You probably know very well that the market for digital SLR cameras is tremendous. Companies such as Pentax, who released their K5 DSLR, are under intense pressure to remain competitive. There are significant improvements and features that will catch the eye of newcomers and experienced alike. All of the different camera manufacturers keep each other on their toes which plays to your favor. If you are not a professional photographer, then the K5 could very well be the digital SLR equivalent of a new sports car. You will find this camera to be designed for those who want high quality photos but within a certain price range. The Pentax K5 DSLR represents important changes with processing and capability in the imaging and auto-focus features.
If you want to see where the K5 came from, then you need look no further than the Pentax K7. But this is really nothing new in terms of approach because the design concept was laid in the K7. What you can expect in the K5 are ease of use with an expanded feature list. An impressive range of improvements for taking pictures as well as the end processing abilities exist with this new model. We feel Pentax added so many customizing features because of the obvious tendency for people to do it online. Of course you can take videos as well, but what you can do with them in the way of customization is more restricted.
Improvements in the optical viewfinder place the K5′s Field of View at one hundred percent. The K5 offers a new type of prism finder that is called, penta-prism. The magnification is just under 1.0 which is extremely close to 100% and is for all practical uses by the average photographer. The result is improved image detail that allows the new auto-focus design to work much faster and with greater clarity. Most find greater areas of difficulty with evening shooting due to lighting conditions, but we were pleasantly surprised with the K5 in that regard.
Using technology as a means for improvements and new applications is a large part of the K5. That aspect is especially true in the image processing department. New processes for handling image manipulation have been designed, and they offer a wide range of options. Digital cameras employ all kinds of filters that are used with creating special effects and you can further customize them as you like.
You will have complete control over what you can do with your digital images.
For those who like to know more, the Pentax K5 makes use of new designs in CMOS circuitry to achieve what it has. CMOS is preferred by many because it is faster, and it also lends itself to faster processing. All you need to do, and care about, are the final results and what you can do with the many customization features. We encourage you to discover more about the Pentax K5 DSLR.