The
Pentax K10D and similar
Samsung GX-10 are 10.2
megapixel digital single-lens reflex cameras launched in late 2006. They were developed in a collaboration between
Pentax of
Japan and
Samsung of
Korea.
The K10D was announced on September 13, 2006, and it became available on January 1, 2007. The
Pentax K20D, successor to the K10D, was officially announced on January 23, 2008.
The K10D has been hailed by
Popular Photography and Imaging magazine as "an all-star player,"
Technology and construction
It combines a 10.2 effective
megapixel CCD sensor, coupled with a 22-bit
analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a
shake reduction system which also provides a dust removal feature to keep dust off the sensor surface. The K10D features a new image processor called
PRIME (Pentax Real IMage Engine), which interfaces with
DDR2 RAM, providing 800MB/s bandwidth. The camera body is dust and weather-resistant featuring 72 seals throughout the camera.
Images can be saved in
JPG, Pentax
raw image format (PEF) or standard
DNG format. The Pentax K10D was among the first
digital cameras to support the DNG format natively.
Competition and market segment
The K10D's feature set does...
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