pentax archives (603 posts)
Pentax road-maps lenses for K-, Q- and 645- mounts (2012 & beyond), February 15, 2012
To help sort things out after the CP+ announcement-a-geddon, Pentax has published three separate lens roadmaps for their three active interchangeable lens camera systems, the K-mount, Q-mount and 645. They cover 2012, 2013 and beyond. As usual with lens roadmaps,...
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Pentax and Ricoh cameras will move under Pentax control, February 8, 2012
April 1st is the start of a new quarter, and for some companies the start of a new fiscal year, but it is also April Fool's Day, so perhaps it is a date to be avoided for any official business...
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Pentax pre-announces new lenses (645, K-, Q-) , adapter (K-lens to Q-body), silver Q, 645D tethering, February 7, 2012
Pentax has pre-announced a variety of lens-related products that cover the K-mount, Q-mount and 645D! They include a 50/1.8, 560/5.6 K-mount, an unspecified thin K-mirrorless lens, unspecified telephoto and lens mount cap lenses for the Q system, a 90mm f2.8...
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New Pentax WG-2 elementproof camera (with and without GPS options), February 7, 2012
A new elementproof camera has joined the club today, as Pentax has announced the brand new Pentax WG-2, following up on the WG-1 and many more elementproof cameras before it. Press release parade at Pentax Forums, PhotoXels, dpnow, Photoscala, Pop...
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Pentax K-mount lens roadmap for 2012 and 2013 is heavy on zooms, February 2, 2012
At the London K-01 press event, in addition to showing off the new Pentax K-01 camera, Pentax has also revealed their K-mount lens roadmap for 2012 and 2013! See giant pictures of the lens roadmap at ePhotozine and Photography Blog...
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New Pentax K-01 mirrorless and 40/2.8 XS pancake are official [updated], February 2, 2012
Pentax has now officially announced their new K-01 mirrorless camera using the K-mount, along with the new 40mm f2.8 XS pancake lens! This kit is available for pre-order for $900 at Amazon in yellow, black or white-black. UPDATE: There are...
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Leakages: Pentax K-mirrorless and 40mm f2.8 XS pancake, February 1, 2012
The K-01 and the 40mm f2.8 XS lens are now officially announced!. The rumor post is after the jump and will no longer be updated. Check the announcement round-up for all the details... ORIGINAL POST If you can't wait for...
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Interview with Pentax: new DSLR, rehire Hoya-fired engineers, January 31, 2012
Interview time again, this time Amateur Photographer UK talked to Pentax, and among other things, they mentioned a new DSLR is coming, and that Ricoh is looking to expand the Pentax business and rehire engineers that were fired by Hoya....
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Pentax K-mirrorless: alleged leakages: tiny body picture leaked, diagrams and differentness, January 30, 2012
The K-01 and the 40mm f2.8 XS lens are now officially announced!. The rumor post is after the jump and will no longer be updated. Check the announcement round-up for all the details... ORIGINAL POST The Xitek forums strike again,...
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Rumors: Pentax K-mirrorless with K-mount, no OVF, ugly, and wee smaller than K-r, January 25, 2012
The K-01 and the 40mm f2.8 XS lens are now officially announced!. The rumor post is after the jump and will no longer be updated. Check the announcement round-up for all the details... ORIGINAL POST On the concrete news front,...
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New Pentax Optio VS20 compact-zoom with two shutter buttons, January 25, 2012
Pentax has been relatively quiet announcement-wise, but today they have announced a new Optio compact-zoom digital camera with a unique/unusual feature, two shutter buttons, one at the standard location and another at the "smartphone" location. The camera has a 16mp...
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Rumors from Japan: Pentax K-01 mirrorless APS-C interchangeable, January 19, 2012
Japanese website Digicame-Info has Pentax interchangeable rumor (computer-translated) that talks of a K-01 mirrorless K-mount camera, built-in flash, full HD video, 560 grams weight, which may have the same APS-C sensor as the existing K-5, and be announced at the...
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Interviews: Nikon, Fuji, Sony, Sigma, Samsung, Pentax [updated again], January 15, 2012
The interview action continues, with even more interviews as follows: + Nikon D4 engineer at Galbraith + Fuji X-Pro 1 designer talks to Tech Radar (may get pop-up ad upon interacting with the site) + Sony at Imaging Resource +...
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Interview with Pentax at Imaging Resource, January 12, 2012
The interview party continues at Imaging Resource with an interview with a Pentax USA representative (code name "Pentaxian1"). The interview talks Tsunami, Ricoh acquisition, Pentax Q system, possibility of a 35mm full frame DSLR, K-r discontinuation, future lens talk, and...
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Mystery rugged-looking K-mount no-VF (maybe mirrorless) camera spotted at CES?, January 10, 2012
P3 News and Reviews is covering the CES/PMA 2012 trade show in Las Vegas and they have just posted an alert about a mysterious camera sighting at CES (text-only, no pictures), they describe it as: "...rugged appearing, possibly mirrorless, viewfinderless...
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