Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
K-1
Pentax
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 36 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Full frame (35.9 x 24 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 7360 x 4912
- ISO
- Auto, 100-204800
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Pentax KAF4
- Number of focus points
- 33
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 30 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 4.4 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- No
- External flash
- Yes (via hot shoe or flash sync port)
- Timelapse recording
- Yes (Still or video)
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (60i, 50i, 30p, 25p, 24p), 1280 x 720 (60p, 50p)
- Format
- MPEG-4, H.264
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Microphone port
- Yes
- Headphone port
- Yes
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (pentaprism)
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.7×
- Screen size
- 3.2″
- Screen dots
- 1,037,000
- Articulated LCD
- Tilting
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- Dual SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-I)
- Battery description
- D-LI90 lithium-ion battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 760
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 1010 g (2.23 lb / 35.63 oz)
- Dimensions
- 137 x 110 x 86 mm (5.39 x 4.33 x 3.39″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (micro-HDMI)
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (wired, wireless, or smartphone)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
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