Pentax K20D Review

Succeeding a company’s most successful DSLR camera and one of the surprise hits of 2007 is no easy task, but that’s exactly what the Pentax K20D is attempting to do. We reviewed the K10D a year ago, giving it our “Highly Recommended” award and praising its compelling mix of build-quality, innovative features and excellent image quality. The K20D offers an increased resolution of 14.6 megapixels, Live View mode, slightly bigger 2.7 inch LCD monitor, increased ISO range (now up to 6400) and an X-sync socket for studio flash. There are a lot more mid-range DSLR cameras now than a year ago, so Mark Goldstein reviewed the Pentax K20D to find out if it still has what it takes.

Website: Pentax K20D Review

Published: Monday, April 28, 2008

Reader Comments

1. Thanks for the review!
   I wish I could afford the camera.
   
   Your test of the anti-shake mechanism is worded very funny: "To test this, I took 2 handheld shots of the same subject with the same settings."
   I only hope you took more than TWO shots to test such a complicated meachanism. Everybody has problems testing the efficiency of Anti-Shake, but two shots??? This is cracking me up.

   lutz at 07:24pm on Tuesday, April 29, 2008

2. lutz, the two shots were taken for that particular test. I used anti-shake throughout the duration of the 2-week review.

   Mark Goldstein at 06:20am on Wednesday, April 30, 2008

3. Hello Mark,
   I hope I made my point clear.
   What you are presenting is an example but certainly not a "test". Your wording makes it appear very amateurish.
   To actually test such a system would require a much more sophisticated approach.

   lutz at 05:13pm on Wednesday, April 30, 2008

4. i have bought this camera,very nice,i have take somy very nice picture,maybe i can share with you

   tombps5 at 01:33am on Saturday, May 31, 2008

5. Excellent and objective review. Well Done!
   
   Ben

   Benjamin Kanarek at 08:12am on Saturday, August 16, 2008