RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: New K-5 Rumours with More Details

Friday, September 10, 2010

New K-5 Rumours with More Details

( Update: Leaked Photo Above @ LensTip.com )

Someone had some more details about the K-5 disclosed with something "emailed to him from a friend who works a camera store" (Original Post Here). So, here we go:-

• $1699 US Body Only
• $1999 AU Body Only

• Magnesium body with plastic and rubber exterior, 80 weather seals.
• Tempered glass top and rear LCD
• 16.2mp Sony EXEMOR Sensor • 23.6 x 15.8 mm CMOS sensor

• Dimensions 131 x 97 x 73mm
• Weight 770g

Focusing
• Complete new AF system superior algorithms.
• 18-point wide autofocus system (SAFOX IX+)
• AF-Single
• AF-Continuous
• 4 Custom AF-C modes, auto, action, portrait, night
• Manual focus

Sensitivity
• ISO standard : 200-12800
• Expanded ISO : 50 - 25,600

Movie mode
• AVi (Motion JPEG)
• 1920 x 1080 25p, 30p
• 1280x720 25p, 30p
• 640 x 480, 25p, 30p
• Av, Sv, Tv and M modes for video.
• External stereo mic jack.
• Movie processing including Custom Image, Cross Process and selected Digital Filters

Viewfinder
• penta-prism
• Hybrid VF utilizing translucent LCD to display focus points and framing grid.

Flash
• Angle of view coverage: 28mm wide-angle (35mm equivalent)
• Flash Exposure Compensation: -2 EV - +1EV (1/2EV steps)
• P-TTL (Is same P-ttl as in 645D)
• Hot shoe, sync-speed: 1/180 sec. (will have 1/250 available with new flashes to be released First half 2011)
• Wireless-sync with PENTAX dedicated flash and IrSimple.

Continuous shooting • Hi speed: 8fps

Connectivity • USB/Video
• USB 2.0
• HDMI

Storage
• Dual SD or SDHC card

Just believe it or not and we shall know soon.

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Moritz Schwertner · 757 weeks ago

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"• Hot shoe, sync-speed: 1/180 sec. (will have 1/250 available with new flashes to be released First half 2011)"

I am sold if this one is true! Also the IR compatiblity with IR Flashes as stated above and the ISO-50 capability is a clear winner!

Please, let all of this be true!!!

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Anu · 757 weeks ago

Why is ISO 50 good? Are you aware how the camera creates this ISO? First it overexposes the image by two stops (assuming ISO 200 is the natural ISO for this system) and then the software pulls the image down. Basicly you lose (almost - the extreme shadows are a little cleaner) two stops of dynamic range. It is absolutely useless for RAW-shooters, and even for JPGers something you should know the flaws of.

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Moritz Schwertner · 757 weeks ago

No, I never knew how it shoots that way. I assumed it would do like in the old film, like a REAL ISO-50. So, that's how a 5D Mark II takes ISO-50 shots aswell?

I really gotta digg deeper into that matter!

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Michael A. · 756 weeks ago

Anu is absolutely correct, most sensor's base ISO is 200 and everything else goes from there... That's why you have Standard (base) ISO sensitivity and Expanded.. Dig deeper Moritz, dig.. :o)

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Seraf · 757 weeks ago

Great model it would be if the specs are real. And for that specs i think that the retail price is quite good. Just wonder how the new SAFOX will perform in AF-C, in k7 it's nice but in k5 i expect to be very good to great.

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rhermans · 757 weeks ago

Starts to look better,

The things that really get my interrest

Complete new focus system

Hybrid VF
- with the focus points where they really are ?

Sensitivity
• ISO standard : 200-12800
• Expanded ISO : 50 - 25,600
- if its better than the k-x :)

Really hope they deliver

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Koshakas · 757 weeks ago

To be honest there is no single feature that could raise my interest in any dslr anymore :) waiting for more ILDC choises, no more "looing through the doorhole on a camera" features for me please. Never could see the additional info in the viewfinder.. they are just so inconvenient for me.. or my face

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gutta · 757 weeks ago

it's a K7 rebranded..

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Anu · 757 weeks ago

Well, the sensor alone is quite a bit better than that of K7, though the sensors of K7 and K20 are better than their reputation is, and the sensor is kind of important part of the camera. Other than that it seem like an evolution, not revolution. Too bad Pentax missed the mirrorless boat - they could still hop in by doing fully weather protected mirrorless series with every camera equipped with a VF. Too bad they won't be doing it as the limited resources are used to the medium format camera and the K-mount machines.

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Seraf · 757 weeks ago

And Nikon d300s is a completlly new concept

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Michael A. · 756 weeks ago

So is every next human on this earth than... Pentax can't compete with attitude...or may not want to...

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Pascal · 757 weeks ago

I also hope that the SAFOX IX+ will be something good. The SAFOX VIII was bad enough not buying a new Pentax, especially when compared to Nikon and Canon.

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Chris · 757 weeks ago

Happy K7 user but these specs will make me buy a K5.

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david · 757 weeks ago

What do you want for your K7 then?

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Mugundhan · 756 weeks ago

Hi,
Thanks for the info, do you know whether it autofocus in movie mode?

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RiceHigh 110p · 756 weeks ago

Possibly No.

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R.E. · 756 weeks ago

Thats the same from an accuracy perspective as saying, "Possibly Yes".
Both mean the same thing, one just makes it sound negative without any reason.

How about just saying, possibly?

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RiceHigh 110p · 756 weeks ago

Nope. The chances are Not Equal !

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Dukakis · 756 weeks ago

Hmm, isnt the new Nikon 7000 a better overall value for the price? I mean other than 2 addition FPS, in body IS, what else justifies the HUGE price difference?

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bing · 756 weeks ago

definitely SR is not a cheap gadget to protect your gear and take a photograph without hesitation of damaging the gear.

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