Pentax K200D

The Pentax K200D is based around the same APS-C sized CCD imager found originally in the K10D, having an effective resolution of 10.2 megapixels. It uses a 22-bit Analog-to-digital converter (output is 8-bit JPEG or 12-bit RAW), and Pentax’s “PRIME” processing engine. This is coupled with the standard Pentax KAF lens mount that’s compatible with an impressive array of K-, KA-, KAF- and KAF2 lenses, as well as screw-mount / 645-system / 67-system lenses with an adapter. The K200D is compatible with Pentax’s newer SDM (“supersonic drive motor”) AF lenses and has a dust-proof, weather resistant body with a stainless steel chassis and 60 seals that allow the camera to be used in dusty and/or rainy environments.

Pentax came early to the shake reduction party, building the system into the body to enable shake reduction in any lens attached to the camera. The sensor of the K200D sits on a free-floating electromagnetically controlled platter that can move horizontally, vertically, and even rotationally. Pentax advertises that the K200D will offer from 2.5 to 4 stops of compensation. Pentax has made further improvements in its efforts to deal with the problem of dust. The K200D continues to employ both of the strategies used in the previous K10D and K100D cameras, namely, vibrating the CCD to dislodge dust particles (“dust reduction”). Pentax has also added a “dust alert” function which assists more conventional cleaning methods, by showing exactly where on the CCD stubborn dust particles reside.

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