At it's current price (RM2125 - Pentax Singapore for body), it offers:

- Fully weather-sealed body
- Great image quality with the Pentax K-5 sensor fitted into it.
- Pentaprism viewfinder with 100% coverage
- Two e-dials (never existed before for an entry level DSLR)
- 6fps shooting
- Focus peaking function, useful for MF.
- Can use BOTH Lithium Ion battery (free) and AA batteries (with optional adapter, RM35 only)
- In-body image stabilization.
- Compatibility with ALL pentax lenses ever made since the 1970's


(find out the specs from the review link below)

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/indepth/photog...-digital-camera












Below, my K-30 with a Pentax DA 16-45mm f/4 attached:





Added - Direct photo samples straight from my K-30, unedited in anyway~





For more samples, see my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36822916@N02/





Full review: http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/pen...iew/conclusion/





Other reviews:


Its a very good upgrade from my Pentax Kx indeed~

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Oct 5 2012, 10:27 AM

next in my buy list...

weatherproof means waterproof right? or not? correct me please~

Pentax doesn't claim it to be waterproof~
Weather-resistant - yes~

See this:



http://youtu.be/evveUX2vpc0

... As of now... Its the ONLY weather-sealed DSLR around USD600-700~
I got mine for about RM2125/body from Singapore (after conversion from SGD)~

That... is a GREAT DEAL for what it is offering. (Check the specs for more detail)

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Aug 26 2012, 04:38 PM

O.o''' what the dslr been washed...i not even let drop of water near my camera

part of my wish list too.

pentax lens kinda expensive la. but their mirrorless is.... abit bulky

I hate the Pentax mirrorless K-01, its damn ugly

On the lenses... We don't need a whole armament of lenses now do we?
I have covered the range from 16mm upto 320mm with 3 lenses...
(can be covered by two lenses)

Of all the lenses I have, only one I used the most - which is the Pentax DA 16-45mm f/4 (favourite lens).

The other lenses that I own are mainly Prime lenses (manual focus), which I only use for certain types of photography~

Another thing about pentax - ALL of their previously manufactured SLR lenses from 20-30 years back can be used directly onto their modern DSLR (except screw mount Takumars, which will require an adapter)... These lenses can be found cheap on Ebay~

That means... we have a whole range of usable Pentax lenses from the 1970's upto now.
Note - that we can also use third party lenses too (Sigma, Tamron etc)





This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Aug 25 2012, 01:42 PM

haiz... i bought nex3 adey

Reviews of the Pentax K-30 from other sites:

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/revie...tax-k-30-review

http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/P...mera-Review.htm

http://gizmodo.floost.com/Miscellaneous/po...ul-video-791692

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/cameras-a...-1090208/review

http://www.trustedreviews.com/pentax-k-30_...l-Camera_review


Also - sample photos directly from my K-30 uploaded onto the 1st post of this thread~!



Check them out~

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Aug 26 2012, 01:46 AM

Wah... your K-X bought not long also so fast upgrade di?

K-x was bought April last year~

I was tempted with the low price + bunch of features of K-30, I was thinking of going for K-5 but the focus peaking feature of K-30 attracted me to it -very useful feature for Manual focus prime lenses~

The k-x has and will continue to serve me well - it has officially become my 2nd DSLR body~

For RM2125 for the K-30 body (or RM2500+ with Weather resistant 18-55mm) from Pentax Singapore...

Its a GREAT DEAL I couldn't resist mate~

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Aug 26 2012, 04:10 AM

Great to see a forum on the K30. Here are some of my Pentax K-30 pics. Just upgraded from K100D .. enjoy

Low light indoor & outdoor
http://bit.ly/PN0VNB

Camera pics -
http://bit.ly/U6ZZq0

Here is another review of this wonderful K-30~!

wow! congrats for your K-30 bro!...wish i could have one as well...

nice!

hi~~ can i knw what is the selling price?
interested to buy~~

from local pentax seller.

http://pentax2u.com/webshaper/store/viewPr...ProductItem=274

and a lot of freebies too

http://pentax2u.com/index.asp?p=/static/Pe...0-Freebies.html

thx for the link....
the price looks attracting...~~

Bought my K30 from pentax2u but collected from DSCWorld in KL .. William owns the site and is a nice guy who will answer your photography questions