"Photography in its most basic form is magic. This image, caught in my trap, my box of darkness, can live. It is eternal, immortal." — Shelia Metzner (May/June 2001 American Photo) Boz Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Equipment Page (new URL) PentaxForums.com — the Internet's First Fully Pentax-Dedicated Forum article: Cleaning the Sensor article: Shooting Manual Lenses on Pentax DSLRs article: DIY Cable Release for K10D/K20D article: DIY Diffuser for Pop-Up Flash article: Lens Hoods thread: Full Frame vs. APS-C: Perspective & FOV thread: K20D and Katzeye focusing screen Pentax Discussion Mail List and archives Pentax Users Group The K1000 of Digital SLRs by Mike Johnston, with a nice essay on the history of Pentax products and marketing Pentax Digital SLR year sensor (MP) sensor size max ISO viewfinder anti- shake wx seals battery reviews broch. man. *ist D 2003 6.1 APS-C 3200 prism 4xAA2 dpreview KMP PopPhoto .pdf *ist DS 2004 6.1 APS-C 3200 prism 4xAA2 dpreview KMP PopPhoto .pdf *ist DS2 2005 6.1 APS-C 3200 prism 4xAA2 dpreview KMP .pdf *ist DL 2005 6.1 APS-C 3200 penta-mirror 4xAA2 dpreview KMP PopPhoto: 1 2 .pdf *ist DL2 2006 6.1 APS-C 3200 penta-mirror 4xAA2 dpreview KMP .pdf K100D 2006 6.1 APS-C 3200 penta-mirror yes 1 4xAA2 dpreview KMP PopPhoto: 1 2 3 .pdf .pdf K110D 2006 6.1 APS-C 3200 penta-mirror 4xAA2 dpreview KMP .pdf K10D 2006 10.0 APS-C 1600 prism yes 1 yes Li-Ion3 dpreview KMP PopPhoto: 1 2 3 .pdf .pdf K100D Super 2007 6.1 APS-C 3200 penta-mirror yes 1 4xAA2 dpreview KMP PopPhoto .pdf .pdf K200D 2008 10.2 APS-C 1600 penta-mirror yes 1 yes 4xAA2 dpreview KMP PopPhoto .pdf .pdf K20D 2008 14.6 APS-C 6400 prism yes 1 yes Li-Ion3 dpreview KMP PopPhoto: 1 2 .pdf .pdf K2000 / KM 2008 10.2 APS-C 3200 penta-mirror yes 1 4xAA2 dpreview KMP PopPhoto: 1 2 .pdf .pdf K-7 2009 14.6 APS-C 6400 prism yes 1 yes Li-Ion4 dpreview KMP PopPhoto: 1 2 TOP 1 2 3 .pdf .pdf K-x 2009 12.4 APS-C 6400 penta-mirror yes 1 4xAA2 dpreview .pdf K-r 2010 12.4 APS-C 25600 penta-mirror yes 1 Li-Ion or 4xAA5 dpreview (preview) PentaxForums .pdf K-5 2010 16.3 APS-C 51200 prism yes 1 yes Li-Ion 4 dpreview (preview) dpreview PentaxForums .pdf K-5II 2012 16.3 APS-C 51200 prism yes 1 yes Li-Ion 4 .pdf K-5IIS 2012 16.3 APS-C 51200 prism yes 1 yes Li-Ion 4 K-30 2012 16.3 APS-C 25600 prism yes 1 yes Li-Ion 6 dpreview .pdf K-3 2013 24 APS-C 51200 prism yes 1 yes Li-Ion 4 dpreview .pdf K-3 II 2015 24 APS-C 51200 prism yes 1 yes Li-Ion 4 dpreview (preview) .pdf K-1 2016 36.4 full-frame 204800 prism yes 1 yes Li-Ion 4 dpreview (preview) PentaxForums (preview) 1 sensor-shift; works with all lenses 2 4xAA (NiMH recommended) or 2x CR-3V 3 proprietary Lithium-Ion, D-LI50, rechargeable 4 proprietary Lithium-Ion, D-LI90, rechargeable 5 4xAA with optional AA Battery Holder D-BH109 6 proprietary Lithium-Ion, D-LI109, rechargeable Pentax ILMC year sensor (MP) sensor size max ISO viewfinder anti- shake wx seals battery reviews broch. man. K-01 2012 16.3 APS-C 25600 n/a yes 1 Li-Ion2 dpreview (preview) PentaxForums .pdf .pdf 1 sensor-shift; works with all lenses 2 proprietary Lithium-Ion, D-LI90, rechargeable Samsung Digital SLR year sensor (MP) sensor size max ISO viewfinder anti- shake wx seals battery reviews broch. man. GX-1S 1 2006 6.1 APS-C 3200 prism 4xAA2 PopPhoto web .pdf GX-1L 2006 6.1 APS-C 3200 penta-mirror 4xAA2 web .pdf GX-10 3 2006 10.0 APS-C 1600 prism yes 4 yes Li-Ion5 dpreview PopPhoto web .pdf GX-20 6 2008 14.6 APS-C 6400 prism yes 4 yes Li-Ion5 dpreview 1 2 web .pdf 1 GX-1S is clone of Pentax *ist DS2 2 4xAA (NiMH recommended) or 2x CR-3V 3 GX-10 is clone of Pentax K10D 4 sensor-shift; works with all lenses 5 proprietary Lithium-Ion, SLB-1674, rechargeable 6 GX-20 is clone of Pentax K20D Articles by Mark Roberts: Pentax Lens/Camera Compatibility Vivitar 70-210mm Series I Macro Zoom Service Manuals The Pentax Collector's Page by Fred Sherfy Stan's Pentax Photography Site with information on Pentax lenses J.L. Colwell's SPLOSdb ("SMC Pentax lenses and other stuff database") From K to J — The End of the Legendary Pentax Compatibility at Asahi Optical Historical Club Pentax SLR Cameras by David Obdrzalek Pentax P-TTL Flash Comparison KatzEye Optics (going out of business) FocusingScreen.com Comparometer at Imaging Resource Do-It-Yourself for Pentax by Michel Carr (en français), including remote release cable for Pentax DSLRs ebooks4cameras — aftermarket manuals for Pentax DSLRs in ebook format Pentax Service Manuals in PDF format by Mark Roberts Pentax-Manuals.com by Kim Coxon Eric Hendrickson's Pentax Camera Service

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