| Price |
UK: £399 (with 18-55mm DA L lens)
£499 (with 18-55mm + 50-200mm DA L lenses)
US: $699 (with 18-55mm DA L lens and AF200FG Flash) |
| Body material |
Plastic, stainless steel chassis |
| Sensor |
• 23.5 x 15.7 mm CCD sensor
• Primary color filter
• 10.75 million total pixels
• 10.2 million effective pixels |
| Shake Reduction |
CCD-Shift type |
| Dust reduction |
• Image sensor moving mechanism and SP coating
• Dust-alert function |
| Image sizes |
• [10M] 3872 x 2592 pixels
• [6M] 3008 x 2000 pixels
• [2M] 1824 x 1216 pixels |
| Image formats |
• JPEG (Conforms to Exif 2.21), (Best, Better, Good)
• Compressed RAW ( PEF )
• Non-compressed RAW ( DNG ) |
| Color space |
sRGB
Adobe RGB |
| Lenses |
PENTAX K, KA, KAF, KAF2 and KAF3 mount lenses |
| FOV crop |
1.5x |
| Focusing |
5-area AF (SAFOX)*
TTL Phase matching
Focus point selectable |
| Focus modes |
AF-Auto*
AF-Single
AF-Continuous
Manual focus |
| AF assist |
Built-in flash |
| Shooting modes |
• Auto Picture mode
• Picture mode
• Scene mode
• Program AE
• Sensitivity-Priority AE
• Shutter-Priority AE
• Aperture-Priority AE
• Metered Manual
• Bulb |
| Picture modes |
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Macro
• Action
• Night scene portrait
• Standard Flash-Off |
| Scene modes |
• Night Scene
• Surf & Snow
• Food
• Sunset
• Kids
• Pet
• Candlelight
• Museum
• Stage Lighting*
• Night Snap* |
| Metering modes |
• Multi-segment metering
• Center-weighted metering
• Spot metering |
| Metering |
• TTL open-aperture 16-segment metering
• Exposure range: EV 0 - 21 (with 50mm F1.4 lens) |
| AE Lock |
Can be allocated to AF button by Menu. |
| AE Bracketing |
±0.5EV to ±1.5EV (1/2 EV steps)
±0.3EV to ±1.0EV (1/3 EV steps) |
| Exposure compen. |
±2 EV (1/2 EV or 1/3 EV steps) |
| Exposure steps |
1/2 EV
1/3 EV |
| Sensitivity |
• Auto (selectable range)
• Manual : 100-3200*
• Bulb Mode: up to ISO 1600*
• 1EV, 1/2EV or 1/3EV steps |
| Shutter |
Electronically controlled vertical-run focal plane shutter
|
| Shutter Speed |
30 to 1/4000 sec
Bulb |
| White balance |
• Auto
• Daylight
• Shade
• Cloudy
• Tungsten Light
• Fluorescent Light (W, D, N)
• Flash
• Manual setting with WB fine adjustment |
| Image tone |
Bright
Natural
Portrait
Landscape
Vibrant
Monochrome |
| Image parameters |
Saturation (-4 to +4)
Hue (-4 to +4)
Sharpness (-4 to +4) (two types)
Contrast (-4 to +4) |
| Viewfinder |
• Fixed molded penta-mirror type
• Natural-Bright-Matte II focusing screen
• Field of view approx. 96%
• Magnification approx. 0.85X (with 50mm F1.4 lens, infinity, -1m-1)
• Diopter adjustment approx. -2.5 - +1.5m-1 |
| Viewfinder info.* |
• AF frame
• Spot AF frame
• Shake Reduction
• Flash status
• Shutter speed
• Aperture
• Focus indicator
• Manual focus
• EV compensation
• AE lock indicator
• ISO warning
|
| LCD monitor |
• TFT color LCD monitor
• Brightness adjustable
• Wide angle view
• 2.7 inch
• Approx. 230,000 pixels |
| Record review |
Off
1 sec
3 sec
5 sec |
| Flash |
• Built-in retractable P-TTL pop-up flash
• Guide number: approx. 11* (Standard Output Sensitivity 100/m)
• Angle of view coverage: 28mm wide-angle (35mm equivalent)
• Flash Exposure Compensation: -2 EV - +1EV (1/2EV steps)
• P-TTL
• 1/180 sec flash-sync |
| External Flash |
• Hot shoe, sync-speed: 1/180 sec.
• Wireless-sync with PENTAX dedicated flash |
| Flash modes |
Auto
Flash on
Auto & Red-eye reduction
Flash on & Red-eye reduction
Wireless Sync* |
| Flash compensation |
-2.0 to +1.0 EV |
| Drive modes |
• Single-frame
• Continuous (Hi, Lo)
• Self-timer (12s, 2s)
• Remote control (0s, 3s)
• Auto bracket |
| Self-timer |
12 sec
2 sec
Automatic mirror lock-up with 2s self-timer |
| Continuous shooting |
• 3.5 fps - 5 JPEG, 4 RAW*
• 1.1fps - until card is full or 7 RAW* |
| Remote release |
InfraRed remote (optional)
Instant or with 3 sec delay |
| Custom functions |
21 custom-programmable functions available |
| Preview |
Digital preview* |
| Playback mode |
• One Image
• Two Images
• Index (4 or 9 or 16 thumbnails)
• Enlargement (up to 16X, scroll available)
• Image Rotation
• Folder view
• Slideshow
• Histogram
• Bright/Dark area
• Calender*
• Resize*
• Trimming*
• Index*
|
Digital filter
(Rec Mode)* |
• Toy Camera*
• High Contrast*
• Soft*
• Star Burst*
• Retro*
• Extract Color* |
Digital filter
(Playback) |
• B&W
• Sepia
• Color (18 type)
• Soft (three-level amount adjustable)
• Illustration (Pastel*/Watercolor*)
• HDR (3 type)
• Slim (+/- 8 level amount adjustable)
• Brightness (+/- 8 level amount adjustable)
• Toy Camera*
• High Contrast*
• Soft*
• Star Burst*
• Retro*
• Extract Color* |
| Menu languages |
English
French
Germany
Spanish
Swedish
Dutch
Italian
Russian
Portuguese
Danish
Finnish
Polish
Czech
Hungarian
Turkey
Japanese Korean
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Greek* |
| Connectivity |
• USB/Video
• DC input
• USB 2.0 (HI-SPEED)
• Compatible with NTSC and PAL formats |
| Storage |
SD or SDHC card |
| Power |
• Four AA (lithium, alkaline, and rechargeable Ni-MH) batteries
• Optional AC adapter |
| Dimensions |
122.5mm x 91.5mm x 67.5mm (4.8 x 3.6 x 2.7 in)* |
| Weight (no batt/lens) |
525g (18.5 oz.)* |
| Weight (no lens) |
With lithium batteries and SD card: 590g (20.8 oz.)* |