Today I bring you a very appropriate camera for travel and adventure. We left behind the most followed brands to introduce you to this Pentax KP with excellent value for money and that offers features that some of the most famous brand cameras would like. It is a medium-high range SLR, small and light but really a bully. If we add its strong construction and sealing, it becomes an ideal camera to live the craziest adventures.
Photographing in the rain? Do you want to practice photography with your favorite extreme sport? Desert rallies? Any of these ideas are possible with this camera. And many more. Let's see it in depth.
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TO WHOM?
As I told you at the beginning, it is a camera designed to be used in adverse weather conditions, to fight it, to carry it in your backpack during your trips or to practice extreme sports while you enjoy photography. Its features make it a medium-high range camera.
It is not the most recommended for beginners. Its price does not make it attractive to see if photography is the hobby that runs through your veins and you would have many of the benefits it offers.
Yes, it is a camera indicated for those who plan to take photographs in dimly lit environments. We will see the reason for all this throughout the article ? .
CHARACTERISTICS
It is a small, lightweight camera, but of solid and sealed construction, with a tilt and touch screen, with good dynamic range, an exposure dial with five customizable functions and a very effective focusing system. On top of all this, it works quite well at high ISO values. This is a brief summary of all the features that I present below:
- 24 MP APS-C CMOS sensor
- ISO: 100 – 819200. Obviously this maximum value is nonsense and you are not going to use it or expect very decent results with it. But it is fair to say that it is a camera that works quite well with high ISO values, as I have told you. What makes it ideal for working with it in low light situations.
- 5-axis stabilizer that compensates up to 5 steps. This is also another good news for working in low-light situations, as this stabilizer allows you to work at slower speeds than you normally would.
- Pentaprism viewfinder: 100% coverage.
- 3-inch LCD screen: folding, although it misses a little more versatility in the angles and the thick frame that has been placed to protect the screen is a bit unsightly.
- SAFOX 11 focusing system, 27 points (25 cross points in the center). Translated, it is an efficient, fast and precise focusing system, at least with the viewfinder, when we talk about screen preview this efficiency drops a bit. It's also more responsive than other cameras in low-light situations.
- Built-in retractable flash .
- Electronic shutter that allows speeds up to 1/24000.
- Bracketing for Depth of Field, Scene and metering.
- Multi Exposure mode.
- Continuous Shooting: up to 7 fps.
- Function Dial with 6 functions (3 individual Customizable Functions, 3 options, 3 Function Buttons and 5 Users with presets).
- Filters capture and postprocessing.
- RAW development also from the camera.
- Compatible with PENTAX lenses (A- and M-Series with limitations).
- Sealed: protected against dust and water, and resistant up to -10°. With 67 sealing points.
- Very effective sensor cleaning system .
- Wifi.
- Video: Full HD (1920×1080, 60i/50i/30p/25p/24p) – HD (1280×720, 60p/50p/30p/25p/24p).
- Price (body): N/A
DESIGN
Its design is compact and slim. It is a small camera in the hands and to adapt to a larger number of audiences, it presents the option of changing the grips. There are three possibilities.
The construction is solid, the body is magnesium alloy and it is sealed at 67 points. That is why it is ideal to battle with it without fear of splashes, dust, etc. And it works well up to temperatures of -10º C.
And, although I find it prettier this way, you may not like the design that combines black and silver, so you can opt for the entire body in black:
PRESENTATION VIDEO
This is how the brand wants you to know it ?
To see more images taken with this camera you can click here.
CONCLUSIONS
As I told you in the title, it seems to me an ideal camera for those who leave their comfort zone every day, for those who do not want to fear the rain or other inclement weather and who want to take their camera always and anywhere, to those at night and for those who practice extreme sports, who need a sealed body, shoot at fast speeds to freeze movement even if there is not much light and precise focus.
If you identify with any of this, this is your camera ;).
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