Pentax K-x specifications
| Street price | • $550 (US - With 18-55 mm lens) • £560 (UK - With 18-55 mm lens) |
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| Body build | • Plastic on stainless steel chassis | |
| Sensor | • 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor • Primary color filter • 12.4 million total pixels • 12.9 million effective pixels |
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| Shake Reduction | • Sensor-shift system | |
| Dust removal | • Supersonic vibration • SP coating • Dust removal by shaking low pass filter • Dust alert mode to help locate dust |
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| Image processor | • PRIME II | |
| Image sizes (Still) | • [12M] 4288 x 2848 pixels • [10M] 3936 x 2624 pixels • [6M] 3072 x 2048 pixels • [2M] 1728 x 1152 pixels |
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| Image formats (Still) | • JPEG (Conforms to Exif 2.21), (Best, Better, Good) • Compressed RAW ( PEF ) • Non-compressed RAW ( DNG ) |
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| Image sizes (Movie) | • 1280 x 720 (720p) at 24 fps • 640 x 416 (VGA) at 24 fps |
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| Image format (Movie) | • Motion JPEG (AVI) | |
| Lens mount | • Pentax KAF2 bayonet mount • Pentax KAF3, KAF2, KAF or KA mount lenses • Pentax K mount lenses with restrictions |
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| FOV crop | 1.5x | |
| Focusing | • 11-point wide autofocus system (SAFOX VIII)* • TTL Phase matching • Focus point selectable |
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| Focus modes | • AF-Auto • AF-Single • AF-Continuous • Manual focus |
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| AF point selection | • Select • Center • Auto Area AF |
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| AF assist | Built-in flash | |
| Metering | • TTL open-aperture 16-segment metering • Exposure range: EV 1-21.5（Standard Output Sensitivity 200 50mm F1.4） |
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| Metering modes | • Multi-segment metering • Center-weighted metering • Spot metering |
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| 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) • ±0.7EV to ± 1.0EV (1/3 EV steps) |
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| Exposure compen. | ±3 EV (1/2 EV or 1/3 EV steps) | |
| Sensitivity |
• Auto (selectable range) • Manual : 200-6400 • Bulb Mode: up to ISO 1600 • Expandable ISO 100 - 12800 • 1EV, 1/2EV or 1/3EV steps |
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| Shutter | Electronically controlled vertical-run focal plane shutter • 30 to 1/6000 sec • Flash X-Sync: 1/180 sec • Bulb |
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| Preview function | • Live view with magnify option • Depth-of-field Optical (lens stopped down) • Digital (shot taken without saving, previewed on LCD) |
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| White balance | • Auto • Daylight • Shade • Cloudy • Tungsten Light • Fluorescent Light (W, D, N, L (Light Bulb*)) • Flash • CTE • Manual setting with WB fine adjustment |
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| WB shift | • Blue (-7) To Amber (+7) • Magenta (-7) to Green (+7) |
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| Color space | • sRGB • Adobe RGB |
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| Custom image settings | • Bright • Natural • Portrait • Landscape • Vibrant • Muted |
Adjustment for Saturation, Hue, High/Low Key Adjustment, Contrast, Sharpness. Optional switch to Fine Sharpness and separate Highlight and Shadow contrast adjustment. |
| • Monochrome |
Adjustment for Filter type, Toning, Contrast and Sharpness | |
| Viewfinder | • Eye-level penta-mirror • 96% frame coverage • Magnification: 0.85x (with 50 mm F1.4 lens at infinity,-1m-1) • Dioptre adjustment: -2.5 to +1.5 dioptre • Natural Bright Matte II focusing screen |
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| Flash | • Built-in retractable P-TTL pop-up flash • Guide number: approx. 16* (Standard Output Sensitivity 200/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 |
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| External flash | • Hot shoe, sync-speed: 1/180 sec. • Wireless-sync with PENTAX dedicated flash |
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| Shooting modes | • Auto Picture mode • Picture mode • Scene mode • Program AE • Sensitivity-Priority AE • Shutter-Priority AE • Aperture-Priority AE • Metered Manual • Bulb |
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| Picture modes | • Portrait • Landscape • Macro • Action • Night scene portrait • Standard Flash-Off |
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| Scene modes | • Night Scene • Surf & Snow • Food • Sunset • Kids • Pet • Candlelight • Museum • Stage Lighting • Night Snap |
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| Drive modes | • Single-frame • Continuous (Hi, Lo) • Self-timer (12s, 2s) • Remote control (0s, 3s) • Auto bracket |
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| Continuous shooting | • 4.7 fps - 17 JPEG, 5 RAW* • 2 fps - until card is full or 11 RAW |
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| LCD monitor | • TFT color LCD monitor • Brightness adjustable • Wide angle view • 2.7 inch • Approx. 230,000 pixels |
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| Live view | • TTL by Image sensor • Enlargement (2X, 4X, 6X in case of AF mode, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x in case of MF mode) • Grid pattern, white/black out warning display, Histogram display • AF: Contrast detection + Face detection / Contrast detection / Phase difference detection |
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| Other features | • Multiple exposure (2 to 9 images, with Auto EV adjust) • Orientation sensor • HDR capture • In-camera RAW conversion |
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| Playback features | • One Image • Index (4 or 9 or 16 or 36* thumbnails) • Enlargement (up to 16X, scroll available) • Image Rotation • Folder view • Slideshow • Histogram • Bright/Dark area • Calender • Resize • Trimming • Index |
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| Digital filters (Rec mode) | • Toy Camera • High Contrast • Soft • Star Burst • Retro • Extract Color • Custom • Fish Eye |
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| Digital filters (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 • Miniature • Fish Eye • Extract Colour • Base Tweaking • Custom |
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| Custom functions | 22 functions | |
| Menu languages | • English • French • German • Spanish • Swedish • Dutch • Italian • Russian • Portuguese • Danish • Finnish • Polish • Czech • Hungarian • Turkey • Japanese • Korean • Traditional Chinese • Simplified Chinese • Greek |
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| Firmware | User upgradable | |
| Battery grip | No | |
| Connectivity | • USB/Video • USB 2.0 (HI-SPEED) • Compatible with NTSC and PAL formats |
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| Storage | • Secure Digital (SD) / Secure Digital HC (SDHC) | |
| Power | • Four AA (lithium, alkaline, and rechargeable Ni-MH) batteries • Optional AC adapter |
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| Dimensions | 122.5mm x 91.5mm x 67.5mm (4.8 x 3.6 x 2.7 in) | |
| Weight | • No battery: 515 g (1.1 lb) • With battery: 580 g (1.3 lb) |
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