Pentax K-500 Camera Specifications

Type

Entry Level DSLR

Announced

12/06/2013

Indicative price (USD)

600

Sensor type

CMOS

Resolution

4936 x 3272

Sensor photo detectors (Mpix)

16.15

Sensor size (mm)

15.7 x 23.7

Color filter array

RGB

Bits per pixel

12.0

Focal length multiplier

1.5

Aspect Ratio

3:2

ISO latitude 

100 - 51600

Shutter type

Mechanical

Fastest - Slowest speed (s)

1/6000 - 30.0

Frame rate (fps)

6.0

Live view 

Yes

Stabilization 

Yes

Dust cleaning

Yes

Mount type

Pentax KAF

Weight (gr)

586

Battery type

Li-ion, D-LI109, 7.4V, 1050mAh

Tropicalization

No

Camera material

Metal/Plastic

Mount material

Metal

View finder type

Optical

View finder magnification

0.92

View finder coverage

100

View finder diopter

-2.5 to +1.5

Monitor type

LCD

Monitor size

3

Monitor pixel

921000

Articulated screen

No

Touch screen

No

Focus mode

Yes

Autofocus modes

Contrast Detect (sensor) Phase Detect Multi-area Center Tracking Single Continuous Face Detection Live View

Number of autofocus points

11

Exposure bracketing

+/-3 (3 frames at 1 EV steps)

Exposure compensation

+/-5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)

Drive modes

Single Continuous (Hi, Lo) Self-Timer (12s, 2s) Remote (0s, 3s, continuous) Auto Bracketing (3 frames, standard, timer, remote)

Buffer size

30 (JPEG), 8 (RAW)

Recording medium

SD/SDHC/SDXC

Image format

RAW (DNG) JPEG (EXIF 2.3) DCF 2.0 compliant DPOF PIM III

White balance bracketing

No

Connectivity

USB USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec) HDMI No Remote control Yes (optional, wired or wireless)

Bluetooth

No

3G

No

Sound recording

Yes

External micro

No

Histogram

Yes

GPS

No

Video

Yes

Maximum format image video

1920 x 1080 /30 fps

Full HD

Yes

Live autofocus

Yes

Video file format

MPEG-4

Video codec

H264