| Latest Review Posted | Pentax K-r
The Pentax K-R is the perfect choice for someone looking to upgrade from either 35mm SLR or digital compact. If you're in the latter group, adapting to interchangeable lenses and all the extra buttons and settings can be daunting but with a little patience and practice you can get so much more out of a DSLR. And if you're moving up from 35mm, being able to change exposure settings and composition and see the effects instantly will change the way you take pictures forever (in a good way). And if you have a stash of Pentax K-mount lenses from your 35mm (as I did), they will fit straight onto the K-R and you won't have to spend a fortune re-buying all that glass.
The body itself is very well built, with a metal chassis giving it a feeling of robustness without being too heavy. It features a 3 inch high-resolution LCD screen which is as clear as my TV. All the buttons save the flash pop-up/delete button are to the right of the screen, meaning you right thumb and index finger do almost all the work (a good thing in my view). My only gripe is having to use your left hand to delete pictures, but that's a minor issue. The menu system is simple to navigate, but finding the right setting is sometimes a little long-winded.
The kit lens (18-55mm DA-L) is optically pretty good, although the plastic construction leaves a little to be desired. The DA equivalent has a metal chassis and mount and feels so much better, even if the pictures it produces are no different to the DA-L. Ther... |
