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hi I'm Lauren and senior editor digital imaging with CNN up here at CES with the camera that Pentax just announced it's the MX one and it's Texas first digital entry into the amateur enthusiast compact market which you think Pentax would have been in it a long time ago given that they're all about the advanced enthusiast market segment and they came honestly in terms of specs the camera seems kind of me too it's very similar in design to the Fujifilm X 20 and you know that that type of retro feeling camera this one happens to be all black but they have another model that is black with brass and that's that's actually a little more interesting looking and they designed it with the brass so that it would age and get a patina and sort of you know show the wear and tear as a mark of the fact that you're a photographer which is a very pent axion thing to do and I think it's actually kind of clever of them that said the sensor unfortunately they went with a backside illuminated sensor which to me isn't really a great you know enthusiast sensor it does well in low light and tends to not be so great in good light but the camera itself is nicely designed it feels solid has a interesting looking pop-up flash but it doesn't tilt back the way I've been emphasizing that I like it also has a tilt display tilts up 90 degrees and down 45 which I do like it's great for off angle shots the AUSA the other thing about it is that the buttons seem kind of small given that the camera itself isn't that small still it's about the same size as models like the Panasonic LX 7 and the Fujifilm X 20 and so on and given that it's pen taxes first camera in that segment I'm looking forward to trying it it's about five hundred dollars and should be shipping in a month or so I'm Laura grinning and this is the syntax Emmett one