Whether it is the partnership with Ricoh or the realization that the most amazing features on a camera can not replace a sensor size? In any case, Pentax has decided to enter the increasingly competitive market of compact cameras with a comparatively large 1 / 1.7-inch sensor with the MX-1.
Info key for quick access
Compared to other compact cameras, the Pentax MX-1 with 390 grams is already a real chunk. The camera shape is simple and straightforward, the Bauhaus disciples of the twentieth century would not have managed the case better. The retro design of the Pentax MX-1 is not without reason, it is nevertheless an old Pentax SLR series from the seventies leaned. The camera surface is rubberized at the important points and is therefore safe to hold. The various shooting modes P, Av, Tv, M, User and five other settings are selected on the handy main dial on the top of the digital camera.
Folds well: flexible display
The main setting wheel of the Pentax MX-1 is not particularly secured. This camera is also not necessary, because the detent is so strong that accidental adjustment is practically impossible. To the right there is another, slightly smaller wheel. This is only for the exposure correction. Slightly recessed, the camera contour is adapted and also provided with a clear detent, this wheel is also well secured. In contrast to the overall massive construction of the camera, the buttons and the four-way button on the camera's rear side, however, are slightly small.
Excellent processing
The main menu of the Pentax MX-1 offers a lot of adjustment possibilities. The individual positions can be scanned with the four-way button or can be called up with a third small wheel. It is annoying that the camera does not memorize a menu position and the menu must always be searched through from the beginning to the desired menu point. This may take time.
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Access to a small selection of menu items with its own Info button is much faster. A palette with symbols appears immediately, the position you are looking for is activated and then changed. This position is remembered by the Pentax MX-1 even after it is switched off.
The 3-inch display of the Pentax MX-1 has a resolution of approximately 307,000 pixels. It is foldable for viewing with approx. 90 ° from above and approx. 45 ° from below. The sharpness is very good thanks to the high resolution. Colors are displayed realistically. Under the menu item LCD - setting corrections of the display brightness and colors are possible - but unfortunately they have little effect. Displayed symbols and characters are clearly visible.
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The focal range of the Pentax MX-1 ranges from 28 to 112 mm (KB, optical 4x zoom). This is not lush, but practical. On the other hand, the light intensity is from 1.8 to 2.5. This pleases the user, because this allows juggling with depth depth again. And just for such recordings is also the option not to despise, manually focus. The flash settings can only be accessed if the flash has been opened by hand beforehand. And in the flash menu there is a rare possibility to make flash corrections.
The Pentax MX-1 is well-processed, upper and lower part made entirely of metal. The lens is protected by a metal ring. Also the good quality of the cover for the battery and the plug connections shows how to make it - all stable and basic.
The macromodus of the Pentax MX-1 is very good with 2 cm in the automatic mode and 1 cm with manual focusing and a picture stabilizer is also on board. This is switchable, with the setting "image sensor shift" we have the best experience. The Pentax MX-1 is equipped with a night snapshot automatic, which according to multi-shot technology from 4 pictures a bright and low-noise image as well as the possibility to save pictures as loss-free RAW
The fast shutter speed of the Pentax MX-1 is 1 / 2,000s in automatic mode, 1 / 8,000 s in manual mode, ISO speed ranges from ISO 100 to 12,800. A high-quality CMOS sensor of 1 / 1.7 inches and a moderate resolution of 12 megapixels provide superior image quality.
And measured values such as visual image assessment underline once again that this concept comes up. The center resolution at ISO 100 in wide angle is 1.481 LP / BH, hardly loses at ISO 400 and still remains above 1,200 LP / BH at ISO 1,600. In addition, the marginal waste is never more than 165 LP / BH - go! The noise rises visibly from ISO 400, but also that is whining at a high level. The bottom line is the image performance.
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PENTAX MX-1 Official Video
Pentax has a good start in the 1 / 1.7-inch class. The Pentax MX-1 comes close to the idea of an SLR-photographer at an always-doing camera, even if a viewfinder would have been nice. Kauftipp Edelkompakte.
In this promo video Pentax summarizes the features of the MX-1
Pentax MX-1
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