Pentax K10D

Even though the RAW mode give you the best image output, the JPEG mode definitely doesn't disappoint. The colors are not bright and saturated as in their lower-end model, the K100 D, which is understood, as any serious photographer would like as pure an image as possible. There's also a RAW+JPEG mode to give you the best of both worlds. If you think you're shooting an image that you'd use for a long time to come, I suggest using the RAW+JPEG mode.

The K10D is excellent at color reproduction even at ISO 1600. The dark parts of the images look truly deep adding more dimensions to an image than what you can normally find. The auto white balance mode is great for almost any lighting condition. It was only when I shot using tungsten light, did I need to change the white balance setting.

The 10 megapixel camera resolution is kind of an overkill, especially considering that you do have a RAW mode. Amateur photographers who are not too comfortable shooting at RAW, may however appreciate the extra resolution. Still, the K10D does do justice to its megapixel count with its excellent image quality at about any lighting condition.

When it came to speeds the K10D performed at around 3 frames per second in an average burst mode, which may not be the fastest timing in its category, but its still quite good. The power off and on took less than a second.