![]() While I didn't use them all, I won't complain about having them available. As you can see, there are five user customizable slots, quite a bit more than the normal two or three slots on most cameras. The top of the camera is quite interesting. As for controls, it also features the camera lock, which prevents unintended operation the Fx1 button, which is a customizable function button and the AF mode and AF/MF controls, which are in an intuitive place, making them easy to use without taking one's eye from the viewfinder. The left side of the camera features the USB, HDMI, and DC power connections. The K-1 passed this test with flying colors, which is impressive given its myriad of buttons, dials, and switches. I rarely read the manual simply because I feel it's a good test of the intuitiveness of a piece of equipment if I can pick it up and use it without instruction. The external controls really steal the show, though. in the middle of a field on a moonless night. Speaking of another simple touch, the camera features lighting all over the body to assist in dark scenarios it's an absolute lifesaver when you're trying to change a lens at 2 a.m. It's a simple touch that goes a long way. What I really love is the info menu on the screen, which is customizable, allowing the photographer to display the info they want where they want it. That being said, the menu system is perfectly well designed and thought out, and I never had an issue quickly finding and setting what I needed to with five main sections: shooting, movies, playback, setup, and custom settings. So impressive is the array that I barely was forced into the menu system, only using it maybe twice in a month to make changes I couldn't make externally. It's ergonomic and comfortable in the hand and features 87 points of weather-sealing it's clear Pentax intends this to be a rugged camera, and indeed it is: I had no problem taking it out in light rain showers or the like. There isn't a blank space on it every bit is used for some kind of control. It's very light and comfy for a full-frame DSLR, but it's very solid too. The design is a photography geek's dream. Detachable, rotatable tripod collar with click-in-place positioning.Direct Current AF motor and Quick-Shift focus.Pentax D FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW Lens Pentax D FA 28-105mm f/3.5-5.6 ED DC WR Lens Supersonic Direct-Drive AF motor and Quick-Shift focus.Super Protect and HD Multi-Layer coatings.ED (extra-low dispersion) glass elements.AstroTracer function that shifts the sensor to follow the motion of stars, enabling blur-free long exposures.A 3.2-inch LCD display that can be tilted along multiple axes: 44° down, 90° up, 35° left and right.100% coverage viewfinder with 0.70x magnification.33 AF points (25 cross-type), sensitive to EV -3, including an LED AF assist lamp.Continuous shooting of up to 4.4 fps (17-shot raw buffer) in full-frame mode, or up to 6.5 fps (50-shot raw buffer) in APS-C mode.Pixel-shifting technology that shifts the sensor to create high-resolution images, complete with motion correction.Five-axis in-camera shake reduction, offering up to five stops of compensation.36.4 MP CMOS sensor with no AA filter, but with an AA filter simulation effect to eliminate moire.Can the Pentax K-1 and its new lenses turn them in? Let's find out. However, if you give me a 36-megapixel camera with great noise performance, a decent frame rate, and good autofocus, I'm certainly not going to turn it down. I'll take noise performance, a fast frame rate, and good autofocus instead, please. Even for landscapes, 20 of them are good enough for me.
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