Pentax’s long-rumoured US$1299 K20D is a shot square at Canon’s 40D and the Nikon D300. Besides price, it bests both in pure megapixel count—14.6 effective, with a new CMOS sensor developed with Samsung—and rocks the same top 3200 ISO (6400 expanded) as the D300. (Is it as impressively noiseless though?) Expanded Dynamic Range promises more contrast-y shots, plus image stabilisation is built into the camera’s body. Like the 40D and D300 it adds a live viewfinder, but it’s a bit tinier, 2.7 inches to their 3, with less than a third of the D300′s resolution, so the screen won’t be nearly as gorgeous. It comes up a little short against the competition in a couple of other ways, too. Update: If you’re really drooling over the K20D, have a look at the new Pentax-produced walkthrough video below. AU: Just got back from the Australian Pentax launch… local pricing will be $1,999 for the body plus an 18-55mm lens. Should be available now / very soon…
If the official iPhone Bluetooth headset is $129, what would you expect it to have? More than just auto-pairing via the dock, right? Well, a reader just told us he called up Apple support and asked them whether the headset supports noise cancellation. They said no. Not only that, they recommended that he buy a Jawbone instead.
So what’s the big deal about this headset? Auto-pairing? The Apple logo? The fact that it’s small? We’ll test it out ourselves and see whether it, or the Jawbone, is worthy of your cash.
