Ricoh’s newest DSLR is built to last. The new Pentax K-70 boasts a dust and weather-resistant body alongside a few features first introduced on higher-end Pentax models.
It sports a 24-megapixel sensor with a maximum ISO of 102,400. Also new is a Hybrid AF system that uses both image-plane phase-matching and contrast-detection autofocus technology to keep pace with moving subjects. As a result, the K-70 will be the company’s first DSLR to support continuous AF during video recording.
The K-70 also features the company’s Pixel Shift Resolution System that uses the camera’s shifting sensor to create an ultra-high resolution, low noise image from a compilation of multiple exposes, each with the sensor moved a tiny increment. The system has been updated with a motion correction function that detects a moving object in the scene to prevent blur when shooting in Pixel Shift.
Additional features include:
- an AA Filter Simulator that effectively eliminates moiré without the need for an anti-aliasing filter
- a variable-tilt LCD monitor
- in-body stabilizer good for up to 4.5 stops of shake reduction
- Wi-Fi
- a red-light display function which keeps ambient light from interfering with astro- and nightscape photography
- low light focusing to -3 eV
- top shutter speed of 1/6000 sec.
- full HD video recording
Ricoh wouldn’t disclose precisely when the K-70 would ship, presumably because of the supply disruption caused by April’s Earthquake in Japan. However, the company said the K-70 would retail for $650.
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In addition to the new DSLR, Pentax is releasing a new telephoto lens. Like the K-70, this lens is weather-resistant telephoto zoom with a 35mm equivalent focal length of 84.5-460mm. It has a minimum focusing distance of 37.4 inches.
Like the K-70, precise availability was not announced but the lens will retail for $400 when it finally hits store shelves.
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