber ones we find on most cameras today.
The shutter is a bit louder than on m7 K-7 and K-5. The ergonomics are great, too, although my two other bodies have a much nicer grip. The viewfinder could be brighter and the sensor shake is nowhere near fast enough to shake off dust, but these are minor concerns. Especially given that it was one of the first affordable cameras with an in-body image stabilizer, which meant saving hundreds of dollars on expensive stabilized lenses. Even today, after having switched to Olympus, I still want an in-body IS.
Other than the IS, the Pentax has many other great features (I don't use many of them), like being able to use legacy lenses, including ones without electronic or mechanical contacts, the green button, etc.
Being armed with an old CCD sensor, the K10D produces more noise levels similar to that of cameras $500 more expensive, like the D200. A few of the K10D competitors had CMOS sensors back then, but even then, the dif... |