The Pentax K100D and similar

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K110D The K110D is Pentax's entry-level DSLR. It has 6.1 Megapixels (6.1 Million effective pixels). The K110D is youngest of three sibling cameras in terms of specifications. It differs from the K100D only in lacking an in-body image stabilization syst ...

are 6-

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s, launched in the U.S. on May 22, 2006. The K100D has a maximum resolution of 3008 x 2008, and can also down-sample to 2400 x 1600 and 1536 x 1024. The slowest metered shutter speed is 30 seconds and the fastest shutter is 1/4000 seconds. The K100D features a 6-megapixel CCD sensor, coupled with an

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(ADC) and a sensor-based shake reduction system within the camera body. The K110D has exactly the same features as the K100D, except it lacks built-in shake reduction. The K100D is sometimes confused with the similarly named, but more advanced,

Pentax K10D The Pentax K10D and similar Samsung GX-10 are 10.2-megapixel digital single-lens reflex cameras launched in late 2006. They were developed in a collaboration between Pentax of Japan and Samsung of South Korea. The K10D was announced on 13 Septem ...

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Pentax K200D The Pentax K200D is a 10.2-megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera, announced on January 24, 2008, along with the higher-end Pentax K20D, K20D. It was discontinued in December 2008, giving it the distinction of being one of the shortest-lived ...

, successor to the K100D and K100D Super, was officially announced on January 23, 2008.

K100D Super

On June 27, 2007, Pentax announced the K100D Super. It retains the features and the 6.1-megapixel

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of the K100D, while adding support for Supersonic Drive Motor(SDM) lenses and dust-reduction technology. Although K100D Super was announced in June, it seems that camera was in production since January 2007 (manufacture date found in

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data of shots). The K100D, K100D Super and K110D were discontinued in favor of the K200D and K-m. File:Pentax K100D(2).jpg, K100D, back File:PentaxK100D_3.jpg, K100D, body without lens Image:Pentax K100DSuper.jpg, K100D Super

References

External links

Express review of the K100D at ''Neocamera''

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K100D review by DPreview.com

K100D review by DCresource.com

K100D review by imaging-resource.com

K100D Super review from DigitalCameraReview.com
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