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CONTENTS INTOXICATING COLOURS: PENTAX PRECISION OPTICS. PENTAX PRECISION OPTICS 2 Light is the element of seeing and it brings colour into THE NEW K10D 4 SPEED 6 the world. PENTAX has excelled in this medium for over 85 years. Since our beginning our engineers have brought forth innovative precision optical equipment year after year.
FOR ANYTHING T HAT COMES TO LIGH T: TH E PRE CISION PENTAX K10D. FOR AMAZING RESOLUTION: 10 MEGAPIXELS. The new 23.5 x 15.7mm CCD sensor records photos with a resolution of up to 10 megapixels. This is enough for you to produce truly astounding fine-grained prints of up to 50 x 70cm without difficulty. FOR REMARKABLE PROCESSING SPEED: PRIME. The new PRIME processor (PENTAX Real IMage Engine) greatly accelerates the image processing of the PENTAX K10D compared to other current digital SLRs.
CATCH T HE LIGH T WITH TH E LIGHTNIN G-FAST K10D. FOR GENUINE BEAUTY: THE CCD SENSOR. To convert light into perfect digital photos the K10D possesses a particularly efficient CCD sensor with 10 megapixel resolution and a sensitivity range of ISO 100 to ISO 1600. Among its other applications, PRIME provides extremely low picture noise and also higher sensitivity. As a result, white is really white because the white balance works outstandingly well.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED A RESI STANCE TO AGAINST TH E NATURAL ENEMIES OF BRILLIANT PHOTOS. FOR SHARP RESULTS: SHAKE REDUCTION. The new developed PENTAX “Shake Reduction” technology solves one of the oldest photographic problems: blur caused by camera shake. The new K10D produces sharp photos in challenging situations without having to use a tripod: hand-held photography is now possible with long telephoto lenses or when long exposure times are required due to poor lighting.
ART INVOLVES SHOWING LIGHT IN ITS ENT IRE SPE C TRUM. THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER IN EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT: 16. As the director of your pictures you’re responsible for the light: the K10D easily handles that requirement with its 16 segment metering system. It can accurately assess the balance between the bright and dark areas within the segments automatically, or, alternatively, you can opt for centre-weighted or spot metering yourself. THE 11 POINTS OF THE SHARPNESS: AUTOFOCUS.
THE CRUCIAL DETAIL: PROGRAM SHIFT. THREE TIMES DIFFERENTLY: BRACKETING EXPOSURE. You’ll always get the right exposure – and with the settings you It is often difficult to judge the correct exposure want: when shooting on the K10D in the Programmed Automatic – even for an experienced photographer. This Mode you can use Hyper Program (Shift Function) to instantly is where Auto bracketing renders change the shutter speed or aperture. When you change either of valuable assistance.
IF YOU’RE ALREADY TAKING GREAT P H OTOS H OW C AN YOU GET MORE OUT OF THEM? GLOBAL FORMATS: DNG AND JPG. The raw data of your digital photos are as high-quality as negatives or slides of the film age. Instead of conventional RAW files, which can be worked on only with the respective manufacturer’s software, the K10D has the option of storing your photos in DNG format, which is compatible with Adobe® Photoshop®. For simple purposes or for archiving you can also select compressed JPG format.
HOW DO YOU REA LLY WANT TO SEE T H E WOR LD? WE HAVE THE RIGHT LENS. THE LATEST CRITERION FOR PENTAX LENSES: SPEED. PENTAX has developed a new lens range for the K10D: the DA* series. The new lenses work with particularly quick supersonic technology: Piezo electronics-based autofocus control adjusts the focus of the lens at lightning speed. Additionally, the K10D recognises the “digital finger print” of the lens and knows the optimal setting values for exposure (MTF technology) for each DA* lens.
IF THE LIGHT NEEDS C ONTRO LLING , IT WILL DO SO ON YOUR COMMAND. Type AF-540 FGZ Electronic flash with zoom head Guide number 54 at 80mm, 45 at 5 mm (ISO 100) Compensation Flash exposure –3.0 to +1.0 EV , in 0.
TO COMPLETE THE KIT: A GRIP FULL OF POWER. If you have the K10D you’ll have everything that a photographer really needs. But there are, however, a few important accessories that can facilitate the work of everyday life and any photo safari: original PENTAX accessories. The quality, ergonomics and relevance are as well thought out and sophisticated as anything that you’ve come to expect from PENTAX.
1 2 THE K10D INFORMATION DATA BASE IS ALWAYS ON CA LL. 3 4 13 5 12 6 11 VIEWFINDER The viewfinder provides 4-WAY CONTROLLER You need a mouse to navi- 10 0.95x enlargement of the gate your way around a scene and shows precisely computer. With the K10D the shot that will be stored you use a 4-Way Controller. into memory. It features an 9 integrated dioptre control. 1. Exposure Bracketing Button 2. Rear e-dial 3. AE-L button 4. +/- button 5. AF button 6.
TECHNICAL DATA TYPE CCD Digital SLR camera with interchangeable lenses TTL metering and integrated P-TTL automatic flash Metal chassis with fibre-reinforced polycarbonate body EXPOSURE Exposure compensation: ±2EV (1/3 or 1/2EV steps), Sensitivity: automatic, manually selectable (ISO 100 – 1,600 in 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV steps) 23.5 x 15.7mm Interline Interlace CCD with primary colour filter 10.75 Megapixel – total 10.
