New Body for the New Year

Finally, it is here. I have finally got myself a new camera to start 2010 with. And also, my beloved wife also got herself one new camera. So now we can enjoy photography together.

As I have started with a Pentax system when I first started photography, I thought I would still continue with the same system. I love this system. The colors of the images produced is truly natural, nice contrast with good details preserved. Same with most Pentax cameras, the camera body is solid, although it doesn't have the magnesium alloy body of other brands, but it sure does feel like one. The camera body is weather sealed. Rubber seals protects the closures, so I have no worries in lugging it around the harsh conditions. The camera ergonomics is also very good, very easy to handle and at least I would not get a cramp at the end of the day.

Now just a brief description by www.dpreview.com on my new camera.

Having risked being left behind by the speed at which the 'affordable' DSLR market developed, Pentax showed how serious its intentions were with the K10D, a semi-pro-level DSLR with a features list to humble the competition at a very attractive price. Having added so many bells and whistles to the K10D, it's not much of a surprise to find that its successor, the K20D, is essentially a refinement of the same design. But, even though it can't quite boast the same novel-feature-count as its predecessor, the K20D still finds room for some interesting changes.The stand-out feature of the K20D is undoubtedly its 14.6MP CMOS sensor, co-developed with the giant South Korean conglomerate Samsung. The companies claim the design reduces the amount of circuitry around each photosite, offering a similar light-sensitive area, per pixel, to a 12MP chip of conventional design. The other major change is the addition of a live-view mode that provides a zoomable, live preview directly from the imaging sensor.

I would like to highlight my wife's new camera as well. The Pentax K-x. Suprisingly, it performs very well for a entry level DSLR. I'll leave it to www.dpreview.com for brief description on the K-x. Cool little gadget.

The K-x is Pentax's upper-entry-level model, offering a familiar 12.4 megapixel CMOS sensor in the same compact body as the less expensive K2000 (K-m outside the US). The K-x combines a selection of high-end features, such as an 11-point AF system (9 of them cross-type) with a very compact body and the abilty to use standard AA batteries. It can shoot 720p HD video at 24 fps and shoot 17 JPEGs at 4.7 frames per second. It misses out on the more expensive K-7's magnesium alloy body and cannot display the selected AF-point in the viewfinder but shares its image processing engine and is one of the smallest and lightest APS-C DSLRs on the market.

Photos courtesy of www.pentax.jp