Pentax XG-1 prices and specs
The Pentax XG-1 was produced on Jul 15, 2014 and is on sale in USA for 241.55.
The Pentax XG-1 belongs to the category of slr like bridge cameras. It means that the device is smaller than DSLR cameras but nevertheless captures great photographs and has different kinds of shooting modes.
The Pentax XG-1 can shoot photos at 16 megapixels max resolution. But for better picture quality the more important thing is a sensor size. This camera has a 1/2.3' (6.17 x 4.55 mm) sensor which means that the camera will shoot photos with not so high quality as cameras with larger sensors but instead it has smaller dimensions and weight. And if you want to take photos of the professional quality check Nikon D810.
The Pentax XG-1 has max shutter speed of 1/2000 sec. It is an average shutter speed that is rather good for making action photos of a very good quality. The Pentax XG-1 produces great videos in Full HD resolution.
The lens is fixed and the photographer can't switch it. The lens provides perfect 52x optical zoom.
The Pentax XG-1 battery life will be enough to shoot about 240 photos.
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- Jul 15, 2014
- SLR-like (bridge)
- 16 megapixels
- 4608 x 3456
- 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- BSI-CMOS
- 4:3, 3:2, 16:9
- 3648 x 2736, 2592 x 1944, 640 x 480, 4608 x 3072, 4608 x 2592, 2048 x 1536, 1920 x 1080
- 17 megapixels
- Auto, 100, 200, 400,800, 1600, 3200
- 7
- Yes
- Sensor-shift
- No
- 4 sec
- 1/2000 sec
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes (Pop-up)
- 6.00 m
- No
- Force Off, Flash Auto, Force Flash, Slow Sync., Slow Sync. + Red-Eye, Red-Eye Reduction
- 9.0 fps
- Yes (2 or 10 sec)
- Multi
- Center-weighted
- Spot
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Fixed
- 3″
- 460,000
- No
- Yes
- Electronic
- 200,000
- 1920 x 1080 (30 fps), 1280 x 720 (60, 30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (120 fps)
- Motion JPEG
- Mono
- Mono
- 24–1248 mm
- 52×
- F2.8–5.6
- Contrast Detect (sensor)
- Multi-area
- Tracking
- Single
- Face Detection
- Live View
- Yes (4x)
- 60 cm (23.62″)
- 1 cm (0.39″)
- 567 g (1.25 lb / 20.00 oz)
- 119 x 89 x 98 mm (4.69 x 3.5 x 3.84″)
- No
- Battery Pack
- Rechargeable lithium-ion LB-060
- 240
- SD/SDHC
- 15.4 MB Internal
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Yes (Type D)
- Eye-Fi Connected
- Yes
- None
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