PENTAX RICOH announced the release of PENTAX MX-1. True premium compact for photographers experts, PENTAX MX-1 is equipped with a 4X optical zoom with a maximum aperture of f / 1.8 to f / 2.5, back-illuminated 12 million pixel CMOS sensor, a tiltable 3-inch LCD monitor and Full HD video recording (1920 x 1080 pixels, format16: 9 and 30 frames per second). With these features you will get images of exceptional quality in both sharpness in color rendering. The PENTAX MX-1 will be available from mid-February 2013.