Semi-envious squee
24 January 2008 08:46![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kribuI've just read the specs of the Pentax new K200D and K20D cameras... *drools*
Damn Pentax! You just have to launch a new entry-level camera that has got all K100D has and is dust-proof and water-resistant, yes? *sniffles* The only drawbacks that I can see are that it's 100 g heavier than the K100D and that it uses the 10 MP sensor K10D had, which is not quite as good in low light. But weather-resistance in an entry level body... take that, all other DSLR makers! I do, I really do like the way Pentax approaches its DSLRs, not crippling the cheaper models the way Canon and Nikon have done with theirs (although to be fair, the Canon 450D, announced today, actually seems uncrippled and rather nice) and not leaving out any essential features.
The K20D sounds even better (well, it should, being a step up) - provided the brand new Pentax sensor is as good as the preliminary reports claim. *sighs*
I don't need a new camera. I don't need a new camera. Mum wants a new camera..... er, no. We don't need a new camera.
Perhaps when the K200D has been out for a while and has had its first price drop...
ETA. And as if this isn't enough, Fuji has announced the F100fd. Yes, it's still got 12 MP, but the press release sounds reasonably confident that it handles higher sensitivity better than the F50 did - and it's got a 5x, 28-140mm equivalent lens. At least on paper, this finally sounds like the ideal compact camera at last. *grumbles*
Er, sorry about sounding like a damn camera salesman. ;-) *is in no way associated with either Pentax or Fuji, apart from being a fangirl*
Damn Pentax! You just have to launch a new entry-level camera that has got all K100D has and is dust-proof and water-resistant, yes? *sniffles* The only drawbacks that I can see are that it's 100 g heavier than the K100D and that it uses the 10 MP sensor K10D had, which is not quite as good in low light. But weather-resistance in an entry level body... take that, all other DSLR makers! I do, I really do like the way Pentax approaches its DSLRs, not crippling the cheaper models the way Canon and Nikon have done with theirs (although to be fair, the Canon 450D, announced today, actually seems uncrippled and rather nice) and not leaving out any essential features.
The K20D sounds even better (well, it should, being a step up) - provided the brand new Pentax sensor is as good as the preliminary reports claim. *sighs*
I don't need a new camera. I don't need a new camera. Mum wants a new camera..... er, no. We don't need a new camera.
Perhaps when the K200D has been out for a while and has had its first price drop...
ETA. And as if this isn't enough, Fuji has announced the F100fd. Yes, it's still got 12 MP, but the press release sounds reasonably confident that it handles higher sensitivity better than the F50 did - and it's got a 5x, 28-140mm equivalent lens. At least on paper, this finally sounds like the ideal compact camera at last. *grumbles*
Er, sorry about sounding like a damn camera salesman. ;-) *is in no way associated with either Pentax or Fuji, apart from being a fangirl*
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Date: 24 January 2008 07:29 (UTC)no subject
Date: 24 January 2008 07:33 (UTC)I've not been this excited over a bunch of new camera press releases for a while... *iz a sad, but excited, geek*
Of course, perhaps the eventual reviews will shatter the excitement a bit. One can hope!