On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Christine Aguila
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> Hi Everyone:
>
> Just thought I'd pass this along: One of the British Photo Mags--Digital
> Camera World--gave the K20D a really good review. Here are some quotes that
> I thought interesting:
>
> "Pentax DSLRs have always produced quite a rich, film-like look, and the
> skintones in this portrait are natural looking and well textured." This
> quote appeared next to a portrait test shot.
>
> ". . . the K20D (like previous Pentaxes) has a character all its own, too.
> It really does come quite close to the 'look' of a traditional transparency
> film. Not the oversaturated colors of Velvia, maybe, but Kodachrome 64,
> perhaps, or E6 slide films in general."
>
>
> I found this quote a bit curious:
>
> "You might get sharper detail from a Nikon D200 (for example), and there are
> plenty of DSLRs with better kit lenses than this one. But the K20D's image
> quality, judged overall ('holistically', shall we say?) is excellent.
> Commercial photographers might not be impressed, but those keen on subtler
> pictorial qualities will be excited."
I'v never been happy with the images from my D200. Always soft,
nothing is ever "crisp"
Dave
>
> It's the 1st part I find curious. I mean, it doesn't seem right to judge
> the sharpness of a camera by the kit lens, right? Am I missing something?
> I'm willing to be educated here!
>
> The negatives were as follows:
>
> -didn't like the navipad
> -didn't like that you still had to go through function button for white
> balance, ISO et al
> -found metering cautious
>
> Cheers, Christine
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