PENTAX K-r DSLR Camera unveiled

The PENTAX K-r a multi-featured, entry-class digital SLR camera, featuring simple operation and a host of creative tools in a compact, lightweight body.

Sep 9 2010, 3:41am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pentax announced the PENTAX K-r lens-interchangeable digital SLR camera today. Encased in a compact, lightweight body, this new DSLR combines simple, user-friendly operation with a wide array of advanced features designed to enhance the fun and excitement of digital SLR photography.

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Developed to be an entry model targeted at digital SLR novices and family users, the PENTAX K-r not only offers an assortment of features and functions that make it easy for everyone to effortlessly capture high-quality images people expect of a digital SLR camera, but it also comes equipped with a host of handy tools that help user in creating more personalized, creative images.

They range from high-quality image reproduction with approximately 12.4 effective megapixels and HDTV-proportion movie recording, to high-speed continuous shooting at approximately six images per second, super-high-sensitivity shooting at ISO 25600 (via a custom function) and a 3.0-inch high-resolution color LCD monitor. Its dual-power-source design offers a choice between the standard rechargeable lithium-ion battery and a set of AA-size batteries.

All combined, the K-r boosts outstanding performance and versatility, almost the equivalent of upper-class digital SLR cameras, while allowing the photographer to easily deal with different photographic requirements and to accommodate individual shooting styles. It is also compatible with the IrSimple high-speed infrared data transmission system for wireless data transfer to IrSimple-compatible devices, and for swift image data exchange and match-game playing between two PENTAX K-r’s. Totally new capabilities in a digital SLR camera, these features make the K-r a unique, new-generation communications tool.

The Pentax K-r Body only has a price of $799.95 and is available for pre-order on Amazon now.

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