Pentax X-5, An Album Page

Album images with the Pentax X-5, a retro, easy-to-use super zoom digital bridge camera with a 26x optical zoom lens and a 16MP backlit CMOS sensor.

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The Pentax X-5, introduced by Pentax in 2012, is a super-zoom digital bridge camera with a 16MP backlit CMOS sensor, a 26x optical zoom lens equivalent to a focal length of 22.3 - 580mm on a 35mm full-frame, a macro mode that allows a close-focus distance of 1 centimeter, and 1080p HD video at 30 frames per second.

The camera is also fitted with a 460,000-pixel 3.0-inch tilting LCD screen, 230,000-pixel EVF (electronic viewfinder), sensor-shift Shake Reduction, and triple shake-reduction technology.

Images are stored on SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards, aside from an internal memory bank with 75.3MB of memory. The camera is powered by 4xAA (Alkaline, Ni-MH Rechargeable, Lithium) batteries, with the Ni-MH capable of providing up to 500 shots per charge.

Marketed as a consumer-oriented model, the camera is seen without the sophistication of more modern counterparts, but rather as a straightforward implementation of a point-and-shoot with a long zoom lens on an SLR-like body.

Exposure modes include Program, Auto, and multiple Scene modes, but not Aperture- or Shutter-priority modes. The camera measures 86.5 x 120 x 106.5mm and weighs 599 grams with batteries and a memory card.

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Pentax X-5

Pentax X-5

While the X-5 is noted for its impressive zoom capabilities and image stabilization through sensor-shift technology, performing well in good lighting conditions with noise-free images at ISO 100-200, its low-light performance can be less satisfactory.