The new Ricoh Pentax KP is the follow-up to the K-3 arrangement, and incorporates a large number of the exceptional reduced's propelled highlights while joining numerous new ones as a feature of the camera's inner re-plan. The Pentax KP APS-C DSLR has another 24-megapixel CMOS sensor, in addition to five-hub Shake Reduction II—the principal Pentax APS-C body to incorporate the element—which makes up for camera shake up to 5 stages.
The thin and minimal KP is weatherproof and convenient, with a gigantic ISO affectability to 819200 and an electronic screen that empowers live view for rapid photography up to 1/24,000 sec. Among the rundown of elements are a vertical-tilt LCD screen for high-and low-edge photography, an AA (hostile to associating) channel test system and Full HD motion picture recording. What's more, to modify a picture taker's shooting style or focal point decision in any given circumstance, there's another tradable grasp framework.
These are among the many elements that make the Pentax KP an adaptable camera worked for the outside and an assortment of shooting conditions, from road photography and scenes to low-light shooting and night photography.
Beneficiary to K-3 legacy, Slim-Body Camera Incorporates New Features and Controls Optimized to Deliver Outstanding Images, Even in the Most Challenging Conditions
The thin and minimal KP is weatherproof and convenient, with a gigantic ISO affectability to 819200 and an electronic screen that empowers live view for rapid photography up to 1/24,000 sec. Among the rundown of elements are a vertical-tilt LCD screen for high-and low-edge photography, an AA (hostile to associating) channel test system and Full HD motion picture recording. What's more, to modify a picture taker's shooting style or focal point decision in any given circumstance, there's another tradable grasp framework.
These are among the many elements that make the Pentax KP an adaptable camera worked for the outside and an assortment of shooting conditions, from road photography and scenes to low-light shooting and night photography.
Beneficiary to K-3 legacy, Slim-Body Camera Incorporates New Features and Controls Optimized to Deliver Outstanding Images, Even in the Most Challenging Conditions
To start with PENTAX APS-C Camera to offer Shake Reduction II
WEST CALDWELL, NJ, January 25, 2017—Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation today reported the PENTAX KP, a ultra-minimal and profoundly versatile DSLR with components and controls that encourage catching remarkable pictures, even in the most requesting conditions. The PENTAX KP packs a considerable lot of the propelled abilities of the honor winning PENTAX K-3 arrangement into an advanced, thin body outline that fits applications from easygoing previews to genuine open air photography while mountain climbing or trekking. The PENTAX KP likewise includes another era of advancements including another, exceedingly touchy APS-C CMOS sensor and is the principal PENTAX APS-C camera to join Shake Reduction II (SR II), which highlights a five-hub system to make up for camera shake up to 5 stages.
The new 24-megapixel CMOS sensor empowers shooting in to a great degree low-light conditions, with affectability to ISO 819200, making the camera perfect for night photography. The PENTAX KP includes an electronic screen choice in live-view to empower rapid shooting up to 1/24,000-second, which extraordinarily widens shooting capacities when utilizing expansive opening focal points to accomplish a shallow profundity of field on a splendid sunny day.
The PENTAX KP's smaller body is the consequence of an entire inward re-outline to create a progressed DSLR camera with a to a great degree thin profile for ideal solace and taking care of. The KP's tough outside is dustproof and climate fixed to empower use in the most difficult open air conditions. The camera will perform in temperatures as low as 14 degrees F (- 10 degrees C).
The PENTAX KP fuses extra propelled advancements and usability includes that have for some time been the sign of PENTAX cameras and empower them to be utilized easily and dependably in an extensive variety of conditions.
These include:
• 5-Axis Shake Reduction System: The PENTAX KP is the primary PENTAX APS-C DSLR to offer the new era SR II framework, which utilizes a five-pivot component to make up for camera shake brought on by level and vertical move (regularly produced in full scale photography), move (hard to deal with by focal point introduced shake diminishment instruments), and in addition pitch and yaw. The SR II unit is controlled with awesome exactness when the camera's energy is turned on, giving a wide pay run—as much as five shade ventures—to additionally extend the breaking points of handheld shooting. With the expansion of a discretionary embellishment GPS module (O-GPS1 GPS unit), the PENTAX KP, rearranges astro-photography, making it conceivable to record stars as purposes of light as opposed to star trails amid amazingly long exposures.
• Pixel Shift Resolution: This acclaimed PENTAX innovation empowers creating shading precise still-life subjects with the most astounding settling power. The innovation utilizes the KP's in-body Shake Reduction System to move the picture sensor in single-pixel augmentations, to catch four separate pictures that are in this manner consolidated into a solitary, top notch picture.
• A vertical-tilt LCD screen that encourages high-and low-point shooting.
• A hold substitution framework that gives picture takers a chance to pick their inclination of grasp in view of shooting style or focal point decision. Notwithstanding the standard grasp that accompanies the PENTAX KP, frill holds incorporate medium (M) and substantial (L) grasps (these will come bundled with KP bodies sold in North America), and additionally the discretionary D-BG7 Battery Grip.
• Control boards, catch settings and dial controls that can all be tweaked, in view of a client's inclination.
"We outlined the PENTAX KP to interest the world's most observing outside picture takers, who will value its rich and capable list of capabilities and rough, minimized plan, regardless of whether they are shooting a scene on a trek in Patagonia or catching a shroud," said Kaz Eguchi, president, Ricoh Imaging Americas. "From Pixel Shift Resolution to our new era of Shake Reduction, PENTAX gladly keeps on driving the path in picture taker well disposed development."
| Pricing and Availability |
The PENTAX KP camera will be accessible on February 25 at a recommended list cost of $1,099.95 at www.us.ricoh-imaging.com and additionally at Ricoh Imaging-approved retail outlets all through North America.
| About Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation|
Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation is a backup of Ricoh Company Ltd., a worldwide innovation organization work in office imaging hardware, generation print arrangements, record administration frameworks and IT administrations. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group works in around 200 nations and regions. The organization now known as Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation was initially established in 1919, under the name Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co. what's more, propelled its first SLR camera in the 1950s under the PENTAX name. Today, Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation keeps on delivering the legacy rich, grant winning line of PENTAX DSLR cameras, focal points and game optics hardware and in addition Ricoh's putting forth of sharp and reduced computerized cameras, known for their boundless, rich arrangement of features. For additional data, please visit www.ricohimaging.com
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Principle Features
1．Super-high-determination pictures guaranteed by roughly 24.32 successful megapixels and super-high-affectability photography at a top affectability of ISO 819200
The PENTAX KP highlights another era APS-C-sized CMOS picture sensor with around 24.32 successful megapixels to deliver super-high-determination pictures. By coupling this sensor with an AA-channel free optical plan, it upgrades the picture sensor's imaging energy to convey all around characterized pictures with consistent with life multiplication of degree and surface. Because of the blend of the PRIME IV imaging motor and a best in class quickening agent unit, it guarantees reliable, fast operation and profoundly compelling clamor decrease to enhance both picture determination and super-high-affectability execution. As the outcome, it permits the picture taker to handhold it in preview photography of night scenes at the super-high affectability of ISO 819200.
2．Compact, convenient body ideal for depictions, with a climate safe structure for brutal open air shooting
After an exhaustive audit of the camera's inner structure, PENTAX outlined a totally new body that was significantly more conservative and thin than existing models to advance the PENTAX KP's execution, operability and transportability. At the point when consolidated with a smaller, lightweight PENTAX-DA-arrangement focal point, it can be conveyed easily and easily for an extensive variety of utilizations, from easygoing previews to genuine open air photography while mountain climbing or trekking. Its front, back and base outside boards are altogether made of solid, lightweight magnesium compound. With 67 fixing parts connected over the body, it gives a dustproof, climate safe structure, with remarkable icy evidence execution at temperatures down to - 10°C. On account of these elements, the PENTAX KP performs greatly and constantly even in such requesting settings as in the rain or at areas inclined to clean and solidifying temperatures.
3．A scope of customization elements, including an interchangeable hold
The PENTAX KP gives a hold substitution framework to simple, speedy change of a grasp to oblige the picture taker's shooting style or a mounted focal point. Notwithstanding the standard Grip S, it offers a decision of two substitution holds (Grip M and Grip L). It likewise gives an assortment of customization capacities to improve and upgrade camera operation, including Smart Function for expedient determination and simple setting of wanted camera capacities utilizing the Fx (Function) and setting dials; and control board customization to change the board's design to suit the picture taker's inclination.
4．PENTAX-unique SR II five-pivot shake-decrease framework including the Pixel Shift Resolution System
(1) In-body SR system
On account of the implicit SR II shake-lessening system, the PENTAX KP viably limits camera shake and conveys sharp, obscure free pictures, even in camera-shake-inclined conditions, for example, when utilizing a zooming focal point, shooting low-light scenes without glimmer brightening, or capturing nightfall scenes. Notwithstanding more basic camera shake brought on by pitch and yaw, this five-pivot instrument likewise adjusts for camera shake created by even and vertical move (frequently produced in full scale photography) and camera shake brought on by roll. It guarantees a remuneration impact of roughly f
