Pentax K-1

The Pentax K-1 is a spiegelreflexkamera camera launched on 17.02.2016.

Technically speaking, the Pentax K-1 ranks in the best 5% of its category (and in the best 95 of all cameras in our database) scoring 66 overall. The Pentax K-1 weights 1010 gr and spans 137 x 110 x 86 mm. This means that it is one of the largest and heaviest cameras within its category.

Going into details, the Pentax K-1 behaves better than average in its category for:

• Image Quality - Score 68, ranks in the category best 4%.
• Speed Performance - Score 45, ranks in the category best 27%.
• Versatility - Score 91, ranks in the category best 7%.

On the contrary, the performance of Pentax K-1 is below the category average in:

• Comfort - Score 57, ranks among the worst 50% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Great, score 68, ranks in the best 6% of its category. Pentax K-1 is perfect for Portrait photography, one of the best in its class.
• Landscape - Great, score 68, ranks in the best 6% of its category. Pentax K-1 is perfect for Landscape photography, one of the best in its class.
• Sport - Great, score 65, ranks in the best 8% of its category. Pentax K-1 is perfect for Sport photography, one of the best in its class.
• Street - Great, score 65, ranks in the best 11% of its category. Pentax K-1 is perfect for Street photography, one of the best in its class.
• Everyday - Great, score 66, ranks in the best 18% of its category. Pentax K-1 is perfect for everyday photography, one of the best in its class.