Pentax K20D 14.6 Megapixel SLR Digital Camera Body

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in this event, what kind of camera is that? It must be nice to be able to take so many shots and capture all of these special moments! They are right - we have over 300 perfect shots to brag about from this session, and two cameras captured those images.

The camera settings are easy to study and learn. You can adjust so many different ways in just seconds and get the perfect results you desire, snap a test shot, view - then capture images of one of a kind, ones that you can truly enjoy viewing plus brag on after a shooting session.

We use the SanDisk 4 GB Extreme III SDHC Card and the write speed is awesome for this camera. We bought a Metz 58 AF-1 TTL Shoe Mount Flash for Pentax & Samsung SLR Cameras for our camera and makes a great match with the Pentax DA 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 ED AL IF Lens.

This K20D is the camera for the money as we see it, study the features, it's loaded with them and you will see this is a fine camera that will deliver what you want in the photographic world - We highly recommended this product from PENTAX.

Pentax K20D 14.6 Megapixel SLR Digital Camera Body

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in menus while your shot vanishes.

--DNG RAW format.

Room for improvement:

--Autofocus is just average, but it's good enough for most everything.

--Matrix metering has underexposed a few shots I didn't expect it to. To be fair, I don't have a full understanding yet of what the camera is doing in matrix, so it may just require more knowledge on my part to get the best out of it. I don't really use it much, spot or center-weighted usually covers me.

--Apparently there is an issue with long the exposure noise reduction setting. I don't know the details, but wanted to mention it in case long exposures are your thing.

Overall, this is a brilliant, low-key camera that I'm comfortable using even in a crowd because the small Limited lenses don't alarm people. It slips quickly in and out of a Crumpler 5 Million bag and I get the shots I want with maximum image quality and a minimum of attention. I believe this is now the best DSLR available for documentary/street photography.

Pentax K20D 14.6 Megapixel SLR Digital Camera Body

...

in menus while your shot vanishes.



--DNG RAW format.



Room for improvement:



--Autofocus is just average, but it's good enough for most everything.



--Matrix metering has underexposed a few shots I didn't expect it to. To be fair, I don't have a full understanding yet of what the camera is doing in matrix, so it may just require more knowledge on my part to get the best out of it. I don't really use it much, spot or center-weighted usually covers me.



--Apparently there is an issue with long the exposure noise reduction setting. I don't know the details, but wanted to mention it in case long exposures are your thing.



Overall, this is a brilliant, low-key camera that I'm comfortable using even in a crowd because the small Limited lenses don't alarm people. It slips quickly in and out of a Crumpler 5 Million bag and I get the shots I want with maximum image quality and a minimum of attention. I believe this is now the best DSLR available for documentary/street photography.

Pentax K20D 14.6 Megapixel SLR Digital Camera Body

...

in menus while your shot vanishes.





--DNG RAW format.





Room for improvement:





--Autofocus is just average, but it's good enough for most everything.





--Matrix metering has underexposed a few shots I didn't expect it to. To be fair, I don't have a full understanding yet of what the camera is doing in matrix, so it may just require more knowledge on my part to get the best out of it. I don't really use it much, spot or center-weighted usually covers me.





--Apparently there is an issue with long the exposure noise reduction setting. I don't know the details, but wanted to mention it in case long exposures are your thing.





Overall, this is a brilliant, low-key camera that I'm comfortable using even in a crowd because the small Limited lenses don't alarm people. It slips quickly in and out of a Crumpler 5 Million bag and I get the shots I want with maximum image quality and a minimum of attention. I believe this is now the best DSLR available for documentary/street photography.

Pentax K20D 14.6 Megapixel SLR Digital Camera Body

...

in menus while your shot vanishes.







--DNG RAW format.







Room for improvement:







--Autofocus is just average, but it's good enough for most everything.







--Matrix metering has underexposed a few shots I didn't expect it to. To be fair, I don't have a full understanding yet of what the camera is doing in matrix, so it may just require more knowledge on my part to get the best out of it. I don't really use it much, spot or center-weighted usually covers me.







--Apparently there is an issue with long the exposure noise reduction setting. I don't know the details, but wanted to mention it in case long exposures are your thing.







Overall, this is a brilliant, low-key camera that I'm comfortable using even in a crowd because the small Limited lenses don't alarm people. It slips quickly in and out of a Crumpler 5 Million bag and I get the shots I want with maximum image quality and a minimum of attention. I believe this is now the best DSLR available for documentary/street photography.

Pentax K20D 14.6 Megapixel SLR Digital Camera Body

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as a controller is very nice! The ability to store preview is very nice! The shift preview on shutter is super cool! The viewfinder is nice, clear and bright!If you had experience with K10D, you will find these awesome Pentax invented modes related to auto ISO settings.
The image quality is second to none. While there are many good cameras are around, this one of the league on itself. The tonality, sharpness, expressiveness of this cam is outstanding. What is even more outstanding is the combination of shooting experiences that end up in the final image. You feel that you control it to any degree you wish. The final image may be whatever you tune it to be. Make a profile and get it over sharpened as Canon, oversaturated as Sony or over contrasted as Nikon. Mix is in any way you pleased. You have any number of cameras inside. I personally enjoyed portraits and nature shots I made with it. With awesome tonal variations, countless gradations in shadows, natural and lifelike skin tones. This camera does equally good job on dark skins as well. And it looks real, photographically rich and not exaggerated.
In short, my three days of hands on experience with this camera I walked off very impressed. Hugely impressed.