| Pentax K-7 14.6 MP Digital SLR with Shake Reduction and 720p HD Video (Body Only) | 
| Brand: Pentax
Category: Photography
List Price: $1,099.95
Buy New: $851.53
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New (15) Used (4) from $685.99
Seller: PORTABLE GUY
Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 784
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Monitor Size: 300
Display Size: 3
Maximum Resolution: 14.6
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 3.8 x 2.9
MPN: K-7
Model: K-7
UPC: 027075155145
EAN: 0027075155145
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | High-resolution, 14.6-megapixel CMOS sensor; compact, magnesium alloy body | | • | Body only; lenses sold separately | | • | Weather resistant, dustproof, and coldproof (14 degrees F, -10 degrees C) | | • | Fast 5.2 fps shooting with the new PRIME II Image processing engine; top shutter speed of 1/8000 sec freezes even the fastest action in well-lit settings | | • | 3-inch LCD; Live View mode, with contrast AF, Face Detection, and optional histogram, grid, and bright/dark area display | | • | Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included) |
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Product Description
The Pentax K-7 features a rugged, yet compact body design, a 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor rebuilt from the ground up, and advanced features such as HD Movie Capture,100% Field of View, 5.2 FPS, and a 3 inch LCD Screen with Live View. Still compatible with every Pentax lens ever made, the K-7 offers an abundance of long- anticipated new and improved features that are exclusive to the camera and combine to make it a tremendous photography tool. K-7 Body Li-ion Battery D-LI90 Software CD-ROM S-SW90 USB Cable I-USB7 AV Cable I-AVC7 Battery Charge Cradle D-BC90 AC Plug Cord Strap O-ST53 Hotshoe Cover FK Eyecup FR Body Mount Cover Finder Cap for ME Focusing Screen MF-60 Frame Matte Bottom Cap PC Socket Cap
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 Best Pentax to date. Offers features that would cost you twice as much. August 25, 2010
Kalison (Cedar Rapids, IA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would like to echo E. J Tastad's review. He basically nailed every point you can make about this camera.
Its a wonderfully small compact body, that allows use of any of the millions of Pentax lenses built to date. This is a huge advantage especially since there are a lot of legendary Pentax lenses out there that still shoot with the best of today's glass. This also can ease your budget quite a bit, since you can pick up superb manual primes for under 60 dollars. When I first moved to Pentax I had about 15 old manual lenses that shot like a champ with my K-7... if nothing else, it will give you a huge appreciation to all the photographers that had to catch all the memorable shots that we have today... without the help of Autofocus, Advanced Metering, Auto Aperture... etc.
I use this with my DA* 16-50 and DA* 50-135 lenses, and get nothing but fantastic photos from them. Both those professional grade lenses and the K-7 cost less than half the cost of competing brands would have cost me for the similar features of the K-7 and IQ and of the glass.
Weather sealing is splash resistant as well... which is more than most camera bodies can claim. I have had this out in pouring rain and had the basic (the K-7's kit lens if you buy the kit) 18-55 WR lens on it, and never had an issue.
Pentax is a name that doesn't get a lot of recognition due to lack of advertising, but they are alive and well making outstanding cameras and glass.
Cheap weather resistant lenses than Pentax makes are the 18-55WR and 50-200WR... you can both of those for just over 300(total, not each)... and they are the best "kit" classed lenses I have ever used.
Pro Features & Quality at a Consumer Price August 12, 2010
R. Haag
Pro: Features & quality per dollar, you may not find a better value than the K-7. This DSLR provides extensive features and options of a camera that would cost more.
Cons: ISO performance is noisy at the high end. This in turn limits quality low light shots unless you are capturing stationary subjects.
 K-7 Review August 8, 2010
Gary
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I did not buy my K-7 here but I did buy the K-x. I am a daily shooter and own the K-20, K-7, K-x. The build quality is the best I have ever seen. Ease of use is really greatttt. The problem is the images. The K-20 and especially the K-x is superior in every way. In image quality. If you do any cropping you will need to run it thru a noise fixer even on ISO 200. It is absoutly the worst image quality on the market. Now if you only shoot standard lens and do not expect quality and do not crop. This is a good camera. In my opion it is a shame they took an award winning chassie and put an absoutly horriable sensor in it.
Here is the way i explain to people how this camera is quality wise.
It is like going out an buying a corvet and noticing it is verrry slow. You open the hood and find it has a Volkswagon engin in it.
Then you go down and buy a volkswagon and the thing really screams... You open the hood and they put the corvet engin in it.
That is absoutly the way i feel about the K-7. My advice is not to buy it. Buy the K-x instead and save a bundle. Or wait until the next model comes out and make sure you know what you are buying.
Review after 9 months of use July 28, 2010
Erik Pettee (Salt Lake City, UT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Before the K7 I owned a K20D for many months, so the K7 is not my first Pentax body. I replaced the K20D with this K7 for one, main reason - size and shape. The K7 fits amazingly well in your hands. I am so confident carrying it that I almost never use a strap. I even walk up to a mile or two around my neighborhood holding they camera with one hand without any concern for dropping it. I loved the K20D, but the size of the K7 called to me. This is the main reason I like Pentax bodies and glass - high quality, but physically smaller than the other guys. I don't want to carry around a 5D Mark II with L glass. It's ridiculous.
So beyond size and form factor, the following things are important to me when considering my everyday use of the K7.
1) The K7 has a 100% viewfinder (vs. typical 96%). I can't believe models more than twice it's price don't have the same 100% offering.
2) Secondary small LCD screen on top of the camera. This is a must have for any serious-amateur-slash-semi-pro photographer.
3) Build quality and size - my K7 is smaller than any camera in it's prosumer class. It's built of a single piece of magnesium alloy and has 72 water/wind/dust-proofing seals. I can shoot in a downpour without worry. Many of the Pentax lenses I use are also coated with a weatherproofing agent.
4) Dedicated ISO, white balance and exposure compensation buttons are also on par with other prosumer cameras in its class.
5) Fast frame rates - my K7 is 5.3 fps I believe - helps capture the right image when shooting candids, etc. People's expressions change a lot in the course of a second.
6) 920,000 dot back LCD screen for high quality on-screen viewing of photos.
7) Finally, this is nit-picky, but I like the little locking mechanism on the mode dial on my K7. It keeps the mode from changing accidentally.
These are the reasons why I like the K7. I wish and hope Pentax will develop a full frame camera. That will be my next move up from the K7.
Pentax K-7 July 23, 2010
WilleyP (Atlanta GA)
I have owned a pentax for years and when my IST D broke while on a vacation trip I had the K-7 shipped overnight to a rural area. It arrived the next day and was everything I expected. I had no issues with my lenses for the IST D being compatible with the K-7. This is a good camera and I could recommend it.
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