which is the highest range on a standard lens in this test which is good when the multiplication factor is taken into consideration. LCD monitor and the eye proximity sensor just below the viewfinder to turn this off when composing your shot.

The Pentax is the only camera in the test to take AA batteries and this shortens the life, however, on the location shoot, I had no problems with the life.The landscape test had all the cameras on a tripod in the same position with a small aperture for depth of field. I used the kit lens because this is a budget review and someone on a budget cannot necessarily afford a macro lens. HD Digital Frame is a great way to put your portfolio on display and a great way to surface forgotten memories. E-TTL II passes data such as focal length and distance information from compatible EF lenses to the Speedlites for consistently accurate flash exposures. At ISO800, the petals go a more red colour with flecks of red showing as noise in the black area and darker greys showing in the grey square.

On one hand, using the main LCD allows for an exceptionally readable, in-your-face method of monitoring the settings. Furthermore, there's far more chromatic aberration -- in this case, purple fringing -- than we're used to seeing in a dSLR. This point aside, the Pentax can take CR-V3 batteries which will last longer and although rechargeables are available, these shouldn't be used as the difference in voltage could damage the camera.I'm sure there are many Olympus E-series owners having a chuckle at this moment, through the many years of 'there is no dust problem' emanating from Canon owners to see Canon now admit (but also address) the potential problem. This means if you have been a friend of Pentax since the old days and have a lot of the old lenses, they will fit on the K100D Super however, the camera has to be set up in the custom functions so it knows that a manual lens or extension tubes are attached. The Pentax also accepts any Pentax lens which is great and also comes with a metal mount on the included lens, but has a thumbs down from me about the batteries. Another indication of the lens quality is the plastic mount as mentioned with the 400D and the standard aperture. Furthermore, a bit of adhesive surrounding the sensor is designed to grab the dust, keeping it from flying around inside the camera chassis.

The results are pleasing with a balanced exposure on the landscape although the colours seem a little pale at f/22 with a shutter speed of 1/30 second. Anything as subjective as overall image quality, build quality, usability, menusystem etc can only be judged after a sufficiently long field-testing period, ie taking pictures. The two buttons nearest the thumb are the custom white balance button where you can point the camera at something white and the camera will set the white balance to the whiteness of that object and the AF zone select. The Nikon takes SD as it's preferred card format which is a little unusual, but more companies are turning to this format that was once openly snubbed. It was my choice over the K100D when I decided to replace my *istD (plus the others tested as well as some more expensive bodies) and has far exceeded my expectations, and probably my skills!In practice, Canon has had to lower the top ISO speed of the EOS a full stop, from ISO 3,200 to ISO 1,600.