| Pentax K-7 14.6 MP Digital SLR with Shake Reduction and 720p HD Video with DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL Weather Resistant Lens |  | Brand: Pentax
Category: Photography
List Price: $1,249.95
Buy New: $930.00
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Seller: MicroComputerCenterInc
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 707
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 3.1
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 55
Minimum Focal Length: 18
Maximum Resolution: 14.6
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 8.8 x 8
MPN: 17831
Model: 17831
UPC: 027075155305
EAN: 0027075155305
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| Features:
| • | High-resolution, 14.6-megapixel CMOS sensor; compact, magnesium alloy body | | • | Kit includes Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL weather-resistant lens | | • | 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 with a 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor rebuilt from the ground up. Packed with advanced features such as HD Movie Capture, 100% Field of View, 5.2 FPS and a 3 inch LCD Screen with Live View. The Pentax K-7 is 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.- Compact, magnesium alloy body: One of the smallest DSLRs in its class, the K-7's compact, magnesium alloy body lets you travel light while still maintaining durability and build quality.
- 14.6 megapixels: The redesigned 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor offers improved noise control, four channel output for faster image capture and movie capture capabilities. Plus the new sensor offers the ideal combination of resolution and file size, allowing for large prints and cropping flexibility.
- 3 inch LCD: The 3 inch LCD with 921,000 dot resolution is perfect for detailed image or movie capture and review and is ideal for the Live View function.
- Weather, dust and cold resistant: The K-7 is weather, dust and cold resistant (to 14° F or -10° C), making it ideal for use in any environment.
- New PRIME II Image processing engine: Fast 5.2 frame-per-second shooting with the powerful new PRIME II Image processing engine, which features fast circuitry and low noise image processing. Ideal for sporting events or any fast-action situation.
- High top shutter speed: A top shutter speed of 1/8000 sec freezes even the fastest action and gives creative control over apertures in well-lit settings.
- New 77-segment metering system: A new 77-segment metering system quickly and accurately determines exposure, even in the most complex and dynamic lighting situations.
- Live View mode: Live View mode, with contrast AF, Face Detection and optional histogram, grid and bright/dark area display, allows yo
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 A true photographer's camera September 7, 2010
SSingh
I bought this camera for my Peru trip just a couple of days before leaving. It was easy to set up and format with very little time to read instructions. It feels good in the hands, easy to hold and use. I have yet to use the advanced features, however the photos of Peru were mindblowing, using the kit lens. The colours came out to be bright and beautiful and I could make a photojournal with lovely pictures. Having learnt photogrpahy on my Father's Pentax M series which is more than 30 years old, this was a natural choice. More after I have had the time to test the advanced features.
Great digital SLR for an advanced amateur September 6, 2010
Index97 (Massachusetts, USA)
I purchased the Pentax K-7 body last year to use with my existing Pentax compatible lenses (a Tamron 70-300 and a Pentax 18-55), and it has been a great camera. Lots of positives: The weather resistant body is rugged and feels solid in your hands, and is noticeably more compact than other digital SLRs. Despite the smaller size (which comes in handy when traveling or hiking), the whole camera feels much more substantial than the Nikon and Canon models in the same price range that I test drove. Good low-light sensitivity and shake reduction work together with great auto white balance to let me capture great interior shots with ambient light (or sometimes a flash with a diffuser bounced off the ceiling if it's really dark). Controls are laid out well and are intuitive to use, and it's a piece of cake to adjust f stop, exposure times and compensation settings while you're shooting. Daylight shooting is a breeze. Autofocus motor in the body and shake reduction built in to the body mean that lenses are cheaper. Having HD video capability at the ready has been awesome while traveling. Quite often I take it with just the 18-55 mm zoom lens, and leave all my other gear in the camera bag at home.
Negatives: Autofocus sometimes searches for a moment in very low light, but does usually find focus after a second or two. The frame rate in burst mode shooting is decent, but not super fast. Pentax cameras and lenses are not as common as the Canon & Nikon, but with the body and two decent zooms, and possibly a hot shoe flash, you'd be all set. If you need to shoot at really high frame rates, capture 1000's of images per day, or need super high performance lenses and other gear, this may not be the camera for you. However, it's an overall great pick for an advanced amateur.
 Well, I can't really keep this camera.... unfortunately August 30, 2010
Alex Vox (Winnetka, IL)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I do have tender feelings for Pentax cameras. I used Pentax DSLRs for years, first k10, later k20 and now I have been trying K7. Sorry to say, but I'm going to return the camera for a refund. It feels awesome in hand (just like all Pentax bodies I used) it has an edge in advanced features, unfortunately, for my taste it is severely lacking in image quality. The image simply isn't sharp, even after calibration it is not. The kit lens, while feels TERRIFIC, with nice resistance, nothing sloppy about it, they can't get the job done. I never had issues with Pentax kit lens before in my life!
The image isn't clean enough. I can see a junk in JPG images in dark areas even on ISO100. The noise coupled with out of focus images as you can imagine, doesn't translate into quality pictures. To say, the AF speed is SUPER FAST, it is as fast, in fact, as once "world fastest AF" Minolta Maxxum 7 was, that is very fast. May be the lens in my kit is defective, but overall it doesn't make a good impression. I really wanted to love it, but I can't stand the IQ. To correct the situation I would need much more expensive (and much heavier) lens, and I find myself in completely different ballpark, in over $1.5k area, where are so many compelling choices (with much greater choice of better and inexpensive zoom lenses).
I don't want stepping into discussion of Pentax details preservation vs. Canon destructive noise reduction, but all things considered, and while the RAW images are equally good, Canon has WAY better Jpeg techniques and its out of camera jpegs are superior to these of Pentax.
Another issue is the resin Pentax uses on the handle. First it is not very well clued, I feel like it moves under my fingers, and second, it attracts the dust like magnet! In fact the micropores in the resin on a grip and back (thumb), absorbs the dust and I can't get it out of there even with washing and brushing! It is very poor choice of material. It is very annoying to have a dust in the resin pores on the grip!
In short, while made of magnesium allow, nicely sculpted, having cool features, etc, it is not up to a claim in image quality, and I can tell its Malaysian assemble quality is FAR FAR AWAY from real Japanese quality of assembly by similarly priced Canon and Nikon.
I really can't care less for its movie modes, but why two of three of its modes, having some lunacy resolution? WHY? It makes it completely useless as you can't combine the footage with other sources in a timeline! If one has a pile of Pentax equipment accumulated during the years, it makes sense to get the camera. Why anybody else would bother, I can't tell.
Well, I do have some Pentax equipment, some flashes, few lenses etc.all of which are going for sale. I will spend extra cash, but I want Japanese made camera body (especially considering it is Pentax's top model), with clean images and in-focus images.
I'm glad I chose the Pentax K-7 for a new camera August 25, 2010
Mr. Thomas P. Senn (Charlotte, NC)
I have several Nikon cameras and after reading some reviews of the Pentax K-7 decided to give Pentax a try. My first SLR camera was the Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic from the film days and really like the build quality and picture quality as well. I've taken 500 pictures with the new K-7 including some very impressive HDR photos and am well pleased with the quality of the camera and the pictures it takes. The Pentax 18-55mm zoom lens that comes with the kit is excellent. I couldn't be happier.
Awesome Camera!!! June 11, 2010
Mauricio Geraud Mercado (San Antonio TX)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've owned the Pentax K7 for 6 months, and have shot well over 7000 photos. And no, I'm not exactly a pro, but I do shoot a lot for both work and vaction, so bottom line is: I LOVE IT! I just get so inspired, I haven't felt like that since I had to retire my old 35mm Pentax. I did choose Pentax because I do have a 30 year old XL and a bunch of manual lenses that I really didn't want to throw away. They work perfectly with the K7, however the obvious fact is that the manual lenses won't turn magically into automatic, and the camera must be programed for them to work, but I am very happy 'cause they DO work.
Here's some other features I love: super fast trigger (not easily clogged), tons of customizable settings, on-screen warnings, and it is quite small and light for a DSLR... Having said that, It is NOT an easy camera to use for someone with even a little photographic training, and most of the menus are designed for studio-type pics, or if you'd have enough time before taking the pic which cannot be all of the time, so if anything I'd improve on, is somehow having an on-the-fly type options, better superdark sensitivity, and better remote control sensitivity. They are pretty good, don't get me wrong, but I have a Sony 7mpix pocket camera with slightly better superdark capabilities.
This is the fifth digital camera I own, and it is my first DSLR, and with all of them toghether I have shot well over 25,000 photos in about 5 years, so I'm also very thankful that I don't have to develop any more film, ever!
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