The new Pentax K20D lens-interchangeable digital SLR camera offers superb image quality, an array of advanced features and outstanding reliability and operability to meet the specialized and exacting demands of photo enthusiasts, including advanced amateurs. It incorporates a newly developed image sensor to bring out the optimum performance of Pentax interchangeable lenses, while offering the features and functions needed to maximize the pleasure and excitement of digital photography. The new CMOS image sensor, exclusively developed for Pentax K20D, is designed to optimize the performance of Pentax interchangeable lenses. Featuring approximately 14.6 effective megapixels and the latest noise-reduction technology, it assures superb image quality a step above its predecessors. The Pentax K20D also offers an array of advanced features and user-friendly functions, including: a new Custom Image function that lets the user select or adjust the image’s finishing touches to their preference; an upgraded, more reliable SR (Shake Reduction) system; a comprehensive Dust Removal system; a multi-mode exposure system for faithful reproduction of the photographer’s creative intentions; and a dependable dust-proof, water-resistant body construction. As a result, the Pentax K20D easily meets the diversified, exacting demands of discerning photographers.