Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation announced the PENTAX KP, an ultra-compact and highly portable DSLR with features and controls that facilitate capturing outstanding images, even in the most demanding conditions. The PENTAX KP packs many of the advanced capabilities of the award-winning PENTAX K-3 series into a modern, slim-body design that lends itself to applications from casual snapshots to serious outdoor photography while mountain climbing or trekking. The PENTAX KP also adds a new generation of innovations including a new, highly sensitive APS-C CMOS sensor and is the first PENTAX APS-C camera to incorporate Shake Reduction II (SR II), which features a five-axis mechanism to compensate for camera shake up to 5 steps.
The new 24-megapixel CMOS sensor enables shooting in extremely low-light conditions, with sensitivity to ISO 819200, making the camera ideal for night photography. The PENTAX KP features an electronic shutter option in live-view to enable high-speed shooting up to 1/24,000-second, which greatly broadens shooting capabilities when using large aperture lenses to achieve a shallow depth of field on a bright sunny day.
The PENTAX KP’s compact body is the result of a complete internal re-design to produce an advanced DSLR camera with an extremely slim profile for optimal comfort and handling. The KP’s rugged exterior is dustproof and weather-sealed to enable use in the most challenging outdoor conditions. The camera will perform in temperatures as low as 14 degrees F (-10 degrees C).
Key Features:
Image Quality:
• 24.3 effective megapixel
• APS-C AA filter less CMOS sensor
• Prime IV engine with accelerator unit
• ISO 819200
• Pixel Shift Resolution
Functionality:
• Compact size to carry anytime, anywhere.
• SR II 5 axis 5 EV steps
• 100% FOV, x0.95 optical viewfinder
• 27 point AF, -3 EV
• 1/6000 high-speed shutter
• 1/24000 electronic shutter
• Tiltable LCD
• Dustproof, weather-resistant, -10°C
• Built-in Wi-Fi
Intuitive Operation:
• Exchangeable Grip – 3 sizes S,M,L
• 5 User mode settings
• Fx1, Fx2 and Fx3 button
The PENTAX KP incorporates additional advanced technologies which includes:
• 5-Axis Shake Reduction System: The PENTAX KP is the first PENTAX APS-C DSLR to offer the new generation SR II system, which uses a five-axis mechanism to compensate for camera shake caused by horizontal and vertical shift (often generated in macro photography), roll (difficult to handle by lens-installed shake reduction mechanisms), as well as pitch and yaw. The SR II unit is controlled with great precision as soon as the camera’s power is turned on, providing a wide compensation range—as much as five shutter steps—to further expand the limits of handheld shooting. With the addition of an optional accessory GPS module (O-GPS1 GPS unit), the PENTAX KP, simplifies astro-photography, making it possible to record stars as points of light rather than star trails during extremely long exposures.
• Pixel Shift Resolution: This acclaimed PENTAX technology enables producing color-accurate still-life subjects with the highest resolving power. The technology uses the KP’s in-body Shake Reduction System to move the image sensor in single-pixel increments, to capture four separate images that are subsequently combined into a single, high-definition image.
• A vertical-tilt LCD monitor that facilitates high- and low-angle shooting.
• Control panels, button settings and dial controls that can all be customized, based on a user’s preference.
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