T
ECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
T
YPE
Type
TTL autofocus, auto-exposure SLR digital-still camera with
built-in retractable P-TTL flash
Lens mount
PENTAX KAF2 bayonet mount (AF coupler, lens information
contacts, K- mount with power contacts)
Compatible lenses
KAF3, KAF2 (power zoom not compatible), KAF, KA mount
lenses
I
MAGE
SENSOR
Sensor type
23.7 x 15.7mm CMOS, with primary color filter
Number of pixels
Approx. 16.28 megapixels (effective), approx. 16.49MP (total)
Stabilization
Sensor shift Shake Reduction
Dust Removal
SP coating and CMOS sensor operations
Sensitivity Range
AUTO/100 to 12800 (EV steps can be set to 1EV, 1/2EV, or
1/3EV), expandable from ISO 100 to ISO 25600.
R
ECORDING
AND
I
MAGE
FORMATS
Image formats
RAW (DNG), JPEG (Exif 2.3), DCF2.0 compliant
Image sizes
JPEG
16M(4928x3264),12M(4224x2816),8M(3456x2304),5M
RAW
[3:2]16M(4928x3264)
Quality level
RAW (12bit): DNG
JPEG:
★★★
(Best),
★★
(Better),
★
(Good)
Color space
sRGB, Adobe RGB
Support
Compatible with SD, SDHC, and SDXC Memory Card
V
IEW
FINDER
Type
Pentaprism finder
Coverage
100%
Magnification
Approx. 0.92x (50mm F1.4 at infinity)
Eye-relief Length
Approx. 21.7mm (from the view window), Approx 24.5mm
(from the center of lens)
Diopter Adjustment
Approx. -2.5m to + 1.5m-1
Focusing Screen
Interchangeable Natural-Bright-Matte III focusing screen
LCD S
CREEN
Type
3’’ (7.6cm), TFT color LCD monitor, wide angle viewing,
Approx. 921k dots, with AR coating
Brightness and colors adjustable
Field of view
Approx. 100%
Live view
Focusing mechanism :Contrast det Face detection , t
racking, select, spot Field of View approx. 100%, Magnified
view (2x, 4x, 6x), Grid display (4x4 Grid, Golden Section, Scale
display), Bright/dark area warning, Histogram.
A
UTOFOCUS
S
YSTEM
Type
TTL: phase-matching autofocus
Focus Sensor
SAFOX IXi+, 11 point (9 cross type focus points in the center)
Brightness Range
EV -1 to 18
（
ISO100)
AF Assist Light
Dedicated LED AF assist light
AF Mode
Auto AF (AF.A), Single AF (AF.S), Continuous AF (AF.C)
Focus priority or shutter priority mode for AF.S
Focus priority or FPS priority mode for AF.C
AF point selection
Auto: 5 points, Auto: 11 points, Select
（
Expanded Area AF
available
）
, Spot
M
ETERING
Type
TTL open aperture, 77 segmented metering, center-weighted
and spot metering
Exposure Compensation
EV0 to 22 (ISO100 at 50mm F1.4)
Exposure modes
Auto Picture mode: automatically selects from Standard,
Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Moving Object, Night Scene
Portrait, Night Scene, Blue Sky, Forest
Scene Mode: Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Moving Object,
Night Scene Portrait, Sunset, Blue Sky, Forest, Night Scene,
Night Scene HDR*, Night Snap, Food, Pet, Kids, Surf &
Snow, Backlight Silhouette,
Candlelight, Stage Lighting,
Museum*JPEG only
Program, Sensitivity Priority, Shutter Priority, Aperture Prior
ity, Shutter & Aperture Priority, Manual, Bulb
EV Compensation
± 5EV (1/2EV step or 1/3EV can be selected)
AE Lock
Can be assigned to the AF/AE-L button from the menu.
Shutter
Auto: 1/6000 to 30 sec., Manual: 1/6000 to 30 sec. (1/3EV
step or 1/2EV step), Bulb.
Electronically controlled vertical-run focal plan shutter
B
UILT
-I
N
-F
LASH
Built-in Flash
Built-in retractable P-TTL auto pop-up flash
Guide number: approx. 12 (ISO 100/m)
Angle of view: coverage: wide angle-lens, equ. to 28mm
in 35mm format
Flash Modes
P-TTL, Red-eye Reduction, Slow-speed Sync, Trailing Curtain
Sync. High-Speed Sync and Wireless Sync are also available
with PENTAX dedicated external flash.
Sync Speed
1/180 sec.
Flash Exp. Compensation
–2.0 to +1.0 EV
D
IMENSIONS
AND
WEIGHT
Dimensions
Approx. 128.5 mm (W) × 96.5 mm (H) × 71.5 mm (D)
(excluding the operation parts and protrusion)
Weight
Approx. 650 g (loaded and ready with the dedicated battery
and SD Memory Card), Approx. 590 g (body only)
P
OWER
SUPPLY
Battery
Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery D-LI 109
With AA Battery Holder D-BH109 (optional), four AA batteries
(Lithium, Ni-MH rechargeable, alkaline) can be used.
AC Adapter
AC Adapter Kit K-AC 128 (optional)
Battery Capacity*
Number of recordable images with 50% flash usage: approx.
410 images, without flash usage: approx. 480 images
Playback time: approx. 270 minutes
I
NTERFACES
Connection Port
USB2.0 (high-speed compatible) / AV output terminal, USB
MSC/PTP
Video Output
NTSC/PAL
R
ECORDING
PARAMETERS
Drive modes
Single frame, Continuous (Hi, Lo), Self-timer (12sec., 2ssec.),
Remote Control (0 sec., 3 sec.), Auto Bracketing (3 frames)
Continuous shooting
Approx. 6 fps, JPEG (JPEG, Cont. Hi)
Approx. 3 fps, JPEG (JPEG, Cont. Lo)
White balance
Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Fluorescent Light (D: Daylight Color,
N:Daylight White, W: Cool White, L: Warm White), Tungsten,
Flash, CTE, Manual, Color.
Adjustable ±7 steps on A-B axis or G-M axis
Custom Functions
23 items
Mode Memory
12 items
Custom Image
Bright, Natural, Portrait, Landscape, Vibrant, Radiant, Muted,
Bleach Bypass, Reversal Film, Monochrome, Cross Processing
Noise Reduction
Slow Shutter Speed NR, High-ISO NR
Dynamic Range Setting
Highlight Correction, Shadow Correction
Lens Correction
Distortion Correction, Lateral Chromatic Aberration Correction
Digital Filter
Extract Color, Toy Camera, Retro, High Contrast, Shading, Invert
Color, Color
HDR Capture
Auto, HDR 1, HDR 2, HDR 3, Auto. composition correction
Exposure Bracket Value: ±1EV, ±2EV, ±3EV
Multi-exposure
Number of shots: 2-9, Exposure adjusted automatically.
Interval Shooting
Shooting interval: 1 sec. to 24 hr., Number of shots: up to 999
images, Start Interval setting: immediately, from the set time
M
OVIE
File format
MPEG–4 AVC
／
H.264, record time: Up to 25 minutes; automati
cally stops recording if the internal temperature of the camera
becomes high.
Recorded pixels
Full HD(1920x1080,16:9,30fps/25fps/24fps),
HD(1280x720,16:9,60fps/50fps/30fps/25fps/24fps),
VGA(640x480,4:3,30fps/25fps/24fps)
Quality levels
★★★
(Best)
、
★★
(Better)
、
★
(Good)
Sound
Built-in monaural microphone, Recording Sound Level
Movie processing
Custom Image (Bright, Natural, Portrait, Landscape, Vibrant,
Radiant, Muted, Bleach Bypass, Reversal Film, Monochrome,
Cross Processing), Digital Filter (Extract Color, Toy Camera,
Retro, High Contrast, Invert Color, Color)
Interval Movie
Recording interval: 3 sec., 5 sec., 10 sec., 30 sec., 1 min., 5min.,
10 min., 30 min., 1 hr.Recording time: 4sec. to 99 hr., Start
Interval setting: immediately, from the set time. *The File
format is Motion JPEG(AVI).
Movie Editing
Divide or delete selected frames, Capturing a JPEG still picture
from a movie
O
THER
FEATURES
World time
75 cities, 28 time zones
Folder names
Date (100_1018, 100_1019...)/PENTX (100PENTX, 101PENTX...)
Language
English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch,
Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish,
Greek, Russian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese,
and Japanese
Button/Dial Customization
RAW/Fx Button (One Push File Format, Exposure Bracketing,
Optical preview, Digital Preview, Composition Adjustment,
Select AF Point),
AF/AE-L button (Enable AF1, Enable AF2, Cancel AF, AE Lock)
Playback View
Single frame, Multi-image display (4/9/16/36/81 seg.), Display
magnification (up to 16x, scrolling & quick magn.), rotating,
histogram, bright/dark area warning, copyright display, calen
dar filmstrip, folder display, display, slideshow
Delete
Single image, all, select&delete, folder, instant review image
Digital Filters (Playback)
Monochrome, Extract Color, Toy Camera, Retro, High Contrast,
Shading, Invert Color, Color, Tone Expansion, Sketch Filter,
Water Color, Pastel, Posterization, Miniature, Soft, Starburst,
Fish-eye, Slim, Base Parameter Adjustment
Electronic level
Displayed in viewfinder (horizontal direction only); displayed on
LCD monitor (horizontal direction and vertical direction)
RAW Development
File Format (JPEG), Image Capture Settings, Lens Correction
(Distortion, Lateral Chromatic Aberration), Custom Image,
White Balance, Sensitivity, High-ISO NR, Shadow Correction,
Edit (playback)
Resize, Cropping, Index, Movie editing, capturing a JPEG from a
movie, Saving RAW file data in the buffer memory
Other
Copyright information.
S
YSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
Operating systems
PC: Windows XP (SP3), Vista, 7
Mac: 10.4 or above
Supplied software
Software SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0 for PENTAX
* Using a new lithium-ion battery under the temperature at 23 °C, Tested in compliance with CIPA standard. Actual results may
vary depending on the shooting conditions/circumstances.
D
IGIT
AL
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