Pentax K30 Rugged DSLR - Gear Review
Sunday, October 20, 2013Until recently, the thought of taking your expensive DSLR camera into the woods would make any photog sweat. Dirt, dust, water, cold, heat, heck just about everything out there was a recipe for disaster. The idea of bringing a fancy camera along on a back-country paddling trip was simply just not practical. Sure, you could store it in a waterproof case, inside a dry bag, inside a pack, but one wrong move and it's hundreds of dollars down the drain.
Enter the new Pentax K30 rugged DSLR. Now, I am not even going to pretend to be a master photographer. I took about 500 pictures with this thing, and the vast majority of them are proof of that. What I was blown away by was the clarity and crispness of every shot. Colors are more vibrant, and moving objects are frozen in time. Compared to our usual photo tools, an iPhone in a waterproof case and a point-n-shoot, the difference is shocking.
A calm afternoon at camp |
Crystal clear waters of the BWCA |
Heading back to camp after a morning fishing trip |
Since it's launch, Pentax has delivered 2 model upgrades, the K-50 and the K-3, both of which carry bigger sensors and price-tags.
MSRP: $750 with 18-55 lens

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