Pentax X-5 Digital Cameras

The design team at Pentax seems to have asked itself this question before creating its latest ultrazoom digital camera. It promptly answered by borrowing the extremely popular styling of its Pentax K-5 DSLR--and indeed, it's name, bar one letter--to create the Pentax X-5. The new camera takes the K-5's basic design and runs it through a shrink ray, before tacking on a powerful 26x optical zoom lens. A few changes to accommodate the smaller body and the feature-set Pentax chose for the fixed-lens X-5, and hey presto: you've got one very handsome little ultrazoom.

 

Features of Pentax X-5 Digital Camera
User-friendly Auto Picture mode for hands-off selection of the best shooting mode
Powered by easy-to-obtain AA batteries
Remote control operation using a PENTAX optional remote controller
High-speed burst shooting of up to 10 images per second, for a maximum of 30 images in a single sequence
12 digital filters including Miniature and Toy Camera to add creative touches to captured images
A range of creative image-processing tools including Stretch filter, Small Face filter and Collage function.
A choice of three aspect ratios (4:3, 16:9 and 1:1) to accommodate specific applications
Image viewing, editing and filing software included: MediaImpression 3.5 for PENTAX (Windows version compatible with Windows 7) and MediaImpression 2.1 for PENTAX (Macintosh version compatible with Mac OS X 10.7)
Compatibility with Eye-Fi wireless LAN SD memory cards

 

Detailed Specifications of Pentax X-5 Digital Camera
Camera TypeBridge
Type1/2.33" CMOS
Total Pixels16.37 megapixels
Effective Pixels16.0 megapixels
SensitivityAuto, Manual (ISO 100 - 6400)
Focal Length

4.0 - 104mm(35mm equivalent focal length: 22.3 - 580mm)  

Aperture: F3.1 - F5.9 

Digital ZoomDigital zoom: Approx. 7.2x
Constructionsmc PENTAX zoom lens, 12 elements in 9 groups 
AF assistAF assist lamp at front
TypeElectronic Viewfinder, approx. 230K dots.
Diopter adjustmentYes
Type3.0-inch tiltable LCD with acrylic protection
Resolutionapprox. 460K dots
Speed1/1500- 1/4 sec.  4 sec at most
TypeIntegrated auto flash control
DimensionsHeight:86.5mm; Width:120mm; Depth:106.5mm;
Weight

approx. 599g   (loaded and ready)  approx. 507g

(without battery and SD memory card)  

Connection Port

USB2.0(Hi-Speed) PC/AV terminal, HDMI terminal (Type D),

DC Input terminal

Battery D-Li92