Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL vs. Canon EOS M5

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL and Canon EOS M5. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL vs. Canon EOS M5 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 1080p - mirrorless system
Lens Included DA L 18-55mm AL lens Body only
Height 9.65 cm 8.92 cm
Width 12.9 cm 11.6 cm
Depth 7 cm 6.06 cm
Weight 590 g 380 g
Weight Details - Camera body only: 380 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 427 g
Body Material Stainless steel, fibre reinforced polycarbonate -
Enclosure Colour Black Black
Protection Dust-resistant Freezeproof
Optical Zoom 3x -
SENSOR Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Sensor Resolution 16.3 Megapixel 24.2 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS CMOS
Total Pixels 16,500,000 pixels 25,800,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 16,300,000 pixels 24,200,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (23.7 x 15.7 mm) APS-C (22.3 x 14.9 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 60 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Special Protect (SP) coating -
Image Stabiliser Optical (image sensor shift mechanism) Electronic (5-axis)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser Yes -
PROCESSOR Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Image Processor PRIME M DIGIC 7
LENS Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Type Zoom lens - 3x zoom - 18 - 55 mm - f/3.5-5.6 DA L AL Pentax KAF - zoom -
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 27 - 82.5mm -
Focus Adjustment Automatic, manual -
Min Focus Distance 25 cm -
Max View Angle 76 degree(s) -
Zoom Adjustment Manual -
Lens Construction 8 groups / 11 elements -
Filter Size 52 mm -
Lens Mounting Type Pentax KAF2 Canon EF-M
Features Aspherical lens -
FOCUSING Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection Dual Pixel CMOS AF
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 11 49
Auto Focus Features Focus Peaking function -
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF
Face Detection Yes Face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Viewfinder Type Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism Built-in - electronic
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.39"
Viewfinder Resolution - 2,360,000 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% -
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.92x -
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -2.5 to +1.5 -
Field of View Crop Factor - 1.6
Interchangeable Focusing Screens Yes -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
ISO (Max) 51200 25600
Native ISO - 100-6400
Extended ISO (Max) - 25600
Light Sensitivity ISO 100-51200, ISO auto (100-51200) ISO 25600, ISO 100-12800, ISO auto (100-6400)
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Evaluative, centre-weighted, spot, partial
Exposure Metering Zones 77 -
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, ISO priority, shutter & aperture priority Automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, macro, museum, surf & snow, PET, Blue Sky, food, night scene, sunset, candle, night snapshot, night scene with portrait, kids, Stage, night scene HDR, moving object, forest, backlight silhouette -
Special Effects Soft, Slim, Pastel, Colour, fisheye, natural, bright, Vibrant, Sketch, monochrome, Muted, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, Cross Process, Retro, Colour Extract, Toy camera, starburst, High contrast, Colour Invert, Bleach Bypass, Posterisation, Radiant, Reversal Film, Shading, Tone Expansion Neutral, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, Standard, Fine Detail
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), fluorescent light (daylight white) Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (white)
Shutter Type - Electronic
Max Shutter Speed 1/6000 sec 1/4000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps ±3 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps 3 steps in 1/3 EV step
X-sync Speed 1/180 sec 1/200sec
Exposure Range EV 0-22 (ISO 100) EV 1-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Type 3" LCD display 3.2" LCD display
Display Format 921,000 pixels 1,620,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Folding
Display Features Display brightness control, display colour control Display brightness control
FLASH Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Camera Flash Pop-up flash Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 12 5
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction, P-TTL -
Red-Eye Reduction Yes -
Features AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Digital Video Format H.264 H.264
Image Recording Format JPEG, DNG (RAW) + JPEG, DNG (RAW) JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Audio Signal Format - AAC
Microphone Operation Mode Mono Stereo
Microphone Features Sensitivity control -
MEMORY Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Memory Card Slot SD card SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card 8 GB SDHC -
Memory Card Included - No
Image Storage RAW 4928 x 3264
JPEG 4928 x 3264
JPEG 4224 x 2816
JPEG 3456 x 2304
JPEG 2688 x 1792
6000 x 4000
3984 x 2656
2976 x 1984
2400 x 1600
6000 x 3368
3984 x 2240
2976 x 1680
2400 x 1344
5328 x 4000
3552 x 2664
2656 x 1992
2112 x 1600
4000 x 4000
2656 x 2656
1984 x 1984
1600 x 1600
Video Capture H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 60 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 50 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 24 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 25 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 23.98 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 29.97 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Battery Type Pentax D-Li109 Lithium Ion Canon LP-E17
Details Pentax D-Li109 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Canon LP-E12 (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 480 shots (D-LI109 battery)
Photo shooting - 1250 shots (lithium AA batteries)
Playback - 4.5 hours (D-LI109 battery)
Playback - 9.3 hours (lithium AA batteries)
Photo shooting - 295 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Photo shooting - 295 shots (LCD Monitor off)
CONNECTIONS Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Interface Composite video/audio, USB 2.0 HDMI, USB 2.0, Wireless LAN, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth
Print Standard DPOF support, PRINT Image Matching Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe -
Connector Type USB 2.0
Composite video/audio output
USB 2.0 (5 pin Micro-USB Type B)
HDMI (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
FEATURES Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Self-Timer Delay 2sec, 12sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 3 frames per second, 6 frames per second 9 frames per second, 7 frames per second
Additional Features RGB primary colour filter, depth-of-field preview button, histogram display, cropping an image, resizing an image, shadow point display, interval shooting mode, highlight point display, in-camera film editing, Dynamic Range Adjustment, in-camera RAW processing, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), HDR image enhancement technology, Eye-Fi Card Ready, NR Slow Shutter, High ISO NR, Lens Distortion Correction, SR (Shake Reduction) Digital noise reduction, depth-of-field preview button, histogram display, highlight point display
OTHERS Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Canon EOS M5
Included Accessories Battery charger, dust cap, body cap, lens cap, carrying case, shoulder strap, USB cable, eyecup, shoe cap Battery charger, body cap, neck strap, USB cable
Software Drivers & Utilities, SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0 -
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature -10 °C -10 °C
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