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I can't believe I never reviewed this camera. It was my first Pentax DSLR but I had it for all to short of a time. I got it second hand in August 2012 with a DA 18-55 zoom lens with all of its original packaging. It looked like it had never been used. I'd had the camera for all of two weeks when I decided to upgrade the firmware to enable it to use SDHC memory cards, which even in 2012 were much easier to find than the smaller capacity cards. Sadly, my attempt to update the firmware went horribly wrong and I ended up bricking the camera. Thankfully, I had purchased a SquareTrade warranty and was able to get my purchase price refunded.
That sad story aside, I really liked the camera. It reawakened my interest in photography, which had all but gone dormant over the previous 10-15 years. Up until that point, I had not had a digital camera with which I was remotely satisfied. Even at just 6 megapixels, it rendered very nice images. I liked it well enough that I ended up replacing it with its Samsung clone, a GX1L and have been firmly in the Pentax fold ever since.
Although these cameras are teetering on the edge of obsolescence, they can be found very cheaply these days and would be a great low-stakes option with which to learn digital photography. |
