Pentax K-3

Pentax K-3

Type	Digital single-lens reflex camera
Sensor	APS-C 23.7 × 15.7 mm CMOS sensor
Maximum resolution	24.71 megapixels (6016×4000)
Recording medium	2 slots for SD/SDHC/SDXC; dedicated Flucard for wireless tethering available
Lens	Interchangeable Pentax K_AF3 and K_AF2 mount compatible with Pentax auto-aperture lenses; older lenses supported in stop-down metering mode
Flash	Onboard pop-up flash; hot shoe for P-TTL flash units with high-speed sync support; PC socket for studio flashes; 1/180 s X-sync speed
Shutter speed range	1/8000 – 30 s, Bulb
ASA/ISO range	ISO 100–51,200 in 1, ½, or ⅓ EV steps
Exposure metering	86,000-pixel RGB metering sensor with Real-Time Scene Analysis System
Exposure modes	Green (fully automatic), program, aperture priority, shutter priority, sensitivity priority, aperture and shutter priority, manual, bulb, X-sync shutter speed, three User presets.
Metering modes	Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
Continuous shooting	Up to 8.3 fps for 60 JPEG or 23 RAW images
Viewfinder	Eye-level pentaprism, 100% coverage, 0.95× magnification
Rear LCD monitor	3.2″, 1,037,000 dots (720×480 RGB pixels)
Battery	D-LI90 lithium-ion rechargeable battery
Optional battery packs	D-BG5 battery grip accepts additional D-LI90 battery or 6 AA (R6) batteries
Dimensions	131×97×73 mm
Weight	With battery: 800 g (28 oz) Without battery: 715 g (25.2 oz)
Made in	Philippines

The Pentax K-3 is a 24-megapixel Pentax high-end digital single-lens reflex camera with an APS-C sensor, announced on 7 October 2013.^[1] The Pentax K-3 is the successor to both the K-5 II and K-5 IIs models, which have a 16 megapixel sensor. The K-5 II (and most other cameras of its time) had an optical low pass filter or anti-aliasing (AA) filter that can prevent the appearance of moire patterning on the captured image. This filter reduces the sharpness of the image, so Pentax also produced the K-5 IIs which omitted this filter. In the K-3, Pentax obviated the need for providing two separate models by including a selectable AA filter "simulator". This mechanism vibrates the sensor when switched on, slightly blurring the image in a way that replaces the function of the optical AA filter, providing the same benefit as the filter in the K-5 II and other cameras with an optical AA filter. When the AA simulator is disabled, the sensor records a sharper image, as in the K-5 IIs.

The Pentax K-3 was also the first camera to support the Pentax FluCard for wireless remote capture and download of images.

The Pentax K-3 is a mid-size DSLR with a weather-sealed magnesium alloy body, and is priced at a relatively similar level to the newer upper-entry level Nikon D5500 DSLR^[2] and $300 cheaper than the newer mid-range Nikon D7200 DSLR. The Pentax K-3 was ranked #2 in a comparison of mid-size DSLR class, was class-leading in image quality for portrait, street, daily and landscape photography, and ranked only slightly lower for sport photography. In-body stabilization also gives the Pentax K-3 an advantage, but its 800-gram weight is slightly more than average for a mid-size DSLR.^[3]

Limited editions

When the K-3 was originally announced, Ricoh made available a Premium Silver Edition that included the camera body and battery grip with a silver paint finish as well as an exclusive red leather neck strap. According to Ricoh, this would match the silver versions of Pentax HD DA Limited lenses.^[4] In July 2014, Ricoh announced the Prestige Edition, which included a K-3 and battery grip in a "gunmetal gray" finish as well as two batteries and black artificial leather neckstrap,^[5] embossed with the lettering "2014 TIPA BEST DIGITAL SLR EXPERT" and the Pentax K-3 logo.^[6] Each edition was limited to 2000 units.^[4]^[5]

Awards

The Pentax K-3 has won the TIPA Award "Best Digital SLR Expert" for 2014,^[7] and the EISA Photo Award 2014-2015 for Best Advanced DSLR.^[8]

References

↑ "Ricoh announces Pentax K-3 24MP DSLR with selectable low pass filtering". 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
↑ "Nikon D5500 vs Pentax K-3". Retrieved April 26, 2015.
↑ "Pentax K-3 vs Nikon D7200". Retrieved April 26, 2015.
1 2 http://www.dpreview.com/articles/8357047859/ricoh-announces-pentax-k-3-24mp-dslr-with-optional-low-pass-filtering
1 2 http://www.dpreview.com/articles/1093365305/ricoh-announces-pentax-k-3-prestige-edition
↑ http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/07/ricoh-unveils-pentax-k-3-prestige-edition/
↑ http://www.tipa.com/english/award-details.php?iId=3634&sAward=Best%20Digital+SLR++Expert
↑ http://www.fotomagazin.de/index_dyn.php?we_objectID=7953&pid=0

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pentax K-3, Taken with Pentax K-3.

Official page

Pentax K-3 - Pentax US

Reviews

Pentax digital interchangeable lens camera timeline

Class	Sensor	2003		2004				2005				2006				2007				2008				2009				2010				2011				2012				2013				2014				2015				2016
		3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4

Professional DSLR	MF																												645D																645Z
	FF																																																				*K-1*
High-end DSLR	APS-C																																										*K-3*							*K-3 II*
Advanced DSLR																									K-7						K-5							K-5 II/K-5 IIs
		*ist D												K10D						K20D
Midrange DSLR																																																*K-S2*
													K100D					100DS		K200D																	K-30					K-50
																																														*K-S1*
Entry-level DSLR						*ist DS				*ist DS2																					K-r											K-500
									*ist DL			DL2	K110D										K-m/K2000					K-x

K-mount MILC																																				K-01

Q-mount MILC	1/1.7"																																								Q7
																																														*Q-S1*
	1/2.3"																																Q					*Q10*

Prototype DSLRs	MZ-D (2000) 645D Prototype (2006) AP 50th Anniv. (2007)

Weather sealed
In-body stabilization (italic)
HD video capable
No optical low-pass filter (bold)

DSLR, SLT and MILC cameras with HD video (uncompressed – 4K resolution) mode (comparison)

Canon
EOS

High-end	5D Mark II^w (2008) 7D^w (2009) 1D Mark IV^w (2009) 1D X^w (2012) 5D Mark III^Hw (2012) 1D C^w (2012) 6D^HGW (2012) 7D Mark II^HG (2014) 1D X Mark II^SGW (2016)

Mid-range	500D (2009) 60D^w (2010) 550D (2010) 600D (2011) 650D^H (2012) EOS M (2012) 700D^H (2013) 70D^HW (2013) EOS M2 (2013) 750D^w (2015) 760D^w (2015) EOS M3 (2015)

Entry-level	1100D (2011) 100D^H (2013) 1200D (2014)

Nikon
D / 1 series

High-end	D300S^Tgw (2009) D3S^Tgw (2009) D800/D800E^THgw (2012) D4^THgw (2012) D600^THgw (2012) D610^THgw (2013) D4S^THgw (2014) D810^THgw (2014) D750^THgW (2014) D810A^THgw (2015) D500^THgW (2016) D5^THgw (2016)

Mid-range	D90^gw (2008) D5000^Tgw (2009) D7000^Tgw (2010) D5100^THgw (2011) 1 V1^TSFgw (2011) 1 V2^TSFgw (2012) D5200^THgw (2012) D7100^THgw (2013) D5300^THGW (2013) 1 V3^TSFHPgW (2014) D5500^THgW (2015) D7200^THgW (2015)

Entry-level	D3100^gw (2010) 1 J1^TSFgw (2011) D3200^gw (2012) 1 J2^TSFHPgw (2012) 1 S1^TSFHPgw (2013) 1 J3^TSFHPgw (2013) 1 AW1^TSFHPgw (2013) D3300^Pgw (2014) 1 J4^TSFHPgW (2014) 1 J5^TSFHPgW (2015)

Olympus
Micro 4/3

Mid-range	E-M5 (2012) E-P5^W (2013) E-M1^HW (2013) E-M10^THW (2014)

Entry-level	E-PL1 (2010) E-P1 (2010) E-P2 (2010) E-PL2 (2011) E-PL3 (2011) E-P3 (2011) E-PM1 (2011) E-PL5 (2012) E-PM2 (2012)

Panasonic
Lumix

Mid-range	GH1 (2009) GH2 (2010) GH3^THW (2012) GX7 (2013) GM1^THW (2013) GH4^THW (2014)

Entry-level	GF1 (2009) G10 (2010) G2 (2010) GF2 (2010) G3 (2011) GX1 (2011) GF3 (2011) GF5 (2012) G5 (2012) G6 (2013)

Pentax
645 / K /
Q series

High-end	645Z^THgw (2014) K-1^THGW (2016)

Mid-range	K-7^TH (2009) K-5^THg (2010) K-30^THg (2012) K-5 II/K-5 IIs^THg (2012) K-50^THg (2013) K-3^THgw (2013) K-3 II^THGw (2015)

Entry-level	K-x^H (2009) K-r^THg (2010) Q^T (2011) K-01^THg (2012) Q10^T (2012) K-500^THg (2013) Q7^T (2013) Q-S1^T (2014)

Samsung
NX series

High-end	NX1 (2014)

Mid-range	NX5^Pg (2010) NX10^Pg (2010) NX11^Pg (2010) NX20^PgW (2012) NX30 (2013) Galaxy NX^PgW (2013) NX500 (2015)

Entry-level	NX100^Pg (2010) NX200^Pg (2011) NX1000^PgW (2012) NX210^PgW (2012) NX300^PgW (2013) NX1100^PgW (2013) NX2000^PgW (2013)

Sony
Alpha

High-end	α99V^HPG/α99^HP (2012) α7/α7R^HPgW (2013) α7S^SHPgW (2014) α7II^HPgW (2014) α7RII^SHPgW (2015)

Mid-range	α580^HP (2010) α560^HP (2010) α55V^HPG/α55^HP (2010) α77V^HPG/α77^HP (2011) NEX-7^HP (2011) NEX-6^HPW (2011) α65V^HPG/α65^HP (2011) α57^HP (2012) α58^HP (2013) α6000^HPW (2014) α77 II^HPW (2014)

Entry-level	NEX-3/NEX-3C^HP (2010) NEX-5/NEX-5C^HP (2010) α33^HP (2010) α35^HP (2011) NEX-5N^HP (2011) NEX-C3^HP (2011) NEX-F3^HP (2012) α37^HP (2012) NEX-5R^HPW (2012) NEX-5T^HPW (2013) α3000 (2013) α5000 (2014)

Leica M
Fujifilm X

High-end	Leica M (2012) Leica S (2014)

Mid-range	Fujifilm X-Pro1 (2012) Fujifilm X-E1 (2012) Fujifilm X-E2 (2013) Fujifilm X-T1^W (2014)

Entry-level	Fujifilm X-M1 (2013) Fujifilm X-A1 (2013)

Timelapse^T — Slow motion^S — Fast fps^F — HDR^H — Panorama^P — GPS^G(opt.)^g — WiFi^W(opt.)^w

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