{"id":4425,"date":"2009-09-16T23:52:17","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T21:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ylovephoto.com\/en\/?p=4425"},"modified":"2009-09-17T00:19:24","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T22:19:24","slug":"pentax-k-x-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/2009\/09\/16\/pentax-k-x-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentax K-X, tomorrow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Photo-rumors, Pentax is going to announce tomorrow a new SLR photo camera named <strong><a href=\"\/en\/slr\/pentax-k-x\/\">Pentax K-X<\/a><\/strong>. Its most prominent features are going to be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12.4 MP CMOS APS-C sensor (Aspect Ratio 3:2)<\/li>\n<li>Sensitivity: ISO 100-6400 (exp. 12800 ISO)<\/li>\n<li>Shutter speed: 30s &#8211; 1\/6000s, Flash Sync at 1\/180s<\/li>\n<li>Live View mode with options: Contrast Detection AF with face recognition option<\/li>\n<li>Movie\/Video capture with Mono-Audio recording (with built-in microphone),<\/li>\n<li>Supported video modes: 1280 x 720 Pixels (16:9 Standard High Definition), 640 x 416 (3:1.95), all modes at 24 frames per second<\/li>\n<li>Rear LCD screen: 2.7&#8243; LCD, 230,000 colour dots<\/li>\n<li>Metering System: 16-segment<\/li>\n<li>AF System: SAFOX VIII AF System (11-Point, 9 Crossed)<\/li>\n<li>Focusing modes: AF-S, AF-C, AF-auto, MF; Via dedicated focusing mode selector level<\/li>\n<li>Dedicated AF button<\/li>\n<li>Built-in Flash: Auto-Manual pop-up, GN12 @ ISO 100<\/li>\n<li>Shake Reduction: in-body, by sensor displacement<\/li>\n<li>HDR (High Dynamic Range) mode (One composite image from 3 exposure-bracketed images)<\/li>\n<li>IR Remote Control, with front receiver<\/li>\n<li>Lenses: Pentax KAF2 compatible (K-mount, support AF KAF and SDM KAF2\/KAF3 lenses)<\/li>\n<li>Viewfinder: Glass pentamirror, with 96% image coverage, 0.85x magnification<\/li>\n<li>Battery: compatible with AA batteries and AA-type recarcheable NiMH and alcaline batteries<\/li>\n<li>Storage Media: SD and SDHC cards<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions: 130.5(W) x 96.5(H) x 72.5(D) mm (5.1 x 3.8 x 2.9 inches)<\/li>\n<li>Weight: 516g (18.2 oz.), Body Only (without battery and SD card)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4434\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/k-rumors.com\/new-pentax-k-x-coming-out-tomorrow\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/pentax-k-x.JPG\" alt=\"Pentax K-X\" title=\"pentax-k-x\" width=\"600\" height=\"492\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4434\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pentax K-X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This makes it a quite nice little buddy. It seems that Pentax is aiming at a low cost (e.g. plastics rather than magnesium alloy, only 2.7&#8243; LCD), but the photo features are going to be real fine: fast shutter, top sensitivity (up to 12800 ISO), top-of-the-line AF system.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/en\/slr\/pentax-k-x\/\">Pentax K-X<\/a> camera should appeal to those who are not ready to compromise on the photo quality but have a tight budget. In these back-to-school times of recession-frozen salaries, it should be stealing a lot of attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Photo-rumors, Pentax is going to announce tomorrow a new SLR photo camera named Pentax K-X. Its most prominent features are going to be: 12.4 MP CMOS APS-C sensor (Aspect Ratio 3:2) Sensitivity: ISO 100-6400 (exp. 12800 ISO) Shutter speed: 30s &#8211; 1\/6000s, Flash Sync at 1\/180s Live View mode with options: Contrast Detection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[650,95],"class_list":["post-4425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pentax-k-x","tag-pentax","tag-rumour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}