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The Pentax K-1 Full Frame DSLR Finally Becomes Official

Chris Gampat
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02/17/2016
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Last Updated on 02/17/2016 by Chris Gampat

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Pentax/Ricoh just announced a whole slew of products that folks have surely been waiting for for years. The big one is the new Pentax K-1 full frame DSLR. Retailing for $1799.95, this camera sports a 36.4MP full frame sensor at the heart, can each ISO 204,800, have five axis shake reduction, is capable of shooting at 4.4 fps, has 33 AF points, build in GPS, Wifi/Geolocation capabilities, and is fully weather sealed. More specs are after the jump.

They’re also announcing the new Pentax D HD FA 15-30mm f/2.8 ED SDM WR Lens and the Pentax D HD FA 28-105mm f/3.5-5.6 ED DC WR Lens.

 

KEY FEATURES:
• 36.4 effective MP, AA Filterless Full Frame CMOS sensor
• Newly Designed Prime IV Engine
• High Sensitivity 204,800 ISO
• SRII five-axis Shake Reduction System
• Pixel Shift Resolution System with motion correction function
• Continuous shooting at 4.4fps
• Selectable Anti-Aliasing Filter Effect
• 33 Point Auto-Focus System
• SAFOX 12 Autofocus Module
• Pentaprism Optical Viewfinder with 100% FOV
• 4-point LED Illumination of critical camera functions
• 3.2-inch Cross-Tilt LCD display
• APS-C Crop Mode for maximum lens flexibility and compatibility
• Built-in GPS and ASTRO TRACER Functions
• Built-in Electronic Compass
• Wi-Fi Camera Control and Image Transfer
• Professional H.264 Full HD video
• Dual SD card slots
• Fully weather sealed
• HDMI port

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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.