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Pentax K200D digital SLR Review
| Author | Jamie Harrison |
| Published | 24th Apr 2008 |
| Manufacturer | Pentax |
| Price | £391.30 (Exc VAT) |
| as reviewed | £449.99 (Inc VAT) |
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A range of test shots are shown over the next few pages. Here, the full size images at the minimum and maximum ISO settings have been reduced for bandwidth purposes to let you see the full image, and a series of crops taken from original full resolution images at a range of ISO settings have been included in order for you to gain an appreciation of the overall quality.

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This is the full frame at 100 ISO.

Despite the severe camera shake in this shot, the image quality is good and noise-free.

Image quality is still very good at 200 ISO.

Still no major problems at 400 ISO.

Starting to show slight colour noise at 800 ISO.

Noise is plainly visible at 1600 ISO, but overall quality remains high.

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This is the full frame at 1600 ISO.
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Robin48gx said on 18th December 2008
Nicola said on 26th January 2009
The wikipedia English page on the Pentax K200D mentions that, and if you click on the "K-mount" link you have more detailed information about the eventual need of stop-do... more
Jim Stevens said on 9th July 2009
What is the shutter lag time on this camera? Which Pentax model has the lowest lag time, accepts the Kmount lenses and is in the $400 to $600 price range.
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Can you use old K mount lenses on this camera ?
If so what is the focal length conversion factor ?