Tag Archives: Pentax K-7

  Camera Name: Pentax K-7 Body Material: Magnesium Alloy Outer Shell on Stainless Steel Chassis Body Reliability: 77 Places Sealed, Cold-Resistant: Can be Operated under Temperature at -10°C Sensor: New Version of Samsung 14.6MP CMOS APS-C Imager in 23.4 x 15.6mm (Aspect Ratio 3:2), 4 Data Channels Readout Dust Removal: New DRII System, Low-Pass/Anti-Aliasing Optical Filter Placed in Front of […]

There are some new, unpublished before pictures:

Update: we got punk’d – this video is fake (thanks Brian). Here is the link to the video – can someone translate?

Those supposedly are the statements from a photographer who claimed to have handled a real Pentax K-7. I think some of those are more science fiction than reality: The camera would not output live video feed through the HDMI port. K-7 is “real” waterproof – you can drop it entirely in water with no problem. K-7 material […]

Yvon Bourque (who probably has seen the Pentax K-7 and will be releasing a book soon) writes on his blog “Other DSLRs will have to play catch-up”. The only viable rumor for this catch-up is an electronic viewfinder with the possibility of showing simultaneously information about other functions, such as live histogram or even live view and video with the […]

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This is photoshop job, but I think the Pentax K-7 picture is real: Source: Pentaxforums

This an addition to the previously posted Pentax K-7 specs (some specs are repeated): 15 MP new APS-C CMOS sensor ISO 50-6400 5 fps (till 10 fps in 6 MP mode) 100 % viewfinder, 1.1 x Liveview and HD Video 1920*1080 77 AF points in LV 11-point TTL double-cross sensor 77 zones light metering 1/8000 […]

Here is another one: