DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
K-500
Pentax
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 16 megapixels
- Sensor size
- APS-C (23.7 x 15.7 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 4928 x 3264
- ISO
- Auto, 100 to 51600, in 1, 1/2, 1/3 EV steps
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Pentax KAF2
- Number of focus points
- 11
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 30 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/6000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 6.0 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
- Yes (Pop-up)
- External flash
- Yes (Hot-shoe, Wireless)
- Timelapse recording
- Yes (999 shots, 3 sec to 24 hr interval, time delay)
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (30,25,24 fps), 1280 x 720 (60,50,30,25,24 fps), 640 x 424 (30,25,24 fps)
- Format
- MPEG-4, H.264
- Microphone
- Mono
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (pentaprism)
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.92× (0.61× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 921,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- 4 x AA batteries (optional D-LI109 lithium ion battery) battery
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 710
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 646 g (1.42 lb / 22.79 oz)
- Dimensions
- 130 x 97 x 71 mm (5.12 x 3.82 x 2.8″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- No
- Wireless
- Eye-Fi Connected
- Remote control
- Yes (optional, wired or wireless)
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Sources and dates
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