Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Pentax has issued updates for four of its DSLRs – the K-m/K2000, K20D, K200D and K10D. The new firmware is designed for “Improved stability of recording image for some SDHC Memory card.”
You can download the firmware at Pentax’s website via the following links.
Pentax K-m/K2000 Firmware Ver. 1.11
Pentax K20D Firmware Ver. 1.04
RitzCamera.com (not the bankrupt brick & mortar stores) is clearing out some Pentax stock. I checked on a few of the prices and it seems like a pretty good deal for those of you Pentax shooters out there.
There are DSLRs (the K20D seems to be discontinued at most retailers), point and shoot cameras, lenses, flashes, batteries, grips, etc. in the clearance. Here’s the link.
Photo.net has published a review of the Pentax K20D, which is a huge bargain now..
The K20D would be ideal for travel, nature, macro, and studio photographers. Along with the superior resolution, the weather sealing and high quality compact lens system makes great for nature and travel photographers, and for close to $1000 it’s one of the best cameras on the market if you don’t need a blazing fast fps, or a higher flash sync.
For more reviews of the K20D, check out Photography Bay’s Pentax K20D Reviews and Resources.
DP Review has posted a review of the Pentax K20D.
It offers a very pleasant, near pro-level, photographic experience at a reasonable cost and in a body that feels solid, well built and as if it was designed by someone who used one themselves.
Click here for more news, reviews and info on the Pentax K20D.
Think Camera has posted a review of the Pentax K20D.
All in all, the Pentax K20D is a decent camera with enough features to keep top-end enthusiasts, travel photographers and possibly even some pros happy. It’s not the 14.6megapixel sensor that makes this the camera what it is, that almost doesn’t matter – it’s the combination of intuitive layout, functions and relative ease of use.
Click here for more news, reviews and info on the Pentax K20D.
Pentax has issued a firmware update for the K20D. According to DP Review, the firmware “addresses the problem characterized on the DPReview forums in which ‘hot’ pixels could appear when the 2-second self times was used.” The official party line is that new firmware “[m]inimize[s] the noise when taking picture with 2 seconds self-timer mode.” It is available here for download.
The Online Photographer has posted Part 4 (on low light AF) of its report on the Pentax K20D.
It wasn’t “so fast I didn’t notice.” But I’d describe it as “fast.” More important, it was positive. By that I mean that when I pressed the button halfway, the mechanism almost always made one direct move to focus, and stayed there.
Click here for more news, reviews and info on the Pentax K20D.
Cnet has posted a review of the Pentax K20D.
Pentax’s 14MP K20D is a great choice for a midlevel SLR and offers a lot of bang for the buck.
Click here for more news, reviews and info on the Pentax K20D.
Camera Labs has posted a full review of the Pentax K20D.
It really does capture a great deal of detail and unlike Sony’s 14 Megapixel sensor and processing engine, this detail remains at higher sensitivities.
Click here for more news, reviews and info on the Pentax K20D.
GOLDEN, CO (May 22, 2008) PENTAX Imaging Company announced the PENTAX Gear Up Rebate today designed for new and existing Pentaxians to save big on a complete DSLR system. From now through July 26, 2008, the rebate offers savings on individual products or on a complete PENTAX K20D or K200D system including a body, lenses, flash and battery grip. For example, Pentaxians may save $375.00* on a system including a PENTAX K20D body, a smc PENTAX DA*16-50mm lens, a smc PENTAX DA*50-135mm lens, a BG 2 Grip and an AF-540 FGZ Flash.
*Accessories included in this rebate must be purchased at the same time as a K20D or K200D body on the same receipt to receive full rebate.
The product models in the rebate savings include:
$100 K20D Camera Body
$100 K200D Camera Body
$100 smc PENTAX DA 16-45mm F4.0 ED/AL Lens
$100 smc PENTAX DA*50-135mm F2.8 ED (IF) SDM Lens
$100 smc PENTAX DA*16-50mm F2.8 ED AL(IF) SDM
$50 AF-360FGZ Flash
$50 AF-540FGZ Flash
For complete details, visit: http://www.pentaxslr.com/buy/rebates