WHEN I first studied photography at school in the late 1970s the SLR camera of choice was the Pentax K1000, a robust manual workhorse that sold for a reasonable price.
Thirty years later Pentax is aiming for the same serious-amateur market with the 6.1-megapixel K100D Super digital SLR.
Like the K1000, it is quite robust, has manual controls -- though it also has all the auto options you'd expect on a modern digital camera -- and is reasonably priced.
Pentax SLRs have lost a lot of ground over the years to Canon and Nikon, so the price has to be good. At retail, you can expect to get the body for about $650.
This is much more affordable than the nearest Canon model, the 8.2-megapixel EOS 30D, that sells for about $1400.
But apples for apples, it's up against the 6.1-megapixel Nikon D40, priced at about $750.
Dave Bullard
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