Innovative shooting-support features to capture eye-catching masterpieces
Flexible Tilt-Type LCD monitor 
Innovative mechanism to tilt the monitor to any desired angle along the optical axis
Aiming at aligning the photographer’s line of sight precisely with the camera’s optical axis while providing a flexible angle adjustment, PENTAX has designed an ideal LCD monitor for the K-1 by creating an innovative mechanism that supports the monitor with four stays. This monitor has reached two difficult goals that conventional monitors have failed to attain: no deviation from the optical axis; and unrestricted tilt in all directions, horizontally or vertically. You can even tilt it up to a nearly 90-degree angle for low-angle and waist-level photography.
・Vertical tilt: approx. 44°
(Waist-level shooting: approx. 90°)
・Horizontal tilt: approx. 35°
Air Gapless LCD monitor
The K-1’s Air Gapless LCD monitor uses a special resin layer applied between the protective panel and the LCD screen to effectively cut down internal reflections. Coupled with the Outdoor View Setting function, it assures excellent visibility even under bright sunshine.
Live View shooting An array of creative tools to assist creative photography
In the Live View mode, the K-1 provides a wide range of picture-taking tools. Thanks to its Flexible Tilt-Type LCD monitor, you can clearly view the on-screen image from different angles to optimize shooting comfort.
Main Live View shooting functions
- A selection of AF modes: Face Detection, Auto Tracking, Multi-segment Auto, Select and Spot
- Focus Assist to emphasize the outline of in-focus area
- A choice of grid display from five patterns and two colors (white or black)
- Zoom display with a maximum magnification of 16 times for easy confirmation of focus status
Auto Horizon Correction and Composition Adjustment Convenient tools to compose well-balanced images
By taking advantage of its SR mechanism, the K-1 helps you compose well-balanced, flawless images. The Auto Horizon Correction function* rotates the image sensor to compensate for the camera’s horizontal tilt, making it useful in handheld shooting. The Composition Adjustment function** allows you to make minute adjustment of image composition with a shift of the image sensor. It comes in handy for Live View shooting using a tripod.
- Maximum compensation angle: approx. ±2° (approx. ±1° with SR mechanism activated)
- * Maximum compensation range: ±1.5mm (±1mm along the axis of rotation) or ±1°
Digital level Accurate detection of camera tilt without removing the eye from the subject
The K-1’s Digital Level displays bar scales at the right side and bottom of the viewfinder to indicate the horizontal and vertical tilt of the camera, allowing you to confirm the horizontal and vertical alignment of the subject without taking the eye off the subject. You can also display the Digital Level on the LCD monitor during viewfinder shooting, Live View shooting and movie recording
Sample of Digital Level display (during Live View shooting)
Smart Function
Single-action function control
- Function Dial
- Setting Dial
Smart Function
Single-action function control
The K-1’s Smart Function is a brand-new camera operation system harmonizing an array of features with ease of operation. This functional camera operation system lets you swiftly choose and set the desired function using just two dials positioned on the camera’s upper panel, without needing to refer to the menu screen on the LCD monitor.
Functions controllable by Smart Function
| Function Dial | Setting Dial |
| ● | Void |
| ＋/－ | Exposure compensation value shift |
| ISO | ISO sensitivity shift |
| CH/CL | Switching between Continuous Shooting (with a choice of three drive modes) and Single Frame Shooting modes |
| BKT | Bracketing value shift in bracket shooting |
| HDR | Change of HDR shooting mode |
| Grid | Viewfinder shooting: ON/OFF Live View shooting: change of grid pattern |
| SR | Still-image shooting: ON/OFF of SR mechanism Movie recording: ON/OFF of Movie SR mechanism |
| Crop | Change of Crop setting |
| Wi-Fi | ON/OFF |
Built-in GPS module and Electronic Compass Automatic recording of shooting position data
The K-1 features a built-in GPS module and Electronic Compass, which together display the camera's direction on the LCD monitor. These features allow you to attach Exif data to recorded images, including the location, direction and time of shooting (using Universal Time Coordinated). This comes in particularly handy in situations where you must make meticulous preparations in advance for the direction of shooting, such as the shooting of sunrise scenes and celestial bodies.
Electronic Compass
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Altitude
- Universal Time Coordinated
- GPS signal status
- Camera’s direction of shooting (Azimuth)
GPS Log to track the photographer’s movement
The K-1’s GPS Log function automatically keeps track of the photographer's movement at fixed intervals. By loading a log file on your computer, you can trace the route you have traveled using a mapping application such as Google Earth™.
ASTROTRACER
Effortless tracking and photographing of celestial bodies without an equatorial
By making full use of its GPS module, Electronic Compass and SR mechanism, the K-1 simplifies the astronomical photography of celestial bodies, without the help for an equatorial. Based on the latitude data obtained from GPS satellites and other affecting factors (the camera’s direction and horizontal/vertical tilt) obtained by its various sensors, the K-1 calculates the movement of celestial bodies, then synchronizes the movement of its image sensor with that of celestial bodies with great precision. Since it captures stars without a streaking effect even during extended exposures, you can record faint stars, which are difficult to detect with the naked eye, as point images.
- The user is advised to use a tripod to stabilize the camera.
- The user is advised to read the operating manual thoroughly before shooting.
- ASTROTRACER cannot be used with some shooting modes, such as interval shooting and interval composite shooting.
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