The K100D is a compact well specified D-SLR that in terms of its retail price takes on the likes of Nikon’s D50 but is specified closer to the Canon EOS 400D. It also replaces its predecessor, the *ist DS2. There’s a lot of camera here for your money, so let’s have a look at what you get. To start, the camera features a now fairly standard 6.1-megapixel CCD but mounted upon a proprietary CCD-shift Shake Reduction system developed by Pentax. While the net result is similar to the system used by Sony in its Alpha 100 D-SLR, it uses a series tiny electromagnets housed on a moving carriage that zaps the CCD around to compensate for user movement that could usually cause camera shake.



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