| Latest Review Posted | Pentax K-30
K-30 is excellent. It excels at all the most important things - image quality, reliability and basic usability. It seems to be a camera that's the best 'bang for the buck' but misses on features that would be nice to have for more advanced users. You can still use it for professional work but it simply won't be as pleasant.
The lesser things, that I would love to have, are due to cost cutting - mirror is not very well damped, dust reduction is not as effective as the ultrasonic system I found in olympus dSLRs and you cannot add a portrait grip. Autofocus is fine, works great for general use, but it can be inaccurate with F1.8 lenses, especially in low light.
Those things will not matter for you unless you are a very dedicated amateur or a professional though. If you are and have a spare couple hundred bucks I would get a K-5II. However, if you are on a budget, you will still do just fine with K-30.
Price was $499 with an 18-55 WR. |
