These Official Sample Shots Show What the Pentax K-1 Full Frame DSLR Can Do

Pentax recently announced the K-1, the brand’s first full frame DSLR camera. The company has just released official sample photos showing what the camera is capable of.

The Pentax K-1 also has a feature called “Pixel Shift Resolution.” By shooting 4 rapid-fire photos of a scene while shifting the sensor by 1 pixel between each one, the camera can achieve a resulting single photo with a much greater resolution (at the same dimensions).

Here’s an example of an ordinary K-1 photo of a still life scene:

…and here’s the same photo captured with Pixel Shift Resolution on:

While you probably can’t tell anything different from this small image size, here are a couple of 100% crop comparisons of both images:

You can find more of the technical details behind these sample shots and download them for yourself over on the Ricoh website.