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Tests and reviews for the camera Pentax K 01

Measurements and specifications

Pentax K 01
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DxOMark Sensor Scores

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Overall Score[?]
79
Portrait
(Color Depth)[?]
23.7 bits
Landscape
(Dynamic Range)[?]
12.9 Evs
Sports
(Low-Light ISO)[?]
1135 ISO

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Type Hybrid 
Announced 2012-02-02 
Indicative price (USD) 899  
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 
Pixel pitch (µm) 4.8  
Bits per pixel 12.0 
Focal length multiplier 1.50 
Aspect Ratio 3:2 
ISO latitude  100 - 25600 
Shutter type Mechanical 
Fastest - Slowest speed (s) 1/4000 - 30.0  
Frame rate (fps) 5.0  
Live view  Yes 
Stabilization  Yes 
Firmware 1.0 
Dust cleaningYes 
Mount typePentax KAF  
Weight (gr) 561  
Battery type Lithium-ion Battery D-LI90, 7.4V, 1500mAh  
Battery weight (gr) 0 
Tropicalization No 
Camera material Aluminium alloy and rubber finish 
Mount material Metal 
View finder type  
View finder magnification  
View finder coverage  
Mirror lockup  
View finder diopter  
Monitor type LCD 
Monitor size 3 
Monitor pixel 921000 
Articulated screen No 
Touch screen No 
Contrast screen  
Low-pass filter  
Focus mode Yes 
Autofocus modes Contrast detection AF 
Number of autofocus points  
Exposure bracketing Yes 
Exposure compensation +/- 3EV (1/2EV step or 1/3EV) 
Drive modes Single frame, Continuous (Hi, Lo), Self-timer (12sec., 2ssec.), Remote Control (0 sec., 3 sec.), Auto Bracketing (3 frames) 
Buffer size  
Recording medium SD (Secure Digital), SDHC and SDXC memory cards 
Image format JPEG, RAW (DNG) 
White balance bracketing No 
Connectivity USB2.0 (high-speed compatible) / AV output terminal, HDMI output terminal, Stereo microphone input terminal, MSC/PTP, NTSC/PAL 
Bluetooth No 
3G No 
Sound recording Built-in stereo microphone, External stereo microphone termi nal, Recording Sound Level 
External micro Yes 
Histogram Yes 
GPS No 
Video Yes 
Maximum format image video Full HD (1920x1080,16:9,30fps/25fps/24fps) 
Full HD Yes 
Live autofocus  
Video file format MPEG-4 
Video codec H.264 
Video stabilisation  

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Color response
Sensitivity metamerism index
ISO 17321 		77
 
White balance scales R raw 2.22
G raw 1
B raw 1.68
 
    R sRGB G sRGB B sRGB
Color matrix as defined in ISO standard 17321 R raw 1.77 -0.69 -0.08
G raw -0.14 1.51 -0.37
B raw 0.08 -0.5 1.42

Full Color Sensitivity: Noise covariance ellipses in CIE 1931 Lab color space
Select ISO : 100
(ISO are manufacturer ISO)
 
Select luminance : 30








Currently no lens has been tested mounted on this camera

Further readings for the Pentax K 01

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Pentax SMC DA 15mm F4 ED AL Limited

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Comments
Added by tiorted |  January 27

"smoothed"

Please, explain to me what does "smoothed" mean (In measurments at iso 3200 and higher). Is that some kind of noise reduction, that affects raw files? Maybe i can read about this somewhere?

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Added by Nicolas |  January 29

Re: \

Hello,


It is noise reduction, and affects the raw file.

For further information you can read our article about RAW cooked :
http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Publications/DxOMark-Insights/Half-cooked-RAW

Hope it will help you,

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Added by tiorted |  February 04

Re: \

Thanks! didnt know about half-cooked raws.

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Added by LightCapture |  April 01, 2012

DR-greater than 12ev?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how can a sensor with 12bit ADC have more than 12ev of dynamic range in screen view? It seems like quantization noise alone should limit the dynamic range to 12ev.  I can see how print view would add a half stop of range since in this case you averaging about 2 pixels to make one, so noise is sqrt2/2 of what is was before normalization.  Anyway, if someone could explain how this 12bit sensor can have more than 12ev in screen view, it would be appreciated!

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Added by dosdan |  April 01, 2012

Re: DR-greater than 12ev?

GordonBGood, a photographic engineer, argues that if the ADC is properly dithered, an extra 1.8 EV DR is available i.e. a 12-bit system has a DR of about 13.8 EV

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1018&message=41071974

This topic is covered within this thread:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1018&message=40976432

Dan.

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Added by MikeWhis |  April 18, 2012

Re: DR-greater than 12ev?

You can map those 14 bits into 8 bits.

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Added by dosdan |  February 02, 2012

DR: K-01 vs K-5

The K-01 has 12-bit raw. So it's DR figure will probably not be at good as the K-5 at ISO100.

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/attachments/pentax-k-01-forum/116192d1328077886-official-pentax-k-01-specifications-revelead-pentaxk-01specs.pdf

But in the real world, lens flare/glare will probably be the limiter of DR performance, not the sensor/PGA/ADC.

Dan.

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