Pentax MX-1 a vintage style camera plus Scene Modes

Pentax MX-1 a vintage-style camera. Image: ephotozine.com

If you're looking for a camera with a vintage style, then you need to glance at the Pentax MX-1. This camera is an advanced digital compact camera whose craft design and vintage lines appeal to a wide variety of photo enthusiasts. This camera equipped with an array of premium features including full manual, semi-automatic and automatic shooting modes. 

Pentax MX-1 has 12 megapixel resolutions and features a 4X optical zoom covering the 28 to 112 mm focal range in 35mm equivalents. The camera also features a 1cm macro mode for shooting images close-up.

You will enjoy this retro camera because Pentax MX-1 also capture in raw DNG format, a dual-shake reduction system to help prevent blur in images and Full HD video recording. MX-1 offers full automatic and scene-specific exposure modes in addition to DSLR-like manual and semi-automatic shooting options; RAW and JPEG still image formats.

If you want to make creative photographs, you will be satisfied with a variety of effects on the Pentax MX-1, for example: HDR features: captures three images at proper exposure, +2 and -2 EV and combines them into a single image the which is stored , but not available with the RAW format. But you do not need to worry because you can also maximize the Scene Mode which consists of: portrait, blue sky, sunset, night scene, night handheld snapshot, night scene portrait, candlelight, fireworks, food, surf and snow, pet, kids, sports, flower, landscape, digital shake reduction, text, candid capture, digital wide, digital panoramic, and miniature. You will be able to produce unique photographs and can make your friends amazed.

When you're making a movie or a video clip, then you will enjoy the features of the Movie and you can capture full HD video in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format at 30 frames per second; 1280 x 720 HD at 30 or 60 frames per second.  

Sightings of Pentax MX-1 from two sides. Image: clubic.com

There are also time-lapse and high-speed movie shooting options that permit fast (time lapse) or slow (high-speed) motion playback. Clip length for regular or time lapse movies is 25 minutes, enough to make a film family event, or filming your holiday in Bali or Prague.

Another option to make photos or videos have been provided completely in the Pentax MX-1 is as follows: Green mode - picture Auto, Program Auto, Aperture priority - a semi-automatic mode, Shutter priority - Users Mode, and of course you can make your photos manually, so you can Determines the shutter speed and aperture and retains a wide variety of inputs. Although the camera is small, but you will find sophistication as offered by a DSLR camera.

With a variety of creative and automatic features, plus the ability of the lens is good, and the existence of manual functions for the enthusiast photographer, the camera is suitable for use by beginners as well as for those of you who do not always want to carry a professional camera. Pentax MX-1 also can be crowned as a companion camera for DSLR cameras. The unique design of this camera makes you look more stylish, so it will attract anyone's attention when you are relaxing with MX-1 when traveling outside the country and around your city.

With a variety of creative and automatic features, plus the ability of the lens is good, and the existence of manual functions for the enthusiast photographer, the camera is suitable for use by beginners as well as for those of you who do not always want to carry a professional camera. Pentax MX-1 also can be crowned as a companion camera for DSLR cameras. The unique design of this camera makes you look more stylish, so it will attract anyone's attention when you are relaxing with MX-1 when traveling outside the country and in the city around you, but you also need to consider the competitor's camera like the Sony RX100, Olympus XZ-2 and Canon G16.