Pentax K-500

The Pentax K-500 is a spiegelreflexkamera camera launched on 27.11.2013.

Technically speaking, the Pentax K-500 ranks in the average of its category, scoring 54 overall. The Pentax K-500 weights 646 gr and spans 130 x 97 x 71 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.

Going into details, whatever the technical specification of interest, the Pentax K-500 behaves better than average in its category:

• Image Quality - Score 47, ranks in the category best 36%.
• Speed Performance - Score 40, ranks in the category best 49%.
• Comfort - Score 57, ranks in the category best 50%.
• Versatility - Score 80, ranks in the category best 31%.

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 - Good, score 48, ranks in the best 43% of its category. Pentax K-500 works well for Portrait photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Landscape - Good, score 47, ranks in the best 45% of its category. Pentax K-500 works well for Landscape photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Sport - Good, score 54, ranks in the best 35% of its category. Pentax K-500 works well for Sport photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Street - Good, score 58, ranks in the best 35% of its category. Pentax K-500 works well for Street photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Everyday - Good, score 61, ranks in the best 36% of its category. Pentax K-500 works well for daily photography, however other options are available too, which you may want to take into account.