Shake Reduction Technology, Additional features

Compatibility with supersonic motor-driven lenses

The K10D is designed to be compatible with supersonic motor-driven autofocus lenses (currently under development), which are expected to provide smoother, quieter autofocus operation than conventional lenses.

Additional features:

●Choice of 16-segment multi-pattern metering, center-weighted metering and spot metering to accommodate various photographic applications

●High-rigidity stainless-steel chassis

●32 custom functions to personalize camera operations

●Extended bracket function to capture three images of the same subject at different contrast, saturation, sharpness or white-balance levels

●Compatibility with conventional SD memory cards and newly introduced SDHC memory cards

●Choice of two preview functions (digital/optical)

●Simultaneous recording of RAW and JPEG images

●Manual fine adjustment of white balance

●Day-by-day folders to simplify the arrangement and search of recorded images

●Six built-in digital filters (Black-and-white, Sepia, Slim, Soft, Brightness and Color) for easy editing of recorded images

Remote shutter release from the front and back sides of the camera using optional remote controller

PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 RAW data processing software and PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 browser software, included on the accompanying CD-ROM

Compatibility with PictBridge, DPOF, Exif Print and PRINT Image Matching III systems SD Logo and SDHC Logo are trademarks

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Shake Reduction Technology

The new PENTAX K10D and K100D digital SLR cameras incorporate a unique high-tech feature that helps deliver sharp, blur-free handheld shots with any Pentax lens. This is particularly helpful in situations where camera shake is an issue, such as with telephoto lenses, indoors without a flash, or other low light conditions at dawn, dusk or at night.

How PENTAX Shake Reduction Works

The PENTAX Shake Reduction (SR) feature is an electromagnetically controlled system built into the body to detect handheld camera shake and compensates by moving a free floating image sensor. Unlike other DSLR optical anti-shake systems, this SR system delivers shake reduction with all PENTAX lenses ever manufactured without requiring a special series of bulky, expensive optics.

Based on a free-floating sensor design, PENTAX SR is superior to other sensor-moving systems because it uses no guide rails, allowing the sensor to oscillate in three directions—horizontally, vertically, and rotationally.