Buy Pentax K20D
Steel chassis, body tropicalized, CMOS sensor from 14.6 megapixels, stabilizer, Live View function in many large and small news for the heir to the already interesting K10D …
Strong appreciation of the trade press (deserved) collected when K10D, Pentax continues in the hard march that would bring to compete with the two leading brands in the field of digital reflex, Canon and Nikon.
The new digital SLR Pentax K20D is not a machine designed for professionals who require maximum speed, aims, rather, to fotoamatori evolved. It offers a CMOS sensor from 14.6 megapixels, specially developed, in collaboration with Samsung, size 23.4 mm x 15.6 mm, an improved version of the system SR (Shake Reduction) image stabilization and a robust body of the machine tropicalized, that is well protected by infiltration of dust and rain. The chassis is stainless steel, there are 74 well-sealing gaskets in the body machine.
The shutter is guaranteed for 100,000 shots.
The attack in pentaprisma glass has a magnification 0.95xe coverage of 95%.
On the back of the car with diagonal LCD display of 2.7 inches and 230000 points. The viewing angle is 160 degrees horizontally and vertically (mint to use Live View function).
Sophisticated autofocus system SAFOX VIII to 11 points (9 of quail cross-type)
Processor image fast Pentax PRIME
Pentax claims to have worked around the structure of the sensor and control noise in photos.
The processor incorporates K20D Pentax PRIME (Pentax Real Image Engine) designed exclusively for digital SLR brand. Sounds image faithful to reality, with an optimum color reproduction. The presence of memory DDR2 (Double Data Rate 2) ensures both high speed processing is to transfer images.
Speed
In continuous shooting mode the Pentax K20D allows you to record 38 images in JPEG (or 14 or 16 RAW DNG) to a pace of 3 photos per second.
Custom Images
For photographers who choose K20D there is the possibility of choosing one of the six preset and manually adjust saturation, contrast, sharpness of images.
The Expanded Dynamic Range designed to increase the dynamic range of 1 EV in high lights maintaining proper contrast.
The machine returns and Sensitivity mode-Priority and Shutter / Aperture-Priority already seen on K10D.
Pentax SR (Shake Reduction)
Pentax promises a gain from 2.5 to 4 stop with the new system stabilization Pentax SR, a particularly useful when photographing in difficult light conditions or with a long canvas with the camera in his hand. The risk of returning home with some photos move is reduced a lot.
New feature Live View
The Pentax K20D offers a new version of the Live View, which allows you to use the LCD screen instead of the viewfinder and is particularly useful in situations of recovery (for example, when you take a level ground).
The new Live View provides a grid for composition and focusing precision with 4x and 8x zoom.
In Live View is also possible to control the effect of the stabilizer.
For the K20D Pentax has designed a new system for cleaning the sensor. The powder eventually deposited on the sensor is removed dale vibration system and SR collection on a sticky surface so that no returns on CMOS.
The Dust Alert photographer to show the exact point where it was deposited dust.
New and more powerful battery rechargeable lithium ion D-LI50, with a ‘declared autonomy of approximately 740 images.
The memory slot accepts SD / SDHC.
New syncro also for the flash.
Among the options’ grip additional D-BG2.
Software
Pentax PHOTO Laboratory 3 for conversion of photos in RAW, Pentax PHOTO Browser 3 and Pentax REMOTE Assistant 3.
The Pentax K20D arrive in April with a price on the American market, 1299 dollars.