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Pentax K-x user reviews Date: 2009-09-17 - 11:59:27 Author: photogerald Rating:    Well, the K-x is based on the same body design as the K-m, which isn't weather-resistant either. To add weather sealing to this body would require a lot of re-engineering and probably didn't fit in with their time/cost plan for the K-x release. To many this would appear to be an apparent step back from their nature/outdoors strategy given how much they pushed the weather and cold-resistant abilities of the K-7, as well as the weather-sealed kit lenses that were introduced along with it. But considering the financial environment we have seen in this past year, as well as the uncertainties that Hoya management had regarding where to take Pentax, I don't think we could expect them to introduce a new line of weather-sealed bodies in this time. So given this, I think the fact that the K-x is not weather-sealed is understandable, though obviously it's not desireable nor ideal. That said, the K-x is a very pleasant surprise to me, and I suspect it's taken more than a few others by surprise too. Could this be the "make it or break it" for Pentax? Anyways, its success will bode well for Pentax (and us) for the next few years, and hopefully we'll see a more complete line of weather-sealed bodies and lenses in the near future. Date: 2009-12-30 - 07:37:02 Author: Jonathan Wilson Rating:    I'm very happy with it. Even though this is my first DSLR, I have had a SLR for a long time. Tried a number DSLRs before choosing the K-x (including Nikon D5000 and Canon 450 / 500) and like the look and feel of the K-x better. Positive points: * Light and relatively compact * Very good image quality (although my ISO performance does not seem to be quite as good as the review camera images I have seen) * Lots of cool effects and features to play with (including multiple - exposure!) * Seems to take good night shots * Almost any Pentax lense will work with it! * Hi speed continuous mode works well - getting a good 4.5 frames / s * Cost effective and convenient AA batteries (now - but see comment in problems area) * Quick menus work well (better than on D5000) Negative points: * No HDMI port * USB / Video connector cover a bit fiddly and flimsy * View finder could be brighter / bigger (when compared to my SLR) * No time lapse mode like D5000 On balance when comparing the features of other cameras in the same price bracket, the K-x has a large number of really useful features and therefore I give it max points (even though I love the idea of having HDMI and time lapse mode that is available on the D5000). Date: 2010-01-15 - 13:24:12 Author: Kari Rating:    Awesome IQ, and abilities for such a simple entry level camera, I have used the K10D, K20D and have the K-7 and K-x and the K-x is going to win over the K-7 in low light and a few other situations... Best money i spent on a DSLR Date: 2010-02-19 - 03:29:45 Author: Michael Rating:    Pentax K-x blog I purchased the Pentax K-x as my first digital SLR camera. I love it so much that I wanted to know more about how to use it, and could not find a good website with enough information about actually using the camera, so I decided to start a blog about it. Its called. www.kxuser.com Check it out if you enjoy this camera! Date: 2010-04-28 - 10:04:57 Author: GarryH Rating:    Initial Impressions I just received and unpacked the K-x. The K-x feels solid and quality built, this is great for the class and has features that many more expensive cameras lack. I shot a few pictures and they are looking awesome... I will need more time to do a complete review, but overall the K-x looks great. I think this Camera has tremendous Value and will push more consumers to look at Pentax for dSLR. Many ppl forget or don't know the great Film Pentax's of the past. A few notes: 1. Yes the camera comes without a SDHC Card, but Camera's lack this anyway. (I purchased a 16GB Class 6 SDHC ~$32). 2. The Camera comes with Lithium AA Batteries, but you can use Ni-MH Rechargeable AA also. 3. Included Kit lens 18-55mm is sharp and takes great pictures... 4. You can use many film/dSLR Pentax Lenses going back about 50 years, this mount is compatible. Date: 2010-05-19 - 10:09:03 Author: prosumer Rating:    I replaced a swag of sony dslr''s with the first of a number of these units, i found it simple to use given i got a japanese instruction book with it not english, a short scroll though the screens and it was set up the way i wanted it and quickly as well. Image straight from the camera is better than anything i have shot previously except for images from kodak point and shoots for color [those great color engines they have]. Highly recommend k-x and will be buying a couple more as well. Date: 2012-11-22 - 07:51:56 Author: Louis Vuitton Outlet Rating:    Louis Vuitton Bags Love regarding will help the girl to the greater signs. Pleasant nearly all of this kind of would like along with expectation and also desires Chanel Sunglasses the lady prospective Coach Outlet Store customers an excellent lifestyle regarding delight and also pleasure along with ease. Love generates reassurance, accomplishment along with funds with this lifestyle. The lady offers you this kind of gratitude in to the Almighty to achieve this divine Coach Factory Outlet Online excellent. Located This kind of love the lady receives any belly experience holdings and also financial obligations thought Louis Vuitton Sunglasses along with showing mostly ponder. 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I admit that after nearly three weeks, I am still fathoming out some of the more arcane functional options but from the first switch-on, all the main basic functions are easy to find and navigate. Being a photography student, professional features were an important factor in my choice and the K-5 delivers in abundance. I have the twin lens kit and although the images produced are good, I will invest in DA* lenses as soon as finances allow me to; this will bring the kit right up to spec with what the camera body is well capable of achieving professional results. I researched many camera makes and models (especially Nikon and Canon) before deciding to choose the K-5; I found that it easily compares with almost everything that is at least twice its' price and in some cases, with models costing several times more. Like the K-7 before it, the K-5 is listed by many retailers as a high-end prosumer' camera and I can say for certain that such a description does it no justice and is, actually, not accurate for this camera (the kit lenses may reduce the professional quality of images but the body itself is every bit a Pentax thoroughbred and I place it in the same paddock as yesteryear film classics like the MX, which I had years ago). The Pentax is different from most other DSLR's in its class because it is smaller, which is great for me as I do not have huge hands or thick fingers. Everything is where it should be and it feels intuitive to use. It is lighter than its rivals, too, yet it is very solid and feels built' rather than mass produced. Until buying the K-5, I was using a Nikon D200 with a top end lens that was on loan to me from the college. I have to say that the Pentax seems light years ahead in every sense (even the kit lenses produce better results than the aging Nikon lens that I was using). The first thing that I noticed was how much faster it is both in the hand and in camera speed (getting the image from the lens to the sensor). Overall, I am extremely satisfied with the camera and the lenses will do me for now but I know from experience that top end Pentax lenses can produce much better (the main problem with the kit lenses is the darkening towards the edges and corners of the image, which can sometimes get close to looking like vignetting). I recommend the body to anyone and those who want a great camera just for personal use would probably do a lot worse than buy it with kit lenses but pro's will want to upgrade to DA-star series units immediately, so they would be better off getting the body only and adding lenses as appropriate. I tried it with a METZ 45 CL-4 Digi flash unit this evening and the results show that while very good with the kit units the star series lenses would produce amazing image quality. I hope this helps. Date: 2013-03-25 - 18:47:33 Author: trrfpjcv Rating:    EOYnNqDrXjFKchnmg OsnBEo osywvebgetah Date: 2013-03-27 - 07:07:13 Author: Boston Rating:    PwFfvsTv Please don’t take this the wrong way, but any camera by one of the major manufacturers will fill the bill. The limiting factor on the quality of your pictures will be your skills or absence of them. An experienced photographer can take more impressive pictures with a cell phone camera than an unskilled photographer with an $ 5000 Canon 1D with a $ 3000 L series lens. Therefore, in order to improve the quality of your photography, your question should really be: “How can I become a better photographer?” So take yourself into a photo store and buy a point-and-shoot that offers manual controls that you can use once you learn how they work. Don’t let the salesperson convince you that more megapixels is better, because it’s not. Pick a camera that feels right. 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Please define user friendly in less vague terms, as each model type of any camera has it’s pluses and minuses.If you are referencing the D80 (Nikon) to the Canon equivalent, the Nikon is a little lighter.The control panels and views are almost the same. When you get into the professional series, there is less weight difference and the menus become less alike as to where things are located. If you are speaking of point and shoot models, we need more details as some of each brand are easy and some are less friendly. However as I have more than 6 makes of cameras and each has certain good and bad points about them, I find any camera with a “auto” feature, pretty user friendly for the average person. (and many of my cameras do not have the “auto” feature on them)Graflex 4×5 Press camera life insurance quotes car insurance rates Date: 2013-04-15 - 07:11:31 Author: Polly Rating:    ZOPXMcDQoYVaa If your budget allows, get an SLR Digital Camera. They are not real expensive, but more so than a regular digital. The slr stands for single lens reflex. It is like a regular 35mm camera, with changeable lenses and filters and such, but uses digital media to store the picture. They take stunning pictures, and are adaptable to any setting by a simple lens or filter change.The Nikkon D-70 is one to look at, as well as many others.I bought my wife a D-50 several years ago, and she loves it to this day. The D-70 has a few more modes, which make it lots easier for newer photographers. You don’t have to worry about all the settings as much that way, and can just take high quality pics right off the bat. Then, once you learn more about photography and your camera, you can really get to work! auto insurance quotes Date: 2013-04-15 - 07:11:35 Author: Zaiya Rating:    iyGNpyxiTmuylVXSl If your budget allows, get an SLR Digital Camera. They are not real expensive, but more so than a regular digital. The slr stands for single lens reflex. It is like a regular 35mm camera, with changeable lenses and filters and such, but uses digital media to store the picture. They take stunning pictures, and are adaptable to any setting by a simple lens or filter change.The Nikkon D-70 is one to look at, as well as many others.I bought my wife a D-50 several years ago, and she loves it to this day. The D-70 has a few more modes, which make it lots easier for newer photographers. You don’t have to worry about all the settings as much that way, and can just take high quality pics right off the bat. Then, once you learn more about photography and your camera, you can really get to work! auto insurance quotes Date: 2013-04-18 - 05:42:54 Author: Kristabelle Rating:    bwmcQAniwlqnQ (Electronics) Pentax Kx is Pentax digital SLR for beginner and enthusiast. Pentax Kx replaces Pentax KM / K2000. There are many improvements from KM, such as three stops higher ISO setting, video recording, faster continuous shooting, 11 selectable auto focus points and 12.3 megapixel image resolution (compare to 10 mp). Kx shares same body as Km, so it is still very compact but not weather-sealed like Pentax k200, k20d or k7. It also use four AA batteries instead of lithium batteries. BODY & HANDLING Pentax Kx weights 581g, and its dimension is 122 x 92 x 69 mm. It is one of the smallest DSLR camera around, but not the lightest because of body material and 4X AA batteries. Using batteries has been always been debated, some people like to have lithium battery with their camera, especially those who does not or concern about reliability of rechargeable batteries. Some might prefer the universal AA batteries because they are available everywhere and the rechargeable one is relatively cheaper compare to lithium one. Built quality of this camera is generally good for beginner digital SLR, sturdy and substantial. Ergonomic is not the best especially for people that has big hand or finger, but it is good in general. Like KM, the camera interface has been simplified yet very accessible. It has one thumb dial which you will use this a lot to change setting values. There are dedicated trash button, AF/AE-L, exposure compensation button, customizabe green button, live view button, info button, four way buttons which are shared with ISO, WB, Flash, self timer. These are basically what you will need and expect from a good digital SLR camera. There is also a shooting mode dial, where you can find manual and semi automatic control. There are also some popular scenes mode and video mode. Unique to Pentax, there is Sv (sensitivity mode), which allow you to set preferred ISO and let the camera decide on aperture and shutter speed value. Changing setting is fast and easy because of availability of many dedicated buttons. Main LCD screen could be activated by turning the camera to ON position or pressing INFO button. Pressing INFO button twice, you will get 12 squares representing popular settings such as auto HDR, image size, shake reduction, etc. This small control panel is a great help and better than Nikon’s info screen, but it is not better than Olympus super control panel. LCD SCREEN & VIEWFINDER LCD screen is basic, plain 2.7″ , 230k. Compared to recent years DSLR, this screen is a bit outdated but it is not bad. Viewfinder is relatively big compare to beginner DSLR camera. Only Canon 500d and 450D can match the size of the viewfinder. AUTO FOCUS PERFORMANCE Auto focus (used with 18-55 kit lens) is surprisingly fast in bright light or low light situation. You will get AF confirmation in the viewfinder (hexagonal green dot) but there is no indicator where the active focus point is. For who that rely on automatic 5 points, 11 points or central point AF, it might not be a problem, but for those who usually use other individual AF point, it might be a bit of inconvenience. IMAGE QUALITY AND ISO Pentax Kx images in natural setting are not bright and saturated like competitor like Canon DSLR, but they are more muted and a bit cold. It is similar to Nikon DSLR such as Nikon D90. Nikon and Pentax Kx uses Sony sensor, and that might explain the similarity. But don’t too worry if you don’t like muted color, because you can always set higher saturation in Pentax custom setting or deal with it later in your favorite photo editing program. But off course it won’t match Canon color when you both set the saturation setting to the max. The sensor strength is on high ISO setting. It matches Nikon D90 and even slightly better. Combined with built in shake reduction, this camera is very good in low light photography such as night scene or indoor performance. This performance might be the best for crop sensor camera up to date and only to be beaten by expensive full frame camera such as or OTHER FACTS & FINDINGS * Pentax Kx is available in 100 colors combination in Japan * Built-in photo processing like auto HDR is slow (takes approx. 10 sec to process and to make a good HDR, you need tripod). It also drain batteries power quickly. Live view, movie recording is very basic for DSLR… online auto insurance Date: 2013-04-22 - 07:53:45 Author: Christy Rating:    RZQqVFzKdwTjqq (Electronics) I received this camera last Friday. I had 2 full days to take great shots with this camera. I purchased two bundle kit, which comes with 18-55mm lens as well as 50-200mm lens. I have another manual focus lens, which is A50.7. One of the most asked questions about this camera is AF speed. Yes, AF is pretty quick. To test AF speed, I sometimes turn focus ring to opposite direction and checked the time it takes to set the focus. It was usually less than 0.4s. Even in low light situation, it worked fine. I took many shots with only one small table light in the living room so, ISO was 6400 and shutter speed was 1/4. Camera doesn’t seem to have any problem for AF. Nice thing as a entry level camera is that it supports up to 11 AF point and you can choose your AF point. Some may say, it lacks super impose. However, simply touching ‘ok’ button reveals current AF point in the LCD screen. So, that’s not a problem. AF is sharp and accurate. In MF mode, camera indicates the right focus in two ways both sound and indicator. So, there’s no problem using manual focus lens. in Liveview mode, Camera magnifies focus point to assist you, which is very useful since viewfinder is very small. High ISO support. This is the best part I like about this camera. It supports up to 6400, and can be expanded to 12800. I took several shots outside around 6:00 PM. My friends used flash but my K-x didn’t require flash. with 3200 or 6400 ISO, it still gave me clean bright pictures. Pentax did a great job reducing noise, especially color noise. It’s hard to find the noise from the pictures. Now, 3200 is something you can use everyday. Actually, scene mode for the kids uses very high ISO to get 1/1000s or faster shutter speed. Thanks to that, pictures for my kids are all sharp and crispy. User interface is very intuitive and simple. Since this camera is small, most of the buttons are within reach of your thumb and index fingers. Though it’s small, grip is ergonomically designed so that camera is very stable in your hand. It has one auxiliary button (green button), which you can assign other functions. It has drive mode, ISO, White balance, aperture and flash buttons. It also has dial to navigate menu faster. It uses 4 AA batteries and this is really nice. You can use your Ni-MH batteries or Lithium-ION batteries. It your camera is run out of juice, you can go nearby stores and buy one quickly. I took about 250 shots and I didn’t need to recharge yet. Camera recognizes battery type automatically and optimizes the operation. with all the bells and whistles, I think Pentax K-x is super buy for the beginners. Not only it has all the features needed, it outperforms higher grade DSLRs in certain area like low noise. Thanks to great compatibility for the mount, even 30 years old lens can be used for this fresh new DSLR. It was quite fun to look at postings to sell old, student film camera kit at bargain price and you can use lens out of it. I also got 50mm fast lens which is excellent to take portrait shot from used market. A few updates. 1. Some folks reported battery compatibility issue. Below is the blog of Pentax USA President. He recommended user to put batteries and wait for a few seconds so that Camera recognizes the type of batteries. [...] 2. It also reveals a few problems related to Shake reduction. First, it produces noise from magnet handling CMOS censor. Bad thing is, this noise is recorded in movie mode. K-7 also has same issue but it supports external microphone. K-x doesn’t allow that so, this can be one issue. 3. It also shows color overflow problem under low light situation, especially red and blue. When there’s bright light, for example traffic signal, red color or blue color spread around as if it overflows. A few users reported above problems to Pentax R&D and they are supposed to return by 11/9. 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