K-S1

......well someone liked it:

"Fresh off of the success of last year's K-S1, Pentax returns with a new camera based on its mid-range DSLR, this time featuring a redesigned all-weather body, compact kit lens"
"The K-S2 takes the 20.2-megapixel sensor from the K-S1 and adds a retractable 1.5-inch 18-55mm, f/4.5-5.6 zoom lens onto a new compact weather-resistant body, which Pentax says is the world's smallest DSLR kit."

A quote from 'Yahoo News'

What, in addition to me? Still pleased with mine.

Keep saying it, but perfect in combination with Limiteds.

Small, light, great IQ...and disco lights when you need them!

I bought a K-S1 body via Amazon as it was a good price, Have settled in well with it and it didn't take me long to re-learn the controls after using a K100D Super for some years now. That 20MP sensor is a stunner too.

After the purchase I read as many reviews as I could find and I don't agree any of the negative comments e.g. manul/auto focus switch easily operated in error, main control wheel too stiff , finger grip too small... and so on. I've had no problems at all.



My only negative comment (and it could be me, not the camera) is that I was out shooting last weekend the sky was very overcast. I was using a manual lens, guessing the exposure, taking a quick test shot and then tweaking settings where necessary after reviewing the images on the rear screen (with it set to show overexposed highlights). Even though I thought I had done OK, when I viewed the images back home with Photoshop, I see many of the pics are still a bit overexposed. I'll allow for that in the future and cut the exposure back a tad.

Derek