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Pentax K-5 Looking Like Quite The Spartan

Chris Gampat
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09/10/2010
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Last Updated on 07/28/2011 by Chris Gampat

Photo Rumors via Lenstip got their hands on images of and the specs on the rumored Pentax K-5 specs. So how is it? Well, this camera seems like one of Pentax’s most aggressive pushes yet and will be targeted directly towards the D300s and 7D. The most prominent specs are after the jump.

• $1,699 US Body Only

• Magnesium body with plastic and rubber exterior, 80 weather seals.

• 16.2mp Sony EXEMOR Sensor

• 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor

• Complete new AF system superior algorithms.

• 18-point wide autofocus system (SAFOX IX+)

• ISO standard : 200-12800

• AVi (Motion JPEG)

• 1920 x 1080 25p, 30p

• 1280×720 25p, 30p

• External stereo mic jack.

• Hybrid VF utilizing translucent LCD to display focus points and framing grid.

• Hot shoe, sync-speed: 1/180 sec. (will have 1/250 available with new flashes to be released First half 2011)

• Wireless-sync with PENTAX dedicated flash and IrSimple.

• Hi speed: 8fps

• Dual SD or SDHC card

Now, if this is the same sensor in the A55 or A560 then it may be quite the competitor. Let’s hope that the rumors are true and that this actually does see the light of day. If it does:

– The Pentax K5 will have more megapixels and higher ISO range than the D300s

– The movie modes will be in-between the 7D and D300s

– It will be the only one of the three models with image stabilization built in

– It will be the best weather-sealed camera of the three

– It will have the least AF points of all the models

This is going to be an exciting time. Let’s see what happens!

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.