Release: Pentax K-7, an amazing camera.
Not being used to Pentax releasing innovative cameras, when I first saw the news, I didn’t paid to much attention. But today, from pure curiosity, I watched the presentation of Pentax K-7 DSLR camera, and I am simply stunned of all the cool feature it has, at a very affordable price, 1300$.
That being said i would like to point out some very cool features:
- first and foremost it’s the improved high dynamic range that allows the camera to capture more details in darker area of a photograph
- another feature first seen in a DSLR camera, it’s the ability to produce a HDR image in camera from 3 different exposures.
- 77 metering sensors improves the ability of the camera to automatically set the correct exposure of the photograph
- ability to embed copyright information into the EXIF of all the photograph, feature seen only in pro DSLRs like Canon 1Ds Mark III or Nikon D3
- improved weather sealing on the body of magnesium/steel alloy with steel sub-structure
- ability to correct chromatic aberrations and lens distortions in camera.
- live view with contrast and face detection focusing
- improved vibration reduction with Sensor-shift system
- ability to scan the image sensor and exactly points out where you have dust on your sensor, and ability that can help a lot when manually cleaning your sensor
- video capture as the rest of the cameras from this generation
- dedicated RAW button that allows easy switching between RAW and JPG file formats without wasting time changing it in the menu settings
- allows you to custom change the name of the images
- another useful feature is the dedicated white balance sensor
- and last, but not least cool feature is, THE SIZE, having a very small size compared to Nikon or Canon.
Bottom line is that, they pulled out a cool camera, that I would love to have it in my equipment arsenal. These were only the features that appealed to me, but if you wish to read more about it’s specifications you can go to http://www.pentaximaging.com/slr/K-7/.
Also you can watch the introduction video:
Wow, surprised you didn’t mention the digital level/horizon correction/sensor tilt-shift functionality, as well as the dedicated white-balance sensor (used by the AF as well). To me those things were the biggest news…
Definitely looking forward to getting my hands on one.
I forgot to mention about the digital horizon correction and I think I missed the dedicated white balance sensor when I read the specifications of the camera. Definitely I am going to add it to the article because it’s a very cool feature as well.
Thanks for mentioning.