Image making with a Pentax X-5, an easy-to-use SLR-like super zoom digital bridge camera with a 26x optical zoom lens.
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The Pentax X-5, introduced by Pentax in 2012 is a super zoom digital bridge camera with a 16MP backlit CMOS sensor, a 26x optical zoom lens equivalent to a focal length of 22.3 - 580mm on a 35mm full frame, a macro mode that allows a close-focus distance of 1 centimeter, and 1080p HD video at 30 frames per second. The camera is also fitted with a 460,000 pixels 3.0-inch tilting LCD screen, 230,000 pixels EVF (electronic viewfinder), sensor-shift Shake Reduction, and triple shake-reduction technology. Images are stored on SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards aside from an internal memory bank with 75.3MB memory. The camera is powered by 4xAA (Alkaline, Ni-MH Rechargeable, Lithium) batteries, with the Ni-MH capable of providing up to 500 shots per charge.
Marketed as a consumer-orientated model, the camera is seen without the sophistication of more modern counterparts, but rather as a straightforward implementation of a point-and-shoot with a long zoom lens on an SLR-like body. Exposure modes include Program, Auto, and multiple Scene modes, but not Aperture- or Shutter-priority modes. The camera measures 86.5 x 120 x 106.5mm and weighs 599 grams with batteries and memory card.
While the X-5 is noted for its impressive zoom capabilities and image stabilization through the sensor-shift technology, performing well in good lighting conditions with noise-free images at ISO 100-200, its low-light performance can be less satisfactory.
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