Hands-on with the Pentax K200D DSLR

Pretty much all the major camera manufacturers had their wares on display tonight at Digital Focus, the pregame event to PMA. We got our hands on Pentax's prosumer DSLR, the K200D. Pentax definitely makes a competitive case for itself here -- lots of buyers just getting into a DSLR don't have "investments" into glass from other vendors, and the features on the K200D look great: 10.2-megapixel CCD, 2.7-inch LCD, Shake Reduction in the body, and dust/weather resistant seals. We're curious to see if the "soft" JPEG processing from Pentax's other DSLRs still remains.

Gallery: Hands-on with the Pentax K200D DSLR

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[Peter @ Jan 31st 2008 7:04AM]

I think this would actually be the "consumer" DSLR in the Pentax lineup, with the K20D being the "prosumer."

And no offense, but that's the worst product image I've ever seen. :)

[Jesse @ Jan 31st 2008 8:20AM]

I'd have to go over it but this seems very similar to the former K10D they had. Did they just rebadge a K10D or does this have more features than the K10D? I was thinking I'd buy the K10D once these new models came out and the price dropped because 10megapixels is more than enough but if this has some awesome new feature or whatever I might be tempted to get this.

[ChillyWilly @ Jan 31st 2008 1:14PM]

As someone who was looking to get the K100D Super (which now is quickly disappearing from the market), I've added this to my "need to get" list.

So long as programs like Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture will offer the RAW support for it, this should be a good consumer/prosumer DSLR.