Pentax

Others, including Pentax, have sat on the sidelines, waiting for market adoption. Having a DSLR with in-body image stabilization is really a rarity, but not only could it be here, we discovered that it works effectively. The weather sealing and build quality imply that we wouldn’t have a coronary attack if we left it on a tripod in the rain, and the images produced are pretty dang flawless. We would take that as an indicator of the company’s dedication to its traditional stills clientele.

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• It costs around some cameras with full-frame sensors, around $2,000, but long-time Pentaxians finally get access to a camera that goes toe-to-toe with bigger brands for photographing subjects in motion.

But Pentax devotees had to hold back patiently for an electronic model with a full-frame sensor, one with exactly the same physical dimensions as film, but it eventually arrived. The first-gen K-1 is not any longer in production, nevertheless, you can get its very similar sequel, the K-1 Mark II, today. In the digital world Pentax SLRs set themselves in addition to the competition by focusing on build quality instead of bells and whistles. Even the budget-friendlyK-70has a glass pentaprism viewfinder, a stabilized image sensor, and extensive weather sealing—features that are only available in bodies priced over $1,000 with other systems. In 1919, Pentax pioneered the field of Slr lenses with high-quality and innovative products.

The Pentax Imaging Systems Division was spun out as a new company and its own shares transferred to Ricoh on 1 October. The deal also included the Pentax camera manufacturing subsidiary in Vietnam.

Today, Pentax is taking its innovation to new heights with the introduction of a series of skillfully crafted optical lenses. Pentax’s flagship enthusiast DSLR may not differ radically from its predecessor, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The Pentax K-5 II replaces a camera that has been very well-received, and makes an advisable improvement in low-light autofocus. Unfortunately, the movie mode continues to be very dated, and the brand new autofocus system is a little slower compared to the one it replaces. Still, the K-5 II packs in a lot of features right into a solid, weather-sealed, and very customizable body. Subsequently, Hoya has sold the Pentax camera division to Ricoh on 1 July 2011.