Crop mode with a choice of three settings
The new PENTAX 35mm full-frame digital SLR camera features a Crop mode, which allows you to select the image size to be recorded, with a choice of three settings: AUTO, FF and APS-C. The AUTO setting automatically selects the appropriate image size for the lens mounted on the camera. It selects either a 35mm full-frame image size for D FA- and FA-series lenses, or an APS-C image size for DA- and DA L-series lenses. The FF setting captures all images in a 35mm full-frame image size, regardless of the lens mounted on the camera.* The APS-C setting captures all images in an APS-C image size, regardless of the lens**, while displaying a cropping frame in the camera’s viewfinder.
* In the FF setting, an image outside the APS-C-format picture frame may not be reproduced in sufficient quality with certain lenses and/or in certain situations.
** When an image is cropped to an APS-C image size, the number of recorded pixels is lower, as the pixels in the cropped areas are eliminated.
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[/pe2-gallery]The FF setting provides an angle of view wider than that of the APS-C setting. With certain lenses, this setting also helps to minimize image-quality deterioration in peripheral areas.
• Lens used: smc PENTAX-DA★55mm F1.4 SDM
• APS-C image data: shutter speed: 1/200 sec., aperture: F11, ISO: 200**
• FF image data: shutter speed: 1/200 sec., aperture: F11, ISO: 200
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[/pe2-gallery]The APS-C setting records only the image captured within the APS-C image circle where the resolution is higher than peripheral areas. It enhances the telephoto effect to capture a larger, more dynamic image of your subject.
• Lens used: smc PENTAX-DA★300mm F4ED[IF] SDM
• APS-C image data: shutter speed: 1/400 sec., aperture: F5.6, ISO: 400**
• FF image data: shutter speed: 1/400 sec., aperture: F5.6, ISO: 400
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[/pe2-gallery]The FF setting allows you to use a DA-series lens, with the focal length and angle of view you have become familiar with since the days of film photography. The APS-C setting helps you bring distant subjects in closer, and captures them in larger, more dramatic images. The new PENTAX 35mm full-frame digital SLR camera lets you enjoy two different ways of photographing the same subject with a single lens.
• Lens used: HD PENTAX-DA 560mm F5.6ED AW
• APS-C image data: shutter speed: 1/640 sec., aperture: F8, ISO 400**
• FF image data: shutter speed: 1/640 sec., aperture: F8, ISO 400
