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 Pentax K200D product review teaser - INTRODUCTION

Thursday 22nd May 2008

Richard Sibley

INTRODUCTION



As the price of digital SLR cameras continues to fall, and the quality of the images they produce improves all the time, the entry-level market has become a hard-fought battleground. Manufacturers hope that sales made in this sector will tie photographers into a specific system, leading to further sales of lenses and accessories, as well as eventual upgrades to 'prosumer' and professional-level cameras. This battle has helped push down prices and offered potential buyers more choice than ever before. What was once cutting-edge technology is now being quickly filtered down to lower-level cameras.

With this in mind, the Pentax K200D appears to be a 'repackaged' version of the company's former flagship model – the K10D. When we reviewed it in AP 3 February 2007, the K10D impressed us and scored a very respectable 87%. The similarities between the K200D
and K10D are obvious to see, with both having 10.2-million-pixel sensors, 11-point autofocus systems, Pentax PRIME (Pentax Real Image Engine) processors and 2.7in LCD screens. In effect, the K200D is a K10D in the body of a K100D Super. If the Pentax K200D has the performance and image quality of the K10D, then it may do more than simply make up the numbers in an already densely populated field.

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