Pentax K-30 Digital SLR Camera with DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL WR Zoom Lens, Black - Bundle - with Adorama $75.00 Gift Certificate & Class On Demand Black Card*

2013-11-22T19:00:00

I have bought this camera in May 2013 and I'm very satisfacted. Easy to use, long life battery, many accessory and high quality picture made this camera unbeatible also for his reasonable price.

Diegosantini

2013-10-14T21:00:00

This camera can't be beat. Image quality, features, build quality, it has it all!

Bman

2013-10-13T21:00:00

The k-30 is one of the best DSLRs I've used. The in-camera stabilization is awesome because it lets you use any type of lens. It may have a problem with the aperture, but it can be fixed.

Borjan

2013-10-13T21:00:00

I just moved from a K-x to the K-30 as well. Some initial impressions after 3 weeks and 600+ shots: The K-30 does feel a bit larger and looks larger, but still quite manageable and small compared to others. The grip is different. Maybe it's a balance of the camera in the hand issue. It's fine. I love the improved viewfinder and LCD! Focus does seem to be noticeably faster. The picture quality is definitely a step up. The K-x was always very good, but the K-30 is better. 16MP is indeed better than the 12MP of the K-x. I can indeed let the ISO sneak up higher. I was fine going up to 800 w/ the K-x, but I can at least go to 1600 w/ the K-30 and little to no noise. The shutter noise is a bit quieter (more a thud sound) on the K-30. TAV is very nice! The two wheels are especially handy here. The two wheels are also great for setting the max and min of the ISO. (This is very helpful. On the K-x, if you wanted auto ISO, you can only set a max. This means it would try to choose lowest ISO possible which somethimes meant slower shutter speeds than I wanted.) Using LiveView and focus peaking works well for me, especially for doing close-up, macro work. The AF assist light is a definite aid. (But I'll have to remember to turn it off in some dark settings where I don't want it shining...) Yay for the electronic level! I'm glad they moved the LiveView button. I was always accidentally hitting it. I'm glad they moved the flash popup button. If I was wearing sunglasses, they would sometimes bump it on the K-x. Yay for WR!!!! And my 18-135 WR lens! A big complaint about the K-x was the lack of focus confirmation in the viewfinder, but I had just set mine to center spot, and it worked fine 95% of the time. I've ended up using center spot on the K-30 as well, but it is nice to have the visual confirmation in the viewfinder. I had used the debug mode workaround on the K-x to do the focus micro-adjust. My K-x seemed to back focus in varying degrees depending on the lense, but on the K-x, you can only make a universal adjustment. On the K-30, I set up the adjustments for a few of my lenses, and it remembers each of them. Great! I'm happy w/ the battery life of the K-30. I've not run it down, but I was getting 300+ before the indicator turned orange. (I did buy a spare and the AA holder.) Some negatives: That front wheel is great, BUT I'm constantly turning it when I'm trying to turn the camera OFF/ON. Something to get used to... Why in the world did they switch the location of the ISO, WB, flash, and Shutter settings buttons on the back? I'm always hitting the wrong button now... One feature I used all the time on the K-x is the image comparison. Why was that removed from the K-30? This is probably my biggest complaint. LiveView with focus peaking is great, BUT on the K-x, I could zoom the view to 10x. On the K-30, it only does 6x. Further, on the K-x, when using autofocus, I could zoom the LV (hitting the INFO button), and it would stay at that zoom level. On the K-30 when using autofocus, you have to depress the shutter halfway, wait for it to zoom, hold the shutter and use the rear wheel to change zoom, but as soon as you release the shutter, it goes back to 1x zoom. All in all, I'm very pleased with the step up from the K-x to the K-30, especially getting it at the discounted price from B&H. I don't see a significant advantage to wait for the K-50 to come down in price.

MARK H.