A while ago, we reviewed Pentax’s K-30 and awarded it an Editor’s Choice for Entry Level DSLR. And while the camera only came in a select few colors before, Pentax is letting you match it with your favorite outfit now–we’re vouching for the yellow to match you’re raincoat since the camera can survive being run under a sink. The company is giving consumers nine new colors and three new finishes, including shiny, crystal, and matte. Depending on your current mainstay in your closet, you can choose from Crystal Black, Crystal Bordeaux, Crystal Green, Crystal Red, Crystal Silver, Crystal Yellow, Crystal Orange, Silky Blue, Silky Bordeaux, Silky Green, Silky Red, Silky Silver, Silky White, Silky Yellow and Silky Orange.
The color options are available now for pre-order and cost $799 with the 18-55mm WR kit lens. Kai from Digital Rev may be a tad disappointed that there is no pink option.
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Over at the Pentax meeting room at CES 2013, the company has proudly displayed all their new Q10 cameras. Pretty cool, huh?
Sexy, isn’t it? That’s Pentax’s new MX-1 camera that looks almost like a rangefinder but not really. As far as specs go, the camera has an f1.8-f2.5 lens (4x, 28mm-112mm) in front of an 12MP BSM 1/1.7 inch sensor: which for many of us can be a let down despite the snazzy looks. Plus, it shoots RAW; so it has a bit of a saving grace with that.
Interestingly, the camera is made of brass: something that doesn’t seem to be done or really mentioned/marketed often. Plus, the back sports a 3 inch 921K dot LCD screen. It will launch for $499.99 in February; which in today’s world seems a bit high for a small sensor point and shoot.
That’s not all the news from Pentax out of CES 2013 today though. Hit the jump and taste the rainbow.
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Just in time for Photokina 2012, Fujifilm is announcing their latest additions to the Instax lineup of cameras that shoot instant film. The new Mini 8 cameras still will come in mint, yellow, black, white and pink. According to the company, they will sport a slimmer profile and a better viewfinder, though other details aren’t there yet. The camera features all of the auto modes that were previously available as well as a new high key mode for a user to take brighter portraits.
The new cameras will be available in early 2013. No word on the price yet or just how large the positives will be, though we can assume they will be business card sized. Check out all the new cameras after the jump. We also reviewed the Mini 7s before if you’re curious.
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Cross Processing—it’s been all the rave for quite some time now and you’ve probably seen it all over the interwebs. Back in the film days, cross processing meant developing your film with the wrong chemicals in order to get some weird and kooky effects. In the digital age, it can be done with manipulation and understanding of color theory. Though I’m often one to go against trends myself, I’ve done this for wedding clients and they loved it. Since many readers of this site use Adobe Lightroom 3, I’m going to show you step by step and screenshot by screenshot just how to do this and without dropping hundreds of dollars on a Lomography camera and film. However, I’ll also tell you that if you haven’t tried the plastic cameras, you should do so at least once.
If you want to read more, you can read about processing the image in Photoshop Elements as well.
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There has been some debate, on this site and on others, about the Pentax K-5 and Nikon D7000. Both are new on the market, packed with their respective company’s hottest new features including 16+ CMOS sensors that deliver wide dynamic capture, great color, and smooth detail. Both have made favorable impressions with reviewers, including myself. To address some of the comments we’ve been getting regarding grain and image quality, as well as to satisfy my own curiosity, I decided to set up a little informal test up to push both cameras to the extremes of high ISO and noise and the results are pretty interesting.
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