The new Pentax KF is designed to provide outstanding imaging performance in a compact body. It features Pentax well-known dustproof and weather-resistant construction and is the perfect entry-level camera for outdoor photography.

With the new Pentax KF, you get a versatile and flexible camera made to easily accompany you on any adventure regardless of the weather. Despite its compact design, it is easy to use and access all controls on the camera even when its freezing and your wearing gloves. The new camera also inherits several functions found among the larger high-end cameras from Pentax such as advanced autofocus, optical viewfinder with a nearly 100% field of view and tiltable LCD screen.

The Pentax KF assures super-high-resolution imaging, thanks to a state-of-the-art CMOS image sensor with approximately 24.24 effective megapixels and a high-speed 14-bit image data readout. Combined with an AA-filter-free optical design, the sensor delivers super-high-resolution images.

Like most Pentax cameras, the KF gets the image stabilization built into the body. The Shake Reduction effectively minimizes camera shake and has a compensation effect of 4.5 shutter steps and can deliver sharp, blur-free images, even when using a telephoto lens or when shooting in low-light scenes.

This feature is also used to give the camera the pixel shift feature found Pentax high-end models. By taking advantage of the camera's SR (Shake Reduction) mechanism, it captures four images of the same scene by slightly shifting the image sensor for each image, obtaining all RGB color data from each pixel, then merging them into a single, super-high-resolution composite image.

The new camera comes with the high-precision SAFOX X AF sensor module, which assures responsive, dependable autofocus operation. With its 11 sensors including nine cross-type sensors in the middle, this AF module assures pinpoint focus on the subject at a minimum brightness level as low as -3 EV. It also assures outstanding AF tracking performance with subjects on the move.

In addition to the ordinary black, the camera also comes in two special-edition color models — crystal blue and crystal white — with a worldwide limited quantity of 700 units each.

Key specifications

• Optical viewfinder with a nearly 100% field of view

• Built-in Shake Reduction (SR) effect of 4.5 shutter steps

• Vari-angled LCD monitor

• Astrotracer function which simplifies advanced astronomical photography

• WiFi connectivity

• AA-filter-free optical design delivers super-high-resolution images

• 77-segment multi-pattern metering system

• DR (Dust Removal) mechanism