One of the most popular photography brands is Pentax. They make great cameras that bring high quality pictures. Pentax has been trying for so long to catch up to the market leaders, Canon and Nikon. Their first camera was digital SLR and the popularity grew.

In order to compete efficiently, they created a Pentax camera for every category of buyers, making the decision process quite hard. For example, Pentax K-x is great for amateurs that just want some nice and clear pictures. The Pentax SLR camera presented last year in October is very much different from many other SLR cameras. The traditional Pentax cameras were black and simple in design. The current one comes in black too but also, red, white and navy. This has come from the intention to appeal to a wider audience. And the strategy seems to be working.

Plus, the pricing is affordable. The camera costs around $650 and comes with a nice kit lens powered by AA size batteries. In this way, if you have two AA batteries in your bag, you will never go out of power. If you want a little more, then Pentax SLR K20D is a good choice for one professional photographer. It costs $1170, and has 14.6 mega pixels. Besides the dust control features, has a weather proof body and the image stabilization feature. Pentax K-7 costs $1200, and you can use it to make High Definition video. You will get up to 30fps plus the 1526 x 1024 resolution. K-7 also has one weather resistant 18-55mm lens and you can always upgrade to a bigger size one. Many people in the industry are predicting that Pentax will go head to head with Nikon and Canon in the next few years, if they keep improving their cameras in this way.