Pentax QS-1 Review

January 22, 2015 | Amy Davies | Rating star Rating star Rating star Half rating star

Introduction

The Pentax QS-1 was announced back in the summer of 2014, and is the latest in Ricoh’s range of super small interchangeable lens cameras. At the time of its release, it was claimed to the the world’s smallest interchangeable lens system, and this seems to remain true for now. The Pentax QS-1 is compatible with the Q-Mount system of lenses, and features a 12.4 megapixel 1/1.7 inch Backlit CMOS sensor. Other features include a 3 inch TFT LCD, 460,000 dot colour monitor, SD card compatibility, full HD video recording and an ISO range between ISO 100 and 12800. As is common for many Pentax cameras, the Pentax QS-1 is available in a huge range of different colour varieties - both for the body and the lens itself, to create 40 different colour combinations. The Pentax QS-1 retails for $499.95 / £379.99 with a standard 5-15mm kit lens.

Ease of Use

As you would expect, the body of the Pentax QS-1 is very small indeed, but the standard kit lens protrudes pretty far from the front making the camera unable to fit in your jeans pocket - if you’ve got a reasonably large jacket pocket you might be able to just about squeeze it in though.

Despite its small size, the Pentax QS-1 is equipped with a fair buttons and dials. On the top of the camera, you’ll find a mode dial for choosing between the different exposure modes the camera offers, such as aperture priority, shutter priority and fully automatic. You’ll also find movie mode here.

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Front of the Pentax QS-1

Along with this dial there’s the shutter release button, which is fairly raised up from the camera body itself. There’s also the on/off switch and a second dial which performs various tasks depending on the shooting mode you’re in, or what you’re doing with the camera.

On the top left hand side of the Pentax QS-1 is the playback button, along with a switch for making the camera’s flash pop-up. Immediately after you’ve taken a photo, it can sometimes take a little while for the playback button to be responsive - something to bear in mind in case you press it a few times thinking it doesn’t work.

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Rear of the Pentax QS-1

Finally on the top of the camera is a hotshoe, to which you can attach external accessories should you wish, such as a flash or a viewfinder.

Moving to the back of the Pentax QS-1, all of the buttons are grouped on the right hand side of the camera. The first button you’ll see is the +/- exposure compensation button, which is of course used to alter exposure compensation when shooting in automatic and semi-automatic modes. It can also be used to switch between shutter speed and aperture priority when in manual mode.

Press this button once, then use the scrolling dial on the top of the camera to make the adjustment to the setting you need. If you’re in aperture priority or shutter priority, simply scrolling the dial on its own will adjust aperture, or shutter speed. Just underneath this button is a green button which has a couple of different functions, and also doubles up as the delete button when in playback.

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Top of the Pentax QS-1

There’s also a traditional four-way navigational pad. Each of the directional keys is assigned to a specific function. The up button accesses ISO (sensitivity) control, the left flash functions, the right timer functions and down white balance. With ISO, press the ISO button and then you can either set the automatic range by using the scrolling dial at the top of the camera, or you can pick a specific ISO setting, by pressing down and scrolling to the one you need, such as ISO 800. For white balance, press the down key and scroll along to the particular setting you need - or leave it on automatic if you prefer.

In the middle of the four way navigation pad is an OK button. Press this and then use the directional keys to change the autofocus point. You can change the size of the AF point by using the scrolling dial at the top of the Pentax QS-1, which is useful if you’re photographing something with fine detail. You can also use the green button to quickly return the focus point to the centre of the frame.

You can also choose to use manual focusing by selecting this option in the main menu. Activating focus peaking means that when you twist the focusing ring around the lens, areas of highest contrast - and therefore usually the areas of best focus - will be highlighted on the screen.

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The Pentax QS-1 In-hand

In order to reach the settings you’re likely to change most often, you can press an info button at the bottom back of the Pentax QS-1. This gives you access to settings such as metering, aspect ratio, custom image and so on. Simply use the navigational keys to move to the setting you want to alter, the use the scrolling dial at the top of the camera to make the change.

The final button on the back of the Pentax QS-1 is the main menu button, which you use to access all of the camera’s settings, including those which you won’t find in the quick menu. The menu itself is reasonably easy to follow, being separated into different sections. There’s also a section which you can customise if you often find yourself wanting to change a  particular type of setting and want quicker access to it.

On the front of the Pentax QS-1 is a dial which is marked with a dot and the numbers 1-4. By default, this dial controls “Smart Effect”, which means that if you move between the numbers a different digital effect will be applied. You can also customise this dial to other functions, such as aspect ratio, focus method, focus peaking and ND filter.

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Front of the Pentax QS-1

On the opposite side from this dial is another fake dial, this is useful for helping to grip onto the camera, but doesn’t turn or provide any other function other than to balance out the appearance of the front of the camera.

When in shooting mode, the screen will display a number of different icons to represent the different settings, for instance across the top of the screen, you’ll see the exposure mode, whether the flash is on or off, white balance setting, file type and so on. A useful display is the digital level - two bars show both horizontal and vertical straightness can be used to help you get level horizons - simply line up the camera until the line inside either one or the bars turns green.

The screen itself is fairly bright and clear, and you get a good view of the scene you’re photographing with a minimal amount of reflection or glare unless you’re in extremely bright sunlight.

Image Quality

All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 12 megapixel Best JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 3.5Mb.

Directly from the Pentax QS-1, colours are nicely saturated, displaying a good amount of warmth without erring too far towards the unnatural.

One of the advantages of choosing a Pentax camera is that the raw format is the universal DNG, which means you can generally open them with whatever photo editing software you use, such as Photoshop.

If you compare colours in the DNG files with the JPEG files, generally there’s a little more saturation, but you can also see in JPEG files where the camera has applied lens correction to fix problems with distortion - either way, it’s good to have the DNG if you prefer to do your own processing and control every aspect here.

Detail is reasonably well resolved, especially for something with the same size sensor as a compact camera. If you examine images at 100% it becomes clear that there is some image smoothing going on, even at reasonably low sensitivities such as ISO 200, but it’s not something that is too apparent at normal printing and web sizes.

At small printing or viewing sizes, images taken at the higher end of the sensitivity scale are acceptable, but if you zoom into them, you can see the introduction of noise and some image smoothing and loss of detail. Comparing the equivalent RAW image with the JPEG image you can see that there is quite a lot of  noise reduction applied, with lots of chrome noise visible at higher sensitivities such as ISO 3200. This is good news if you want to apply your own noise reduction and control the amount of detail retained in a shot.

Generally speaking, the Pentax QS-1’s all-purpose metering system is good at producing accurate exposures, while similarly, the automatic white balance system is good at determining the lighting situation to produce accurate colours, even under artificial lights.

There’s a couple of different options available if you want to get a little more creative. First of all there’s “Smart Effects” - which are four effects which can be reached by the front dial on the camera. There’s also “Custom Image”, the majority of which are a little more subtle and tend to reflect the qualities of traditional analogue film. Finally, there’s also a set of digital filters, which includes options such as Fish-eye and Posterization.

Noise

There are 8 ISO settings available on the Pentax QS-1. Here are some 100% crops which show the noise levels for each ISO setting, with JPEG on the left and the RAW equivalent on the right:

JPEG RAW

ISO 100 (100% Crop)

ISO 100 (100% Crop)

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ISO 200 (100% Crop)

ISO 200 (100% Crop)

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ISO 400 (100% Crop)

ISO 400 (100% Crop)

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ISO 800 (100% Crop)

ISO 800 (100% Crop)

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ISO 1600 (100% Crop)

ISO 1600 (100% Crop)

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ISO 3200 (100% Crop)

ISO 3200 (100% Crop)

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ISO 6400 (100% Crop)

ISO 6400 (100% Crop)

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ISO 12800 (100% Crop)

ISO 12800 (100% Crop)

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Sharpening

Here are two 100% crops which have been Saved as Web - Quality 50 in Photoshop. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images are slightly soft at the default sharpening setting and benefit from some further sharpening in a program like Adobe Photoshop. You can also change the in-camera sharpening level to suit your tastes.

Original (100% Crop)

Sharpened (100% Crop)

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Flash

The flash modes include Auto, Auto + Red-eye Reduction, Flash On, Flash On + Red-eye Reduction, Slow-speed Sync, Slow-speed Sync + Red-eye Reduction, Trailing Curtain Sync, and Flash Off. These shots of a white wall were taken at a distance of 1.5 metres.

Flash Off - Wide Angle (27mm)

Flash On - Wide Angle (27mm)

ISO 64 ISO 64
   

Flash Off - Wide Angle (84mm)

Flash On - Wide Angle (84mm)

ISO 64 ISO 64

And here are some portrait shots with the flash off and on.

Flash Off

Flash Off (100% Crop)
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Flash On

Flash On (100% Crop)
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Night

The Pentax QS-1 lets you dial in shutter speeds of up to 30 seconds and has a Bulb mode as well, which is very good news if you are seriously interested in night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 30 seconds at ISO 100.

Night

Night (100% Crop)

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Sample Images

This is a selection of sample images from the Pentax QS-1 camera, which were all taken using the 12 megapixel Best JPEG setting. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in any way.

Sample RAW Images

The Pentax QS-1 enables users to capture RAW and JPEG format files in the DNG format. We've provided some Pentax RAW (DNG) samples for you to download (thumbnail images shown below are not 100% representative).

Sample Movie & Video

The Pentax QS-1 can record HD video in the Quicktime (MOV) format. This is a sample movie at the highest quality setting of 1920x1280 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 29 second movie is 47.5Mb in size.

Product Images

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Front of the Pentax QS-1

 
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Front of the Pentax QS-1

 
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Front of the Pentax QS-1 / Pop-up Flash

 
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Front of the Pentax QS-1

 
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Front of the Pentax QS-1

 
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Rear of the Pentax QS-1 / Image Displayed

 
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Rear of the Pentax QS-1 / Turned On

 
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Rear of the Pentax QS-1 / Main Menu

 
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Rear of the Pentax QS-1 / Info Screen

 

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Top of the Pentax QS-1

 
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Bottom of the Pentax QS-1

 
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Side of the Pentax QS-1

 
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Side of the Pentax QS-1

 
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Front of the Pentax QS-1

 
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Front of the Pentax QS-1

 
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Memory Card Slot

 
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Battery Compartment

Conclusion

The compact system camera market is very crowded at the moment, and the area which has a lot of competition in particular is the very small, pocket friendly cameras with lots of companies vying for attention as “world’s smallest”.

Although Pentax has created a very small camera here in the shape of the QS-1, as a trade off, the sensor is very small - the same size as the majority of compact cameras.

By comparison, other very small compact cameras, such as the Samsung NX Mini and the Nikon 1 range have one-inch sensors, while the Panasonic GM5, which isn’t a great deal bigger, has a Four Thirds sensor.

That said, image quality from the Pentax QS-1 is decent, if not amazing, and there’s a good amount of control you can take with fully automatic modes available. Creativity is catered for with the different digital effects, and while they’re worth experimenting with, sadly there’s nothing extraordinary here. You’ll get the best image quality in good light, so if you’re looking for a holiday or travel camera, it’s not a bad option - but if you’ll often be photographing parties or late night events, you’d be better off looking elsewhere.

It’s very easy to use the Pentax QS-1 , and for something so small, it’s nice to see such a wide array of dials and buttons to make the majority of settings changes at your fingertips. It would be nice to see a little more customisation options, but that said, Pentax has mostly made sensible choices when it comes to button placement so it’s not too much of a loss.

At the moment, Pentax is offering a range of eight different lenses for the Q mount, which covers most bases but is nowhere near as extensive as those offered from the Micro Four Thirds range - although it’s a larger selection than available for the Samsung NX Mini mount.

For those looking for an ultra small compact system camera, the Pentax QS-1 is a reasonable option, especially if you've got some kind of affinity to the Pentax brand. If you have concerns about low light shooting, take a look at the excellent Panasonic GM5 for a better, if more expensive, option.

3.5 stars

Ratings (out of 5)
Design 3.5
Features 3
Ease-of-use 4
Image quality 3.5
Value for money 3.5

Main Rivals

Listed below are some of the rivals of the Pentax QS-1.

Canon EOS M

The Canon EOS M is a new compact system camera that boasts 18 megapixels, full 1080p high-definition videos with continuous auto-focusing, and a touch-screen interface. Other key features of the EOS M include a 3-inch LCD screen with 1,040k dot resolution, ISO range of 100-25,600, and a flash hotshoe. Is Canon's new mirrorless model a real contender? Read our Canon EOS M review to find out...

Fujifilm X-A1

The Fujifilm X-A1 is a new entry-level compact system camera. The retro-styled X-A1 offers a 16 megapixel APS-C sensor, built-in flash and hotshoe, wi-fi connectivity, 5.6fps burst shooting, tilting LCD screen and Full HD video recording. Read our in-depth Fujifilm X-A1 review now...

Kodak Pixpro S-1

The venerable Kodak name is back with the Pixpro S-1, a Micro Four Thirds compact system camera. Boasting a 16 megapixel CMOS sensor, 3-inch 920k-dot articulated LCD, sensor-shift image stabilisation and Full HD video recording capabilities, can the first-generation Kodak Pixpro S-1 compete with its more well-established rivals? Read our in-depth Kodak Pixpro S-1 review to find out...

Nikon 1 J4

The Nikon 1 J4 is the latest mid-range model in Nikon's compact system camera line-up. The J4 offers 18 megapixels, 20fps burst shooting with continuous autofocusing, Full HD 60p video capture and built-in Wi-Fi connectivity. Read our in-depth Nikon 1 J4 review now...

Olympus E-PL7

The Olympus E-PL7 is a new compact system camera aimed at the discerning fashionista. Also known as the PEN Lite, the EPL7 boasts a 3 inch 180-degree tilting LCD display, full 1080p HD movies, and an extensive range of creative filters. Read our in-depth Olympus E-PL7 review to find out if it offers both substance and style...

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 is a tiny interchangeable lens camera complete with an electronic viewfinder and a flash hotshoe. Can the Panasonic GM5 challenge the likes of the Samsung NX Mini and the Sony A5100? Read our full Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 review, complete with full-size JPEG and RAW sample images to find out...

Panasonic Lumix GF7

The Panasonic Lumix GF7 is a new entry-level compact system camera that focuses on taking better "selfies". The tiny GF7 has a range of selfie modes, a 180-degree tilting LCD screen, built-in wireless and NFC connectivity, a 16 megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor, 1080p HD video, and a touchscreen interface. Read our Panasonic Lumix GF7 review, complete with full-size JPEG and RAW sample images...

Samsung NX mini

The NX mini is the new entry level model in Samsung's compact system camera range. The tiny Samsung NX mini features a a 1-inch CMOS sensor with 20.5 megapixels, 3-inch swivelling touchscreen, 1080p video recording at 30fps, built-in wi-fi and NFC connectivity, and 6fps burst shooting. Read our in-depth Samsung NX mini review to find out if it's worth upgrading from your cameraphone...

Samsung NX3000

The Samsung NX3000 is a well-appointed new entry-level compact system camera. Featuring a 20 megapixel APS-C sensor, full 1080p video, ISO 100-25,600, a 3 flip-up screen, 5fps continuous shooting and Wi-fi / NFC connectivity, all for just £350 / $529, is this the best budget mirrorless camera? Read our Samsung NX3000 review to find out...

Sony A5100

The Sony A5100 is an exciting new mid-range compact system camera. The Sony A5100 certainly packs quite a punch, featuring a 24 megapixel APS-C sensor, Fast Hybrid AF system, 1080p HD movies with XAVC S support, 3 inch tilting touch-screen, 6fps burst shooting, built-in wif-fi/NFC connectivity, and a pop-up flash. Read our in-depth Sony A5100 review, complete with sample JPEGs, RAW files and movies...

Review Roundup

Reviews of the Pentax QS-1 from around the web.

digitalversus.com »

Three years ago, the Pentax Q rocked the mirrorless interchangeable-lens world with its tiny body, made possible thanks to a smaller 1/2.3" image sensor. Since then, innovations have been few and far between—there was just the Q7's 1/1.7" sensor, which wasn't exactly enough to change the scene. Now a reinvigorated Pentax has returned with the Q-S1.
Read the full review »

Specifications

Type
Camera Type Lens-interchangeable SL digital-still camera
Sensor
Type CMOS sensor, with primary colour filter
Size 1/1.7-inch
Total Pixels Approx. 12.76 megapixels
Effective Pixels Approx. 12.4 megapixels
Still File formats:

 

RAW (DNG), JPEG (Exif 2.3), DCF2.0 compliant RAW and JPEG simultaneously recordable

 

Recorded Pixels

JPEG
[4:3]L:12M(4000x3000),M:7M(3072x2304),S:3M(1920x1440)
[3:2]L:10M(4000x2664),M:6M(3072x2048),S:2M(1920x1280)
[16:9]L:9M(4000x2248),M:5M(3072x1728),S:2M(1920x1080)
[1:1]L:9M(2992x2992),M:5M(2304x2304),2M(1440x1440)

RAW
[4:3]12M(4000x3000)


Quality level:

RAW (12bit): DNG, JPEG:  ★★★ (best), ★★ (better),  ★ (good)

Colour Depth sRGB, Adobe RGB
Sensitivity

AUTO: ISO 100 to 12800 (1/3 EV steps),

Bulb mode: up to ISO 1600

Shake Reduction
Sensor shift Shake reduction
Sensor Cleaning Image sensor cleaning using ultrasonic vibrations ‘DRII’
Lens
Mount PENTAX bayonet Q-mount
Compatible Lens: Q-mount lenses
Focusing System
Type Contrast detection AF
Functions

Focus Method: AF/MF switching

Autofocus method: Face Detection, Tracking, Multi-point Auto, Select, Spot

Focus Peaking: OFF/ON

Applicable Illumination Range Brightness range: EV1 to 18 (ISO125)
AF assist

AF Assist Light: Dedicated LED AF assist light

Assist: OFF/ x2/ x4

Screen
Type

Type: TFT color LCD monitor, wide-angle viewing,

Size: 3.0 inches

Adjustments: Brightness and colors adjustable

Display: Field of View: approx. 100%, Electronic Level, Grid display (4x4 Grid, Golden Section, Scale display), Bright area warning, Histogram

 

Resolution Approx. 460.000 dots
Shutter
Speed

Lens shutter: 1/2000 - 30 seconds (1/3EV step, 1/8000 - 30 seconds when Electronic Shutter setting is enabled), Bulb

*Shooting at 1/8000 - 2 seconds with Electronic Shutter and Bulb shooting

Exposure system
Metering TTL image sensor metering, segment metering, centerweighted metering, and spot metering

 

Exposure Modes Auto Picture mode : Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Macro, 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, HDR*, Quick Macro*, Food, Pet, Kids, Surf&Snow, Backlight
Silhouette, Candlelight, Stage Lighting, Museum

 

Program Auto Exposure, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual Exposure, Bulb, Blur Control* (*JPEG Only)

 

ND Filter: Off/On *Not available when using a lens that has no lens shutter.

 

Auto Exposure Lock Can be assigned to the green/delete button from the menu. Continuous as long as the shutter release button is pressed halfway.

 

Compensation Exposure compensation: EV1 - 17 (ISO 100, F1.9 lens), +2EV using the Electronic Shutter setting or using the ND filter

 

EV Compensation: ± 3EV (1/3EV step)

 

Flash
Type

Built-in retractable P-TTL flash

Guide Number approx. 4.9 (ISO 100/m) / approx.7 (ISO 200/m)
Modes Sync Speed P-TTL, Red-eye Reduction, Slow-speed Sync, Trailing Curtain Sync
Angle of View Coverage Wide-angle lens, equivalent to 28mm in 35mm format
Exposure Compensation  -2.0 to + 1.0 EV
Exposure Parameters
Modes

Drive Modes

Mode Selection: Single frame, Continuous (Hi, Lo), Self-timer (12s, 2s), Remote Control (0 sec., 3 sec., continuous), Exposure Bracketing (3 frames, remote control), Multiexposure (0 sec., Self-time, remote control), Interval Shooting

 

Continuous Shooting: Approx. 5 fps, JPEG (12M / ★★★ / Continuous Hi): up to 5 frames, Approx. 1.5 fps, JPEG (12M / ★★★ / Continuous Lo): up to 100 frames

 

Capture Functions

 

Custom Image: Bright, Natural, Portrait, Landscape, Vibrant, Radiant, Muted, Bleach Bypass, Reversal Film, Monochrome, Cross Processing

Noise Reduction: High-ISO NR

Dynamic Range Setting: Highlight Correction, Shadow Correction

Lens Correction: Distortion Correction

HDR Capture: Auto, HDR 1, HDR 2

Multi-exposure: Number of shots: 2-9, Exposure adjusted automatically

Interval Shooting: Shooting interval: 3 sec. to 24 hr., Start Interval setting: immediately from the set time, Number of shots: up to 999 images

Smart Effect: Brilliant Color, Unicolor Bold, Vintage Color, Antique, Warm Fade, Tone Expansion, Bold Monochrome, Faded color, Vibrant Color Enhance, USER 1 to 3

White Balance Auto: TTL by CMOS image sensor

 

Preset: Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Fluorescent Light (D:Daylight Color, N:Daylight White, W:Cool White, L:Warm White), Tungsten, Flash, CTE, Manual

 

Manual: Configuration using the display screen (up to 3 settings can be saved), Copying the white balance setting of a captured image

 

Fine Adjustment: Adjustable ±7 steps on A-B axis or G-M axis

 

Digital Filter Toy Camera, High Contrast, Shading, Slim, HDR, Invert Color, Extract Color, Color, Water Color, Posterization, Fish-eye

 

Movie
Recording

File format: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264

Recorded Pixels: 

HD(1920x1080, 16:9, 30/25/24fps), HD(1280x720, 16:9, 30/25/24fps),
VGA(640x480, 4:3, 30fps/25fps/24fps)

Sound: Built-in monaural microphone

Recording time: Up to 25 minutes; automatically stops recording if the internal temperature of the camera becomes high

Custom Image: Bright, Natural, Portrait, Landscape, Vibrant, Radiant, Muted, Bleach Bypass, Reversal Film, Monochrome, Cross Processing

Digital Filter: Toy Camera, High Contrast, Shading, Tone Expansion, Invert Color, Extract Color, Unicolor Bold, Water Color, Posterization, Slim, Fish-eye

Interval Movie:

Recording interval: 3, 5, 10, or 30 sec., 1, 5, 10, or 30 min., 1 hr.,
Recording time: 12 sec. to 99 hr.
Start Interval setting: immediately, from the set time

Continuous AF during movie recording: ON/OFF • 06Lens of High-performance Lens Series are not supported

Playback
Digital Filter Base Parameter Adjustment, Toy Camera, High Contrast, Shading, Tone Expansion, Invert Color, Extract Color, Unicolor Bold, Water Color, Posterization, Slim, Fish-eye, Retro, Soft, Sketch Filter, Miniature, Soft, Starburst

 

Options Playback View: Single frame, multi-image display (4, 9, 30, 56 segmentation), display magnifycation (up to 16x, scrolling and quick magnification available), rotating, histogram (Y histogram, RGB histogram), bright area warning, detailed inf, folder display, Date display, Slideshow

 

Delete: Delete single image, delete all images, select & delete, delete folder, delete instant review image

 

RAW Development: File Format (JPEG), Aspect Ratio, Color Space, Custom Image, White Balance, Sensitivity, High-ISO NR, Shadow Correction, Distortion Correction

 

Edit: Resize, Cropping (aspect ratio adjustment available), Index, Movie Editing (divide or delete selected frames), Capturing a JPEG still picture from a movie, Red-eye Edit, Saving buffer as a RAW file

 

Storage
External

Storage medium: SD, SDHC and SDXC Memory card and Eye-Fi Card

File Name

Storage folder: Date (100_1018, 100_1019….)/PENTX (100 PENTX, 101 PENTX…)

Special Features
Features Custom functions: 16 items

 

Mode memory: 10 items

 

Button/Dial Customization: Green/Delete button (Green button, Preview, One Push File format, AE Lock, Enable AF), Quick dial (Smart effect, Custom Image, Digital Filter, Aspect Ratio)

 

World time: World time settings for 75 cities (28 time zones)

 

Language Japanese, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Greece, Russian, Korean, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified)

 

Interface
Interface

Connection Port: USB 2.0 (high-speed compatible)
AV output terminal, HDMI output terminal (Type D)

USB Connection: MSC/PTP

Video Output Format: NTSC/PA L

Power
Source Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery D-LI68
AC Adapter: AC Adapter Kit K-AC115 (optional)
 
Performance Battery Life: Number of recordable images : approx. 250 images (with 50% flash usage), approx. 260 images (without flash usage)

 

Playback time : approx. 160 min. 

 

*using a new lithium-ion battery under the temperature at 23°C, tested in compliance with CIPA standard.

 

Dimensions
Height 58mm
Width 105mm
Depth 34mm
Weight

200g (loaded with battery and SD card), 183g (body only)

Accessories
Included Software Digital Camera Utility 5
Kit Content

USB Cable I-USB7
Strap O-ST131
Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery
D-LI68, Battery Charger D-BC68P
Software (CDROM) S-SW133
Hot shoe cover FK
Body mount cove

Optional

PENTAX 01 Standard PRIME 8.5mm F1.9 AL [IF]
PENTAX 02 Standard ZOOM 5-15mm F2.8-4.5
PENTAX 03 Fish-Eye 3.2mm F5.6
PENTAX 04 Toy Lens Wide 6.3mm F7.1
PENTAX 05 Toy Lens Telephoto 18mm F8
PENTAX 06 Telephoto Zoom 15-45mm F2.8
PENTAX 07 Mount Shield Lens
PENTAX 08 Wide Zoom 3.8-5.9mm F3.7-4
Adapter Q for K-mount Lenses 

Rechargeable battery lithium-Ion D-LI68 39063
Battery charger K-BC115E 38959
AC Adapter K-AC115E 38945
D-DC Coupler D-DC115 39696
AV Cable I-AVC7 39552
USB Cable I-USB7 39551
Micro-HDMI cable 39550
Remote Control F 37377
Remote Control O-RC1 39892
External viewfinder O-VF1 31067
100FL Filter 35654
Multibag grey 50263
Multibag white 50264
Small neoprene case 50258
Large neoprene case 50259

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