| Body material | Plastic coating, metal subframe |
| Sensor | • 23.5 x 15.7 mm CCD sensor |
| • RGB Color Filter Array |
| • Interline interlaced CCD |
| • Built-in fixed low-pass filter |
| • 6.31 million total pixels |
| • 6.1 million effective pixels |
| Image sizes | • 3008 x 2000 (Large) |
| • 2400 x 1600 (Middle) |
| • 1536 x 1024 (Small) |
| File formats | • RAW (12-bit) |
| • JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - 3 levels |
| Color space | • sRGB |
| • Adobe RGB |
| Lenses | • Pentax KAF2, KAF, KA mount lenses |
| * Power zoom not available |
| * K mount lenses available with (function limited) |
| * S mount lenses available with adapter (function limited) |
| * 67/645 lenses available with adapter (function limited) |
| FOV crop | 1.5x |
| Focusing | • TTL Phase matching AF system (3 area) |
| • Focus point selectable |
| • EV 0 to 19 (ISO 100) detection range |
| • Wide / spot AF |
| Focus modes | • AF-Single |
| • AF-Continuous (Action mode) |
| • Manual focus |
| AF assist | Yes, via flash |
| Shooting modes | • Auto picture mode |
| • Programmed AE Mode |
| • Shutter-Priority AE |
| • Aperture-Priority AE |
| • Metered Manual |
| • Bulb |
| • Picture modes |
| Picture modes | • Standard |
| • Portrait |
| • Landscape |
| • Macro |
| • Action |
| • Night scene portrait |
| • Standard flash-off |
| Metering modes | • 16-segment |
| • Center-Weighted Average |
| • Spot |
| Metering range | • EV 1 to 21.5 (at ISO 200 with 50 mm / F1.4 lens) |
| AE Lock | • Button (20 sec timer) |
| • Half-press shutter release |
| AE Bracketing | • 3 frames |
| • 0.3, 0.5 or 1.0 EV steps |
| Exposure compen. | • -2.0 to +4.0 EV in 0.5 EV steps |
| • -2.0 to +2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps |
| Exposure steps | • 0.5 EV |
| • 0.3 EV |
| Sensitivity | • Auto * |
| • ISO 200 |
| • ISO 400 |
| • ISO 800 |
| • ISO 1600 |
| • ISO 3200 |
| Shutter | • Electronically controlled vertical-run focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter Speed | • 30 to 1/4000 sec |
| • Bulb |
| Flash X-sync | 1/180 sec |
| Aperture values | Depends on lens |
| DOF preview | Yes, on power switch |
| White balance | • Auto |
| • Daylight |
| • Cloudy |
| • Shade |
| • Tungsten |
| • Fluorescent W |
| • Fluorescent N |
| • Fluorescent D |
| • Manual |
| Image parameters | • Saturation (-2 to +2) |
| • Sharpness (-2 to +2) |
| • Contrast (-2 to +2) |
| Viewfinder | • Eye-level type fixed penta-mirror finder * |
| • Natural bright-matte II focusing screen * |
| • Magnification approx. x0.82 * |
| • 95% frame coverage |
| • Diotric adjustment (-2.5 to +1.5) |
| • Viewfinder info bar |
| Viewfinder info | • Built-in flash status |
| • Picture mode |
| • In-focus |
| • Shutter speed |
| • Aperture value |
| • Exposure compensation factor |
| • Manual WB |
| • Manual focus |
| • ISO sensitivity warning |
| • AE lock |
| • Focus point indication |
| • AF frame with superimposed dislpay |
| • Spot AF frame |
| LCD monitor | • 2.5" TFT LCD * |
| • 210,000 pixels |
| Custom function | • Default |
| • Custom (18 functions) |
| Record review | • Off |
| • 1 sec |
| • 3 sec |
| • 5 sec |
| Flash | • Built-in P-TTL pop-up flash |
| • Guide number 15.6 (ISO 200/m) |
| • Angle of coverage 28 mm (35 mm equiv.) |
| • Flash sync 1/180 sec |
| • Electronic pop-up |
| Flash modes | • Auto |
| • Flash on |
| • Auto & Red-eye reduction |
| • Flash on & Red-eye reduction |
| External flash | • Hot-shoe |
| • Wireless sync |
| • P-TTL sync |
| Drive modes | • Single shot |
| • Continuous (2.8 fps, up to 5 JPEG images, 3 RAW images) * |
| Self-timer | • 12 sec |
| • 2 sec |
| Remote release | • InfraRed remote |
| • Wired (optional) |
| • Instant or with 3 sec delay |
| Playback mode | • One frame |
| • Zooming in/out (up to 12x) |
| • Nine-image |
| • Slideshow |
| • Image rotation |
| • Delete: One-frame-delete, All-frames-delete, Card-format, Protect |
| Menu languages | • English |
| • French |
| • German |
| • Spanish |
| • Swedish * |
| • Dutch * |
| • Italian |
| • Russian |
| • Korean |
| • Chinese |
| • Japanese |
| Connectivity | • USB 2.0 Hi-Speed |
| • Video out |
| • DC-IN |
| • Remote terminal |
| Video out | Selectable NTSC or PAL |
| Storage | SD card |
| Power | • 4 x AA batteries (NiMH rechargeable recommended) |
| or • 2 x CR-V3 |
| • Optional AC adapter |
| Firmware | User updatable |
| Dimensions | 125 x 93 x 66 mm (4.9 x 3.6 x 2.6 in) |
| Weight (no batt/lens) | 505 g (1.1 lb) |
| Weight (no lens) | 605 g (1.3 lb) (reduced by approx. 20 g if using CR-V3 batteries) |
Сегодня Pentax объявляет о выпуске фотокамеры *ist DL. Новая камера отличается от старой *ist DS небольшими изменениями в технических характеристиках. Скорее всего, новая модель позволит Pentax снизить цену и "самая доступная цифровая зеркальная фотокамера" станет еще более доступной.
