Pentax K-50 DSLR Camera

Pentax K-50 DSLR Camera is a follow-up to the older version Pentax K-30. It comes with weather seal and rated as a mid level DSLR. Amazon sells it from $550 upward depending on the Lens which comes with it. Pentax is not really popular brand out side of US and they haven't made big impression of point and shoot camera market. But they do have some good waterproof cameras and also DSLR cameras. Pentax K-50 is one. It comes in some unusual colours which usually don't use for DSLR cameras by camera brands.

It has a bigger viewfinder which comes with 0.92x magnification and 100 per cent field of view. Better than same range cameras like  Canon EOS 700D or Nikon D5200. Pentax K-50 is a fast camera. You can take up to 3-5 photos per second depending on the autofocus speed. Also you can do Continuous shooting at 6fps.

Pentax might not be always upto date of come up with new features like Canon and Nikon do. But they have good range of DSLR cameras and their prices are pretty good. Also their DSLR cameras are slowly getting close to Canon,Nikon DSLR cameras. Also you can order it from around 120 colour variations. 20 for body and then multiplied by six for the grip.

More features of Pentax K-50

• Effective pixels : 16 megapixels.
• Sensor type : CMOS.
• Sensor size : APS-C (23.7 x 15.7 mm).
• Max resolution : 4928 x 3264.
• ISO :  Auto, 100 to 51600.
• Lens mount : Pentax KAF2.
• Min/Max shutter speed : 30sec / 1/6000sec.
• Storage types : SD/SDHC/SDXC.
• Video Format :  MPEG-4, H.264.
• Video Capture Resolution : 1080p.
• Eye-Fi Card Compatibility with Eye-Fi wireless SD cards, Can send images to a smartphone. 
• Weather-sealed.

If you want know the cons about this camera then most are related to Videos. Videos are recorded at 1080p at a choice of 24, 25 or 30fps frame rates but limited to 17 minute clips.Also autofocus is unavailable while recording and might get little noisy in low light.

One of the coolest things about Pentax cameras is all their cameras are back-word compatible for Pentax lenses. So if you had a old Pentax camera then you can use those lenes with this one too.

You can buy the Pentax K-50 DSLR Camera for less than $550 at Amazon with free shipping. and you can get with better lens like both DA L 18-55mm WR f3.5-5.6 and 50-200mm WR Lenses for $750. You can't get a DSLR with same features from Nikon or Canon for same price. So if you are looking for cheap DSLR deals then this camera is one option you can check. There are lots of positive reviews about this camera at Amazon. You can check there are read those reviews to find all the pros and cons buyers pointing out.