It also offers a range of customisation features, such as a grip replacement system to personalize and accommodate the photographer’s shooting style or mounted lens. The PENTAX KP is designed to be highly dependable in the harsh environmental conditions found in outdoor photography, as it incorporates reliable features such as a dustproof, weather-resistant construction and cold-proof performance down to temperatures as low as -10☌. It also incorporates other advanced features including a five-axis shaken reduction system, which provides a compensation effect of five shutter steps. The newly designed mechanism inside its compact, slim body features a new-generation CMOS image sensor and a high-performance imaging engine to deliver extremely high-resolution, rich-gradation images using its 24.32 effective megapixels. The PENTAX KP is a high-performance, high-resolution camera which extends the scope of digital SLR photography to encompass everyday images to those achieved in challenging photographic situations.
In a compact, portable body designed for daily use, this high-end model provides a full range of specifications as well as an assortment of customisation features to help the photographer produce outstanding imagery and accommodate their specific photographic requirements. is pleased to announce the launch of the PENTAX KP digital SLR camera. LONDON, 25th January 2017- RICOH IMAGING EUROPE S.A.S.
The new Pentax KP will go on sale at the end of February, priced at £1,099.99/$1,099.95.Ī high-end digital SLR camera, featuring a new APS-C-sized image sensor and super-high-sensitivity night-scene snapshot photography at ISO 819200 in a newly designed, compact body Additionally, the Pentax KP features the Pixel Shift Resolution System, a super-resolution technology which captures four images of the same scene by shifting the image sensor by a single pixel for each image, then synthesising them into a single composite image. Key highlights inlcude a new-generation APS-C-sized CMOS imager, a maximum sensitivity setting of ISO 819200, a mechanical shutter with a maximum shutter speed of 1/6000s, a 27-point AF system with 25 cross-type focus points, an electronic shutter with a top shutter speed of 1/24000s, a compact, retro-looking camera body, a tiltable 3" LCD screen with a resolution of 921K dots, and a pentaprism finder with ~100% frame coverage and 0.95x magnification. The Pentax KP is a new digital SLR camera with a high-sensitivity 24.32-megapixel sensor, integrated Wi-Fi, 7fps burst shooting and a 5-axis "Shake Reduction II" image stabilisation system.