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Pentax K2000 user reviews and ratings

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Pentax K2000 user reviews Date: 2008-09-23 - 09:40:10 Author: MarkJ Rating:    The K-m marks the 1st good looking Pentax DSLR for me. I never care for the mono-top LCD much. In the film days, it is the only way to see your information and is required. But today with massive 2.5 - 3" LCD, I can get more visual information without straining my eyes. I believe Konica Minolta 5D was the 1st DSLR ditching the top LCD, followed by Rebel XTi, then Nikon finally got into the act with their D40/D40x/D60 lines. I'm glad Pentax is finally on board. If you want to sell well in this entry-level market, ditching the old look is required. Serious Professional camera will probably always retained their top mono-lcd: the Canon 5DII, Canon 50D, Nikon D700/D300/D90, Pentax K20 etc... But entry-level should shred this bulk for smaller design, like the: Canon XSi/XS, Nikon D40/D40x/D60, Olympus 420/520, Sony A200, and now Pentax K-m. I hope the USD price is reasonable, I buy one to see how the pentax world feel like. Date: 2009-12-30 - 07:43:44 Author: coleviolin Rating:    I just used the K2000 to take hundreds of pictures while traveling. The lenses used were the Sigma 17-70 and Pentax DA 40/2.8. I am totally satisfied and amazed. Highly recommended without reservation. It does not feel cramped in your hands like competing small dSLR's. The ergonomics are impressive. Date: 2010-01-15 - 13:30:54 Author: PillburF Rating:    It is a nice little camera that suits anyone who does not want the bulk and cost of some higher end models. Against my old *istDS, AF is generally faster, AF better in lowlight, AWB much better for tungsten, exposure is more accurate and much less likely to underexpose. It is also much more power efficient against the DS. Being w/o the top LCD, all settings are being displayed on the 2.7" LCD which can be set to permanently on, or by pressing the info button. While the latter method conserves battery power, altering the shutter speed or aperture will not turn on the LCD automatically. That means you must either press the info button, or peeping through the viewfinder. It would be so much nicer of the LCD would turn on automatically whenever the settings are being changed. The ? button can be customized for different features, but none that I found useful. Perhaps future firmware might add AE-L, AE Metering and Select AF point to it too. Image detail is a big jump from 6MP to 10MP in practice. but at the cost of inferior noise control at higher ISO. As a RAW shooter only, I feel ISO100-800 are good, but 1600 & 3200 are inferior to the 6MP model. However, SR compensates this shortcoming somewhat. SR is also the sole reason I am buying the K-m.

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