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Ricoh’s Pentax K-3 III 26MP DSLR is finally here

Ricoh's Pentax K-3 III 26MP DSLR is finally here
Ricoh has officially unveiled the Pentax K-3 III, a 26MP APS-C DSLR with a host of significant updates over the previous K-3 II. The camera is built around A stabilized 25.7MP BSI-CMOS sensor and sees most of its critical components entirely reworked or replaced

Ricoh has officially unveiled the Pentax K-3 III, a 26MP APS-C DSLR with a host of significant updates over the previous K-3 II. The camera is built around A stabilized 25.7MP BSI-CMOS sensor and sees most of its critical components entirely reworked or replaced. A new shutter mechanism allows it to shoot at up to 12 fps (11 with continuous autofocus), with less viewfinder blackout as the frames are being shot. The in-body stabilization system is now rated as offering 5.5EV of correction, the most yet for a K-mount camera. It gains a dedicated ‘panning’ mode in addition to the existing system that auto-detects panning, to ensure the camera doesn’t try to fight against slow, intentional panning motion. Meanwhile, there’s a completely new SAFOX 13 AF module with wider frame coverage than the existing K-3 II. It offers 101 AF points, 25 of which are cross-type. Ricoh says the camera’s continuous AF prediction algorithms have been revised and the K-3 III gains a subject recognition system that’s been trained by machine learning to improve AF tracking performance. The K-3 III’s viewfinder is also new, and offers 1.05x magnification, the highest we’ve ever seen on an APS-C DSLR. The pentaprism […]

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