New Pentax Entry-Level Camera

ziggy53

Meet the Pentax K-x:

http://www.pentaximaging.com/slr/K-x_Black/

Also available in White, Navy and Red:

http://www.pentaximaging.com/slr/K-x_White/
http://www.pentaximaging.com/slr/K-x_Navy/
http://www.pentaximaging.com/slr/K-x_Red/

Feature set is pretty impressive for entry level.

James H

Pretty impressive feature set, but wow, the Red variety looks um... different, to put it kindly.

I wonder if that's an IR receiver in the front of the hand grip - for a remote? Can't think of anything else that could be, especially since a hand is there most of the time. No remote listed in the box though, must be an extra.

Grainbelt

It is too bad they lost the top LCD of the K200D. I use it constantly, and find it hugely useful as I'm still learning and like to verify settings at a glance.

James H wrote:

I wonder if that's an IR receiver in the front of the hand grip - for a remote?

quite likely - that is where it is on the K200D.

MarkR

James H wrote:

Pretty impressive feature set, but wow, the Red variety looks um... different, to put it kindly.

I wonder if that's an IR receiver in the front of the hand grip - for a remote? Can't think of anything else that could be, especially since a hand is there most of the time. No remote listed in the box though, must be an extra.

Hoya did some market research and discovered that there was a potentially untapped market for more friendly-looking (i.e. body-colored) SLR cameras.

It will be interesting to see if people react to non-black SLRs the same way they do to Point-and-shoots, where making multiple colors available has apparently been quite successful.

I'm sure the strange creature known as the photosnob is already rolling its eyes at the idea of a red or green or blue SLR. I say that anything that gets quality cameras in the hands of users is great for everyone.