Pentax K2000 Digital Camera Review

Pentax K2000

First Impressions Review

Sep 25, 2008 - By Tim Barribeau
4 The Pentax K2000 (dubbed the K-M outside of the USA) joins the already saturated entry-level SLR market. The K2000 distinguishes itself by providing a generous amount of help to new users; a simple and clear control system; and a bevy of image presets and filters. Pentax has also included an external flash unit to the body-and-lens kit, providing more bang for your 700 bucks. In our brief stint using a pre-release version of the camera at the Photokina show, the focus felt very fast, and the camera was light without feeling fragile. The K2000 kit will debut in November 2008 for $699.99 with a DA L 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL lens and AF200FG flash. The body  will be released separately in early 2009 for an unannounced price.
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Auto Mode
The auto mode on the K2000 is called Auto Picture, and attempts to chose the appropriate scene mode based on what it detects through the sensor. It doesn't completely remove control, which we appreciate, and could help people new to using SLRs become more comfortable with the multitude of settings available.

Movie Mode
As with most SLRs, the K2000 doesn't have a movie mode.

Drive / Burst Mode
The K2000 has High and Low speed continuous shooting modes. The first can take up to four images at 3.2 frames per second, the second will take unlimited images at 1.1 frames per second. The self-timer can be set to either 2 or 12 seconds, and there's an option to add a 3-second timer when using a remote control.

Playback Mode
Playback mode on this Pentax has a variety of options. For editing there's Resize, Crop, convert RAW to JPEG, Digital Filter (Toy Camera, High Contrast, Soft, Starburst, Retro, Color Extract, Illustration, HDR, B&W, Sepia, Color, Slim, Brightness and Custom). Zooming in during playback provides a maximum 16x magnification, and zooming out displays four, nine or sixteen thumbnails. Calendar, slideshow, histogram, bright/dark indications, DPOF and image comparisons are all available.

Custom Image Presets
The custom image presets available are Bright, Natural, Portrait, Landscape, Vibrant, Monochrome, Night Portrait, Action, Night Scene, Surf & Snow, Food, Sunset, Kids, Pet, Candlelight, Museum, Stage Lighting (2M JPG), Night Snap (2M JPG), Toy Camera, High Contrast, Soft, Starburst, Retro and Color Extract. This represents an unusually wide variety of image tweaks and shooting modes, for an SLR, which we feel the intended user will appreciate..

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