Digital Photography Review
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| Price (Body only) |
US: $ 1700 [check
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| Body material | Plastic coating, metal subframe |
| Sensor | • 23.5 x 15.7 mm CCD sensor • RGB Color Filter Array • Interline interlaced CCD • Built-in fixed low-pass filter • 6.31 million total pixels |
| JCIA Effective pixels | 6.1 million |
| Image sizes |
• 3008 x 2008 (Large) |
| File formats | • RAW (12-bit) • TIFF (8-bit RGB) • JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - 3 levels |
| Color space | • sRGB • Adobe RGB |
| Lenses | • Pentax KAF2, KAF, KA mount
lenses * Power zoom not available * K mount lenses available with (function limited) * S mount lenses available with adapter (function limited) * 67/645 lenses available with adapter (function limited) |
| FOV crop | 1.5x |
| Focusing | • 11-area AF • TTL Phase matching AF system • Focus point selectable • EV 0 to 19 (ISO 100) detection range |
| Focus modes | • AF-Single • AF-Continuous • Manual focus |
| AF assist | Yes, via flash |
| Shooting modes |
• Auto-exposure with hyper-program |
| Program lines | • Normal • Hi-S • Depth of field • MTF |
| Metering modes | • 16-segment • Center-Weighted Average • Spot |
| Metering range | • EV 0 to 21 (at ISO 200 with 50 mm / F1.4 lens) |
| AE Lock | • Button (20 sec timer) • Half-press shutter release |
| AE Bracketing | • 3 frames • 0.3, 0.5 or 1.0 EV steps |
| Exposure compen. | • -3.0 to +3.0 EV in 0.5 EV
steps • -2.0 to +2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps |
| Exposure steps | • 0.5 EV • 0.3 EV |
| Sensitivity |
• ISO 200 |
| Shutter | • Electronically controlled vertical-run focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter Speed | • 30 to 1/4000 sec • Bulb |
| Flash X-sync | 1/150 sec |
| Aperture values | Depends on lens |
| DOF preview | Yes, on power switch |
| White balance |
• Auto |
| Image parameters | • Saturation (-1 to +1) • Sharpness (-1 to +1) • Contrast (-1 to +1) |
| Viewfinder |
• Eye-level type fixed penta-prism finder |
| Viewfinder info |
• Built-in flash status |
| LCD monitor | • 1.8" TFT LCD • 118,000 pixels |
| Custom function | Three user memories |
| Record review | • Off • 1 sec • 3 sec • 5 sec |
| Flash | • Built-in pop-up flash • Guide number 11 (ISO 100/m) • Angle of coverage 18 mm • Flash sync 1/150 sec |
| Flash modes | • Flash off • Flash on • Red-eye reduction |
| External flash | • Hot-shoe • PC Sync terminal • High speed sync • Wireless sync • P-TTL sync |
| Drive modes | • Single shot • Continuous (2.7 fps, up to 5 frames) |
| Self-timer | • 12 sec • 2 sec • Mirror-lockup available |
| Remote release | • InfraRed remote • Wired (optional) • Instant or with 3 sec delay |
| Playback mode | • One frame • Zooming in/out (up to 12x) • Nine-image • Slideshow • Image rotation • Delete: One-frame-delete, All-frames-delete, Card-format, Protect |
| Menu languages | • English • Francais • Deutsch • Espanol • Italiano • Japanese |
| Connectivity | • USB 1.1 • Video out • DC-IN • Remote terminal • PC Sync flash terminal |
| Video out | Selectable NTSC or PAL |
| Storage | • Compact Flash Type I or II • Microdrive supported |
| Power | • 4 x AA batteries (NiMH rechargeable
recommended) or • 2 x CR-V3 • Optional AC adapter |
| Firmware | User updatable |
| Dimensions | 129 x 95 x 60 mm (5.0 x 3.7 x 2.3 in) |
| Weight (no batt/lens) | 510 g (1.1 lb) |
| Weight (no lens) | 650 g (1.4 lb) |
From:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PentaxIstD/
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