Tuesday, January 8, 2013

First Impressions: Pentax MX-1


This is a brief excerpt from thePhoBlographer




At CES 2013, Pentax took us into their secret chambers with an open door to feast our eyes on their sexy new MX-1 point and shoot. When in a meeting with the company, we asked if they would coin it their new flagship point and shoot. Pentax stated that while they wouldn’t really say that, it could surely be called that.

As a refresh, the new camera was announced recently at CES 2013 and also resembles their old ME SLR body; which the company reps also confirmed to us. Here’s what we thought after some fondling time.


Tech Specs

Tech specs taken from the Adorama listing.

Beautiful design is made to resemble a classic film camera; with its genuine brass covers and metal accents for a refined finish.

The 4X optical zoom features a versatile range for shooting at 28-112mm in the 35mm format, making it ideal for everyday use.

Enjoy a fast and bright, wide-aperture smc PENTAX lens at F1.8-2.5 for outstanding depth of field control and beautiful bokeh.

This high-end compact is equipped with a 1/1.7 inch, 12 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor for exceptional performance.

The large, high-resolution 3-inch 920K pixel LCD screen can be tilted up or …



By: Chris Gampat


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