| Latest Review Posted | Pentax *ist DL2
I picked up this camera back in 2010 as my first digital camera. I thought the price was right and the size was definitely right. I had been looking for something that I could use to take family photos and I did not want to carry around a monster camera (sorry Nikon fans). When I did my research and looked at the photographs I was very impressed with the tonal and color output of these Pentax cameras.
This little Pentax has been terrific and it still takes great photos. Out of curiosity I did a check of the number of shutter actuations the other day. I was absolutely blown away when I realized that I had used this camera to take the equivalent of over 200 36 exposure rolls of film. I had no idea that I had used this little camera that much in the last 13 years. And you would never guess it by looking at the appearance. It still looks brand new.
Though I use this camera quite a bit I can no longer say that it is my primary digital camera, though it was for a number of years. Since I bought this camera I have obviously bought and owned a number of other digital cameras, and several with far more features then this one has. Right now along with this DL2 and a DS, I own and frequently use a K5iiS and a Q7, both of which are terrific Pentax cameras in their own right. But this DL2 still gets used a lot, in large part because it is so easy to work with. It fits my hand almost perfectly, slap just about any Pentax lens on it and you can go out and get pretty decent pictures a... |
